{"id":295,"date":"2020-07-15T15:06:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattdavisyoga.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2020-07-15T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:10:33","slug":"lets-find-our-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattdavisyoga.com\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Find Our Flow!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″ min_height=”1628px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.6″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|7px||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.6″ text_font_size=”20px” custom_margin=”||-19px|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||”]

Automated breakfast making scenes are amongst my favorites in movies. There\u2019s a great one in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure where he lights a candle, it burns through a piece of string to drop an anvil, which cracks an egg. I love the little details, like his bunny slippers sniffing out a carrot, and how he jumps onto a fireman\u2019s pole in his pajamas. By the time he hits the ground on the floor below, he\u2019s wearing his daytime clothes. He\u2019s so joyful to just wake up and start the day!<\/span>
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Click here to take my free yoga class on this subject.<\/a><\/u><\/strong>
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The vinyasa flow style of yoga is all about getting into that state of unconscious flow where everything just moves, and you detach slightly from your mind, to find a state of meditative bliss and connection, hopefully, with a bigger reality. I think of the Beatles song, that life goes on within you and without you. Or of Pee-Wee Herman. Or that French guy walking the tightrope between the towers of the World Trade Center.<\/span>
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Our hand shape, or mudra, this week, is \u201cabhaya mudra\u201d, which, ironically, is as simple as an open palm, held up to the right of one\u2019s shoulder. You imagine the things that scare you, looking straight into the center of your open palm, and it turns your fears into flow.<\/span>
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Simple courage is anything but simple.<\/span>
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I\u2019ll see you on the mat<\/a>.<\/strong>
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Love from,<\/span>
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Matt<\/span><\/p>\n

P.S.<\/strong>\u00a0Here\u2019s that scene from\u00a0<\/span>Pee-wee\u2019s Big Adventure<\/a>. Family Guy\u00a0<\/span>spoofed the same breakfast machine<\/a>, ending, somewhat hilariously, with Peter getting shot and wailing, \u201cwhat is the point of these machines if they just shoot you?\u201d Not very yoga-ish, I know. \u00a0But also, quite funny. So, perhaps it\u2019s yoga-ish after all?<\/span><\/p>\n

P.P.S. It\u2019s This Week\u2019s Vegetarian Recipe!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yoga is based on nonviolence, or \u201cahimsa\u201d, in Sanskrit, which means no killing animals. So. Fava beans (we call them \u201cbroad beans\u201d in England) are in season, and I\u2019m always amazed by how strong a flavor they pack for such a modest little package. Nigel Slater\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Kitchen Diaries<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>has a super recipe for pasta with ricotta, fava beans, and mint, which the\u00a0<\/span>Guardian reproduced for your benefit<\/a>. Marcella Hazan\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Classics of Italian Cooking<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>also has a lovely recipe for\u00a0<\/span>spinach soup with risotto rice which you can check out at Google Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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