http://www.museyoga.com/MUSE_YOGA_NEW/Yoga_at_Muse.html
http://www.museyoga.com/MUSE_YOGA_NEW/Marcy_Westover.html
Marcy held her yoga class in the same studio space as Kendra, The Muse Building. What a great space to get to visit twice! (Please review post titled 'Kendra Helps us Find our Inner Durga' for building description.)
Marcy has been practicing yoga for about eight years beginning with Iyengar and Ashtanga and now practices flow full time. She began with prana flow yoga 500 hour teacher training with Shiva Rea in 2007, and continues to practice and study with her along with other master teachers including Micheline Berry and Max Strom.
A word from Marcy:
"I feel that the most profound aspect that the practice of yoga can offer is the ability to let yourself be as you are, to love yourself and those around you unconditionally; and to listen, observe, and feel the creative and boundless energy, The Universal Truth, that resides in each of us."
I couldn't agree more with Marcy on this --
Marcy opened her class by educating us on Lakshmi.
Lakshi, is the Hindu goddess of weath (both material and spiritual), light wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity, and courage, and the embodiment of beauty, grace, and charm.
Marcy's free-flowing organic stye of yoga was very different than most of the yoga I have previously practiced. The flowing style opened my body and my heart. Inspired by Lakshmi, Marcy sequenced her class in a way that promoted grace and beauty. Throughout the class she guided us through poses that embodied these traits. Some of our poses were the same that can be seen in sculptures of the goddess. Mirroring these poses was a significant part of Marcy's class. I actually felt closer to Lakshmi's attributes as we held and moved through these poses, more sweetness, more grace, more beauty - it was magnificent! Marcy choreographed her transitions seamlessly and had the class run through multiple sets of each pose, holding each a significant amount of time. Marcy's gentle but confident voice brought me through some very deep stretching and flow sequences that sometimes presented challenges to my balance. She very successfully made connections betweeen spirituality and physical movement throughout her class. Marcy's natural pension for teaching makes her a joy to practice with.
This class was full of people who were excited about The Trip and the Trade - I mean seriously...look at this class photo - how can they not be awesome??
Marcy has been supportive of The Trip and the Trade from the beginning giving me hope for my journey. Her spirit is open and her practice beautiful - thank you Marcy!
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