Palms Rise

I𝓉’𝓈 𝒶 𝒷𝒾𝓉 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓎 — As winter settles in, our practice shifts with the season, offering ways to understand what this time is asking of us and how to live in rhythm with it. ❄️

In Yoga, this inward turn is supported through Pratyahara: the drawing back of the senses—so awareness is no longer pulled outward, but gathered, quietened, and restored. In Ayurveda, winter is the grounding season: when the body benefits from warmth, nourishment, and steadiness; energy is built and protected rather than expended. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is governed by the Water element and the Kidneys—a time for deep rest, preservation of essence, and stored vitality for seasons ahead. Though expressed through different languages and lineages, these ancient wisdoms all reflect the same seasonal truth:

In nature, this same movement is visible everywhere. Trees withdraw their life force into their roots, growth slows, and the surface world becomes still. What looks like pause is actually preservation. ✨

Our own life force follows this same intelligence. Prana and Qi naturally shift inward, asking not for more stimulation, but for restoration and containment.

Through the lens of the Koshas (our current series), this becomes something we can directly feel. The body asks for warmth and care. The breath softens. The mind becomes less scattered. And beneath all of this, there is an opportunity to reconnect with a quieter layer of awareness that holds us steady.

Winter is not necessarily a season of hibernation, but of wise conservation. A time to nourish our reserves, tend the inner fire with care, and cultivate practices that keep energy flowing without scattering it. 🔥

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🌕 Full Moon in Sagittarius | Purva Ashadha Nakshatra | Sunday May 31st.

This lunation arrives with the last breath of autumn before winter draws us inward. A moment to notice what is falling away, and what feels worthy of being sown, and to take root into the seasons ahead.

🪭 Purva Ashadha (the lunar mansion and energetic backdrop of the Moon in Vedic Astrology) is symbolised by the fan: not to create more movement, but to gently clear the air, revealing what remains when the winds of change and noise settle. Ruled by Apas: the waters, this nakshatra reminds us that transformation is rarely forceful. Water patiently softens, shapes, and finds its way through.

Sagittarius turns our gaze toward meaning, truth, and the horizon ahead. Purva Ashadha questions whether the path we’re walking still belongs to us — or whether something quieter and more honest is asking to emerge.

This moon may invite quiet courage: to release old philosophies, loosen outgrown identities, and trust what continues to feel alive beneath the surface.

Reflection:
✧ What belief, expectation, or story can I release to better align to *me?
✧ If I stopped forcing the next chapter, what would begin to write itself truthfully?

✺ T u e s d a y
6:15am Hot Yoga; | All Abilities | 45min

7:15am Hot Pilates Strength; | All Abilities | 45min Top to Toe w. Apparatus

💪 Loaded |
4.45pm, 5:40pm, 6:35pm & 7:30pm Yoga

✺ W e d n e s d a y
💪 Pilates Strength |
7:45am, 8:40am, 9:35am

6:15pm Myofascial Release; | All Abilities | 60min check in, Self Massage & Restore

7:30pm Yin + Meditation; | All Abilities | 60min Rest, Breathe, Be

✺ T h u r s d a y
6:15am Hot Pilates Strength; | All Abilities | 45min Top to Toe w. Apparatus

7:15am Hot Mat Pilates; | All Abilities | 45min Top to Toe Workout

✺ F r i d a y
💪 Body |
7:45am, 8:40am, 9:35am

✺ S a t u r d a y
10am Yoga; | All Abilities | 60mins Dynamic Vinyasa Sweat

✺ S u n d a y
💪 Pilates Only |
3pm & 3.55pm

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“Sometimes you are a child of the ocean, wild and free. Sometimes you belong to the forest, strong and grounded. You are soft, fierce, beautiful, reckless — you are the goddamn sun. You are made up of the stars you sleep under and the earth beneath your feet. You are here and here and here and you will always, and never, be right here again. Just know that you aren’t just worthy of everything, you are everything.”
— Samantha King Holmes

Welcoming a new lunar cycle, new week, and new movement series for the next few weeks:

✺ T u e s d a y
6:15am Hot Yoga; | All Abilities | 45min

7:15am Hot Pilates Strength; | All Abilities | 45min Top to Toe w. Apparatus

💪 Loaded |
4.45pm, 5:40pm, 6:35pm & 7:30pm Yoga

✺ W e d n e s d a y
💪 Body |
7.45am, 8.40am, 9:35am

6:15pm Myofascial Release; | All Abilities | 60min check in, Self Massage & Restore

7:30pm Yin + Meditation; | All Abilities | 60min Rest, Breathe, Be

✺ T h u r s d a y
6:15am Hot Pilates Strength; | All Abilities | 45min Top to Toe w. Apparatus

7:15am Hot Mat Pilates; | All Abilities | 45min Top to Toe Workout

✺ S a t u r d a y
10am Yoga; | All Abilities | 60mins Dynamic Vinyasa Sweat

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“𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠…𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟.” | Victor Glover, Astronaut

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 〰️

How are you?
The “emptiness” can oftentimes feel less like awe and more like overwhelm—constant input, collective grief, uncertainty, and tension that doesn’t just live out there, but settles into our bodies. From a Yogic lens, this sensitivity isn’t something to fix *it’s awareness. The practice of Yoga reminds us that we are deeply interconnected; what moves through the collective moves through us, too. ✨

Yoga has always been, in some way, political—not in a loud or divisive sense, but in how it invites us into relationship: with ourselves, with each other, and with the world we’re shaping together. The practice of Ahimsa (non-harming) isn’t just a concept, it’s a way of being—a soft but powerful inquiry into how we show up, respond, and care. Feeling the weight of the world right now doesn’t mean you’re too much *it means you’re connected. 🌎

And yet, our practice offers us a place to land. A way to stay with what’s real without becoming consumed by it. Through breath, presence, and gentle awareness, we practice witnessing instead of holding everything all at once. This is the space of Svadhyaya—a quiet returning to questions like: What is mine to carry? What can I soften around? What needs action, and what needs rest?

The “oasis” Glover speaks of becomes something we tend to, moment by moment. It lives in the pause between breaths, in the feeling of your feet on the ground, in the small, real moments of connection. It’s not about turning away from the world, but about resourcing yourself so you can meet it with steadiness, clarity, and care.

Yoga doesn’t ask us to disconnect from what’s happening—it supports us in staying present to it, without losing ourselves in the process.

Warmest, Sar 🧘🏻

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