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13/01/2024

Northern Hemisphere - here is Round 2...
Our bodies make the sacred geometry of long lines, right angles, triangles, and circular breath, sound and orientation in space. As we turn to face off all sides, we viscerally experience the saying, "No matter where you go, there you are!"

MYOGA SEASONS for Subscribers - Our bodies make the sacred geometry of long lines, right angles, triangles, and circular breath, sound and orientation in space. As we turn to face off all sides, we viscerally experience the saying, "No matter where you go, there you are!"

09/01/2024

Latest on my Substack for those in Deepest Winter - ruminations on the power of Döstädning, from my time in Sweden, 2017. "As I mentioned, I didn’t have the gentle part of it. Probably still don’t have it, truth be told. Which explains why some have called me Commander and described their time with me as “Billington’s Bootcamp”...So when I was met by my Swedish lover’s mess of past lives spilling from drawers, ex-wife banging on doors, and us sleeping on floors (nicely rhymed now but disharmonious then), I put my efforts into the cleaning part. The rest I couldn’t address..."
https://melissaelvirabillington.substack.com/p/dostadning

09/01/2024

For those in the Southern Hemisphere MYOGA Season of First Summer, some recent photos and inspirations...
"Cobra or Snake pose/Bhujangasana is part of our back-core, as we strengthen the stem all-the-way-around by focusing on front, sides and back. Yesterday I had an encounter with Sonny, a 23 year old Woma Python, endemic to Australia. Feeling how her body moves in space without legs really gave me a visceral sense of how to arise off the yoga mat using my back muscles, more than arm strength, which we test by lifting our hands off the floor...Although muscle is essential, steady breath is actually what determines strength in Bhujangasana. If you’re new to MYOGA and you’re accustomed to popping into poses, instead of breathing and evolving into them, pay particular attention as you adjust to how I teach."
https://melissaelvirabillington.substack.com/p/first-summer-round-2-nourishing-digesting

13/12/2023

I’ve changed so much in recent years that you might not recognize me anymore (even though you subscribed to my mailing list somewhere along the way)! Not only am I blonde these days, I’m also on Substack, which I’m loving. I’m still sharing MYOGA, much of which is freely available on MYOGA’s YouTube channel, and the Seasons are released on my SS page, so head on over there to receive weekly videos and prods to practice. melissaelvirabillington.substack.com

17/11/2023

Pretty much says it all. I'm over on Substack with MYOGA Seasons releases and write-ups like these. Happy Spring Southern Hemisphere folk! https://melissaelvirabillington.substack.com/p/brightest-spring-round-1-planting

28/10/2023

just sayin...

13/10/2023

"Can you stay connected?

It’s so easy to throw oneself into configurations, but I think of it like building a house and then not living in it. The way you know someone’s home (you, hopefully!) is that the breath is fluid and steady. And the more you can see the breath running those lines of energy, the more alive you are! So imagine you’re a living, growing thing (which you are but we tend to forget) and, like a flower, you’re growing towards the Sun while staying rooted in those 8 corners of the feet on the Earth."

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25/09/2023

"The only thing we can control is ourselves, and most of the time most of us are crap at even that. We get so caught up in all the things we have no control over. Let’s bring it on home and clear away the distractions so we can uncover and strengthen our inherent truth, remembering that while our English language is centred on nouns, we’re talking here about verbs. It’s Balancing we’re learning, not balance. Truth is a continuing conversation, as Palmer says, not a conclusion."

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21/09/2023

For five minutes a day, elephants at the Houston Zoo participate in stretching and yoga practice. It's all part of an effort to keep them healthy and monitor their wellbeing. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Priscilla Thompson gets up close and personal with their routines.

16/09/2023

I'm on Substack these days and sharing insights to MYOGA Seasons there. Southern Hemisphere folk here's First Spring, Round 1 🌱

MYOGA SEASONS for Subscribers

09/09/2023

I'm on Substack these days and sharing the practices there...Northern Hemisphere folk, here's your intro to Autumn🍂

MYOGA SEASONS for Subscribers