Grounded

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Back to Buti after a mini vacation, not so vacation-y. A visit with the family in Maine. Some time at my favorite beach on earth with my favorite people. Followed by a week with both kids before school starts and nearly losing my mind. The time you need it the most is always the time when it's hardest to get a mood-boosting workout in.

Saturday class was small. A couple of my regulars and me. But I needed this as much as they did. Playlist was hot, way more cardio than I had anticipated. See, one amazing thing about Buti is that there is not a whole lot of structure built within it. There is only the framework of warm-up, cardio/strength, cool-down and savasana at the end. Nothing is planned. The music truly guides the class, and as an instructor, your body's muscle memory manifests the next move or pose. The freedom and creativity it allows is crucial for me.

So it's the start of Virgo season, out of Leo's fire and into Virgo's earthy organization, commitment, and clarity. Without realizing it or planning it that way, Saturday's class was incredibly grounding. We grounded down in kneeling, fingertips to the earth to set our intention, stomped the earth in our tribal dance, rested in child's pose, and brought cheeks to our mats in prone. We rooted down for some balance work and mixed in some killer binds. We awakened our root and sacral chakras with lots of pelvic tucking and spirals. My savasana felt like melting into the ground. I was rooted, motivated, centered. We closed the class by holding hands, feeling each other's energy, and as always, 3 slaps to the mat.

That class gave me the patience with my kids that I was lacking the week prior. It gave me energy to plan, to accomplish, to create. Once the business of the day settled into the quiet of evening, and I no longer had another task to occupy my mind, all of the ideas came out. A small sacrifice of sleep for the bigger picture of growing, creating, improving lives. This new moon in Virgo is said to bring about action, especially in business and relationships. No doubt.

It's a time of transition. For my daughter, it's a new school year at a brand new school. Settling out of the Leo party of summer and into the focus and organization this earth sign brings. Schedules are solidifying. Routine will soon be re-established.

I will be teaching Buti on Mondays, including tomorrow, the 26th at 6:00 at DNA. It's the perfect time (the day before the first day of school) to ground yourself, let go of the stress and anxiety that our families feel during transitional times of year. The next Monday class will be the 9th, and then more regularly starting 9/23. The next Saturday class will be the 14th due to the holiday and my Hippotherapy training weekend.

If you are reading this and haven't tried Buti Yoga, I invite you to ask yourself what is holding you back? I had never attended a formal yoga class of any type before taking my friend's buti class for the first time. I was way out of shape, postpartum, and depressed. I felt a connection to my body and my spirit for the first time in at least 10 years. I released so much in savasana and my life hasn't been the same since.

My class is almost 100% beginners. All body types. No judgment. No one cares what you look like. And lord knows I am not perfect, either. I lose my balance, I get tongue tied. At one time, these imperfections would have made me embarrassed. Buti has been the catalyst for immense transformation in my life. I want to share the experience, the unconditional love, the healing, the body confidence with you all.

Love yourself now.