Yes, I know what you think of me, you never shut up, never shut up, never shut up, never shut up. You know me, you know me like the Nightingale. Welcome to Never Shut Up, I'm your host Rose Crest. Today is March 26th, 2026, that is a mouthful, and we are talking about song for Eric.
I'm gonna tell you a little secret as we get into the practice, the song. I do these all in one go sometimes, and I'm on a roll, and then I leave these notes, and I have no idea what I'm talking about, what I was feeling in the moment, but we're gonna go with it. So the Nightingale signals of the coming of spring. It's like inviting that sense of spring in, and here in the northern hemisphere we are welcoming spring.
The daffodils are up in Oregon, the daffodils are up. There's rainy days, and then warm days, the sun's been coming out, you know, the sun is out, it's like 50 degrees outside, and everybody's walking around a t-shirt, it's because we're also used to it being, I guess, cold and dank and cloudy. So that Nightingale, which we don't really have them here in Oregon, but that Nightingale is signals the coming of spring. Yet there's still a sense of haunted by the past, I mean the song is definitely haunted by the past, and it's, I think it's funny because, you know, we're in that in-between zone where, you know, like it could be 70 degrees like it was last week, and then we can have a freeze in the morning.
You never know what's gonna happen in spring, so we're haunted sometimes by the past, maybe it's the past of winter. Riding on the wind, like a fresh breeze that comes through to sweep us clear, even as we're holding onto the past, so there's this sense of balancing past and future, and while a great pose for balancing past and future is warrior 2, that's not what we're gonna go for, instead we're gonna go for the blossoming of spring with blossoming lotus pose. This one is a hoot, it's fun, it's not kind of like a forlorn lament, like song for Eric, but that's okay, it's spring, we could use a little lightness. So you're gonna be doing this on the floor, it is a balancing pose, and you'll see balancing pose on your butt, what?
Yeah, you'll see, we'll get there. So, knees bent, feet in front of you, and you can take the feet, like they're coming together, they're not gonna stay coming together. And then supporting your, let's start with the right side first, so you're supporting your right foot, and you're gonna bring your right foot up, and then bring your right arm under, so that your right calf rests in the crook of your right elbow. Now with the left leg, you're gonna do the same thing with the left leg, trying to lift your left leg up into the crook of your left elbow.
My trick for this is, I'm able to pick my left leg up, and then hold it in place with my right leg, and then I sweep my left arm underneath. So here, once you have your arms in place, did you know I do the poses while I'm doing this? Yes, this pose is extraordinarily difficult to do while holding a microphone, but it's kind of happening. Anyway, your heels are gonna touch, your toes are gonna blast them open, like a blossoming lotus.
And then with your hands, you might be holding your calves, but if you can get your hands free, you're gonna touch your thumb and index finger together on each hand, spreading the fingers wide. And here, we breathe and balance on our sits bones, on our butts, and the fun part about this is that oftentimes you roll back and you come onto your floor. I like to do this at the end of class because, well, it's kind of a fun one, and it will incite giggling and laughter as people try and do it, but it's a fun one if you can get into it, and I'd say most people can get into it. So as you're in it, as you're holding it, if you fall out, no big deal, you can come back into it, lift your heart, lift the corners of your mouth, enjoy the fun of spring here.
As we blossom into this next moment of our life, which oh my God, so exciting and clue with brand new, Tori. I can't believe it. I'm so excited. I'm so excited.
I will see you tomorrow. Thank you so much for joining me and Tori for a little mental yoga today. Remember, five minutes a day is so much better than 60 minutes a week. Bye.
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