Physically we can change. The process of change takes energy, time, and direction.

Change is composed of 2 phases, destructive and constructive. Old patterns break down and open to a new pattern. Disintegration of an old pattern involves directing the energy of will toward a new form. When the focus is on a new form, the old form begins to dissolve.

Bowspring offers a healthy physical alignment. But in order for change to occur we must focus on maintaining this new alignment in our daily lives. Change requires the fire of intention.
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Thursday, June 21, is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. The word solstice comes from the Latin word sol, meaning sun, and sistere, to stand still. This is the time when the sun reaches its highest altitude of the year. Then, it pauses, it stands still, and each following day the sun will be a little lower in the sky.
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We're celebrating the pauses in our breath, in our movements, this week in class, the week of the beginning of summer.

In our Bowspring practice, from the heart, from the inside, we expand the ribcage evenly on all sides. This widens and opens our shoulders, arms, and legs, what we refer to as our "wings." Then, from the inside out, we open our wings wide, forward, and up. We open our wings from the heart.