‘Elevate’ Your Yoga
A friend was kind enough to do a write-up of our ‘elevated’ yoga class and we wanted to share. Hope y’all enjoy this as much as we did!
One faithful Sunday, a diverse crew met atop a patio in Russian Hill to smoke a joint (or four) and connect over the art of yoga. Much was accomplished that afternoon, and coincidentally enough, it all went down on Green Street.
Vibrations ran high as everyone organically formed a circle and broke green on Green Street. Treating the joint like a talking stick, we took a puff while introducing ourselves. Once we were thoroughly elevated by the dank ganja and the stories that begun to unfold, the instructor became our guide for the following hour.
For those who have ever done yoga high know that this is truly about as good as life gets (just kidding, but not really.) It’s an experience beyond words, and by that I mean it has to be felt. There’s a certain bit of magic that happens when a group of strangers share a joint and communally achieve their own individual definition of harmony and healing.
We downward dogged into different states, exploring the power of the breath and learning quiet lessons along the way. What did I learn? A few days prior, I decided that I wanted to get my yoga teacher certification in the next year. And here I was, balancing in tree pose with a crew of new friends and an indescribable view of the San Francisco Victorians. These moments of pure intuition and guidance became a symbol of my own desire to someday teach.
After we rinsed out the old, stuck energy through light Vinyasa, we hit a CBD joint to cool down and nom on some healthy munchies consisting of citrus and berries.
I’d argue that the post-session cool down was my favorite part. During the introductions, we simply skimmed the surface of everyone’s passions, but it’s in this last hour that we dove deeper. We had fostered a culture of openness and acceptance that made way to connecting on a deeper level. Everyone’s experience is so different, but it’s moments like this that make us aware of how similar we really are as human beings. We are all climbing our own mountain, so why not take a break (green) every once in awhile?
Written by Kremi Arabadjieva
