Yoga Theme: Ripples of the Heart
Dive into the radiant energy of the heart chakra with a flow designed to open, strengthen, and support the shoulders and rotator cuffs.
This practice invites you to explore the connection between the heart and the arms, visualizing love and compassion rippling outward through the fingertips. Through dynamic heart-opening postures and intentional movements, we’ll release tension in the shoulders, increase mobility, and cultivate strength in the rotator cuff to support both physical and energetic balance.
Feel the heart expand, as each ripple of movement becomes an offering of love—to yourself and the world around you. Perfect for all levels, this class will leave you feeling open, empowered, and deeply connected to the flow of your heart’s energy.
Heart Chakra
- Chakra: Heart Chakra
- The heart chakra’s energy is believed to radiate out through the arms and into the fingertips. This connection reflects how we physically and energetically extend love, compassion, and kindness to the world.
- Our primary tools for expressing love and connection (like hugging, holding hands, or giving support).
- Fun Fact: the heart beats around 100,000 times per day.
Poem of Week
There is no line
where the lake ends
and the sky begins.
At nightfall
the lake knows nothing
of our troubles.
She is unconcerned
if I am me or you
or the Queen of England.
To the lake, all is water
To the sky, all is air.
They intersected
in the rainstorm and tussle
over shades of blue.
by Kathryn P. Hayton
Unsalted Blue Sunrise
Poems of Lake Michigan