yoga asana for virgo season
are you feeling the nervous strain of virgo season?
there’s a lot of tension and mental activity that surrounds virgo season…plus this year, Mercury is in Virgo while the Sun is there. further, as you know, Mars is in a Mercury-ruled sign (Gemini) for 7 months. so All Matters Mercury (travel, data, information exchange, communication) are getting a major boost.
we are humming with plans, scrutinizing every detail, striving to appear perfect…all while never breaking a sweat or eating one calorie over our Daily Allowance. maybe you’re worrying, doing a lot of extra cleaning, organizing, planning.
all this perfectionism & mental electricity is likely to show up as stress in our bodies - the neck, the jaw, the back, the hips…wherever you tend to store your anxiety.
Virgo season may also arouse jealousy in our hearts, because we are so stimulated mentally: we’re taking in information about others, comparing our stats with theirs, wondering how they got ‘this’ or ‘that’ and why didnt we get that, why didnt we get that first? it’s exhausting.
thankfully, there are some yoga asanas that can help you to re-direct your attention toward peace. in my previous post about Virgo season, I shared that the designated asanas for Virgo season are those that relate to the Vishuddha chakra (throat chakra).
They are: Shoulderstand (Salamba Sarvangasana), plow (Halasana) and fish (Matsyasana). It’s interesting that Matsyasana is the Fish, and the Sign of the Fish (Pisces) sits directly opposite Virgo on the zodiac wheel. To get through Virgo season, we must look to Pisces, the Fish, for wisdom.
For your nature immersion practice, I recommend going to a natural body of water and IMMERSING yourself - dont just look at the ocean or touch it with your tippy toes. Virgo season demands a full body relaxation, feel the weight of the water on your skin up to your neck (at least).
I recommend practicing the above asanas as part of a full Jivamukti Open vinyasa sequence. But pay special attention to how holding the above poses for 10 breaths each can help dissolve any sense of anxiety and stress energy that has accumulated in your body. And of course, meditation practice (of 20 minutes or more) can help quiet your mind and bring you back to the breath. DM for more info.
image of Matsyasana by: @scotttelow1