Runic Yoga Postures!

[Silver Venus]

Wild, we never did make up a routine for those rune postures you tyed out last year But no worries here are them again with piccies and all!
http://members.aol.com/cbsunny/stadha.html
(hope these are the same as you studied)

It would be great if we could all get a dicussion going on these and try some out to se what energy/emotions/insights they give us!

[Lavender]

They look like the same. I'll compare them to the pics in my book tonight. I've forgotten about those! :D I still would like to incorporate them into a yoga routine.

[Flar's Freyja]

:boing:

You're Yogini's too! I need to check this out, I think I'm doing Uruz when I do my down dog anyway.................or something kinda like it..............

[Lavender]

The postures are the same as the book. This is great! Thanks for another project, Silver! :D

[Silver Venus]

Wild Im glad they are the same now we can all try out the stances and putting them into a routine :D
The stances in order in the line like they are on the site are more like a routine arent they!
The only problem is I dont know all the Yoga stances :crazy: put hey we can only try..
Now Ive just made up this routine and had five rounds of it! It works really well and gest allot of energy in your higher chakras :) I did the normal Sun Halitation till I got down to downward dog then hopped forward through my legs to S Sowilo ~ which is the sun rune! and I thought totally fits.. then I went through all the 3 aett (the last 8 positions) in order until the last Dagaz ~ which is the ying and yang rune!
Then after I had completed these I dropped down again into downward dog and carried on the Sun Halitation to the end/ & repeated these stances all over again 5 times :) It does get all your energy levels right up! :D
Try it and see what you think :)

[Flar's Freyja]

I haven't tried any of it yet, but you've really got my curiousity up. I'll get started within the next few days.

I began yoga 5 years ago for chronic pain - as it turned out, I literally had a broken back and no one was listening to me until I started to lose my leg. Exercise had always helped with the pain but it got so bad I couldn't do the walking and weight work that I had been doing. I started about a year before I had back surgery and was doing a few of the gentle poses three weeks after surgery. I was always afraid I would gain weight when I had to stop the aerobic work. I have the kind of metabolism that makes me have to exercise. Not only have I not gained a pound, but I think I look better (I tend to develop really big muscles). I learned from White Lotus' (Tracey Rich & Ganga White) Total Yoga and have progressed to power yoga. I have gotten most of the muscle and nerve back in my leg and my foot is only about 20 percent paralyzed now, can't even notice it.

Since I'm the kind of person who has a very difficult time with sitting down and staying still types of meditation, my yoga is a moving meditation for me. It's done so much for my body and spirit already - I can't wait to combine it with the power of the Runes!

[Silver Venus]

Im pleased your leg and foot are much better now, wow you must feel so proud to actually achieve all that on your own, the power of control over ones body is a great thing!

Runes and Yoga goes really well together, Im planning to try some more stances with the Sun Halitation tomorrow.
Has anyone tried those stances I was talking about before? I tried them again yesterday and fouind they worked really well if you chanted the name of the rune as you followed into the stance for it. It was very meditative and after I actually went and meditated with Dagaz as I felt that was calling me the most.

I cant believe fitness guru hasnt exploited it already. Can you imagine a hard core Odinist doing Yoga Runes! lol that would be funny! :p

[Lavender]

I've copied out your routine & will try them tonight.

Heh! I think we should get Rick in on this. :D

[Silver Venus]

lol yeah that would be good just for background knowledge about the runes, not for the funniness of imagining him in his big hat jumping up and down to these at all ;)

[Lavender]

Oh! Of course that's what I meant! Yup! *giggle*

[Silver Venus]

Ok you ask him then ;)

[Lavender]

I don't know if I could do it with a straight face!:D

[Silver Venus]

lol, well youll have to do it with a crooked one then ;)
lol, or we could always give him some red lycra hot pants and a little T'shirt with Runesinger on it and hope he takes the hint! :eek:

[Lavender]

RICK! WHERE ARE YOU?

Actually, I've been working on doing a series of rune poses for various things like what Rick's posted in Rune magic. It would be educational to hear what Rick thinks of this. :D

[Silver Venus]

Oh darling thats far too serious!

No really, that sounds like a great idea!!
As always you come up with the best!!
Id like to know about that too :)

[Flar's Freyja]

:rotfl:

I had a vision of Rick in his red lycra hotpants and Runesinger T-shirt doing a backroll and rolling out of control...............

[Lavender]

He'd better get in here & defend himself! :D

[Silver Venus]

Oh yeah i had a that same vision! :D
Rick where are you?

no seriously he is going to be so embrassed! :eek:

[Flar's Freyja]

:blushake: And we are going to be in BIG TROUBLE! :blushake:

[Lavender]

Hmm...maybe he won't notice?

[Kiya]

Not a chance, he'll spot this a mile off!! :eek:

[Rick]

Hehehehehehe... I'm more of a Spandex man, myself... black bike shorts, with my beer belly hangin' over... I tried one of those backrolls once... gored myself with my hat... :rotfl:

<ahem> ... OK, be serious now...


...yeah, right... :crylaugh: :rotfl:


Gee... a blond & a redhead had the same vision of me... are you ladies Valkyries, by any chance? :heartthro :hearteyes :loveduv: :D :T 8O

[Flar's Freyja]

:rotfl:
:crylaugh: :lol:


Hope that you didn't gore yourself in a sensitive place! :eek:



Gee... a blond & a redhead had the same vision of me... are you ladies Valkyries, by any chance?

:devil: Well, I AM a Warrior Woman!

[Rick]

Originally posted by Freyja
:rotfl:
:crylaugh: :lol:


Hope that you didn't gore yourself in a sensitive place! :eek:
Hehehe... ALL my places are sensitive to being gored by a horned Viking hat... '^'

[Flar's Freyja]

Oh, poor baby! :smooch: Magick kisses!

[Lavender]

*ahem!* Yoga positions, people? :D

[Flar's Freyja]

Okay! Forward bend (Uruz), bridge, backrolls - 9 rounds. Sun Salutations -12 rounds. Chataraunga - 5 rounds. Tree pose - (Thurisaz). Standing with arms crossed - Dagaz. Sweating now? Savasana!

[Silver Venus]

Well Rick Im terrible at spinning but I love riding horses and always wear my swan winged hat so I guess I must be! Freyja I bow to you! :D

About these postures ~ Wild did you try the sequence out?

I tried again this monring but just used four of the rune postures ~ The one for Dagaz, Gebo, Algix then Tiwaz at the begining and end of each salutation :D
I didnt really feel that much though ~ only from gebo this time.

[Flar's Freyja]

Namaste' **bows**

Somewhat - what I wrote is similar to my daily workout. I start with several forward bends - depending on how much time I have - I saw the pic of the forward bend for Uruz, but that would be too much weight on my back, so I'm subbing the whole forward bends and downward dogs. Then I usually drop to backrolls, then (oops, forgot the yoga name for it) the leg lifts that work your stomach! or crunches, following by lying twists - then it's up again, as many rounds of Sun Salutations as I again have time for. I have incorporated chataraungas into them, I love them, they work everything (this is part of ashtanga yoga) - I will do trikonasanas, warriors, and lunges in between. I used the Dagaz pose while resting in between salutations. I always do my tree before finishing because it took me so blessed long to master it! and I now meditate on Yggdrasil and Thurisaz as I hold it. Then I go back down to do a sitting twist, cobbler and lotus. I could not do a full lotus before my surgery. Can't hold it for all too long, either :T but I can do them! Then I might do a plough if my neck can stand it, then meditate in savasana for as long as I can get away with.

I printed off that site and need to study it some more, we can discuss further adjustments to the routine. I find it a bit awkward to try to look at a diagram while I'm practicing! I have been using Freya Aswynn's CD for practice, it's wild :eek: !

[Lavender]

I did try the sequences last night. I think I could have gotten more out of it if I had printed out the poses rather than look through my book. It was a bit disjointed having to refer to the diagram & flip through the book. After I did 3 sets, it was much better. I'm looking forward to going straight through tonight. I think I'll try chanting the sounds along with the poses.

[Rick]

...the vision I get is of all of you tying yourselves into pretzels, & then craning your necks around to look at the book or printout... makes me think of 'Twister'... :rotfl:

<ahem> OK... Wildchild, you've hit the nail on the head... if you're going to do Rune Stadha, it's not going to be very effective if you don't 'sing' the Rune's name as you assume it's shape... you might think of it as your mantra...

[Flar's Freyja]

Well, at least WE look good in our spandex! ;)

[Lavender]

Originally posted by Rick
...the vision I get is of all of you tying yourselves into pretzels, & then craning your necks around to look at the book or printout... makes me think of 'Twister'... :rotfl:


I kept falling over at sowilo! :lol: I'm getting the hang of them now. Have you ever tried these, Rick?


Well, at least WE look good in our spandex!

Well, I don't know about me...I'd probably resemble Rick. :D

[Rick]

Originally posted by Wildchild
I kept falling over at sowilo! :lol: I'm getting the hang of them now. Have you ever tried these, Rick?
Um, no... well, not very seriously, anyway...

Well, I don't know about me...I'd probably resemble Rick. :D
Hey, if you got one of my Runesinger T-shirts with payin' for it, there's gonna be trouble, Missy!

[Lavender]

Originally posted by Rick
Hey, if you got one of my Runesinger T-shirts with payin' for it, there's gonna be trouble, Missy!

:D

[Lavender]

Rick, do you have the book: Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic by Edred Thorsson that these stances on the site are from? I have a question...what is a Galdr? Underneath that title, it has, what I think, are sounds that you're supposed to make?

ex:

Galdr:
tiwaz tiwaz tiwaz
tiiiiirrrrr
tu ta ti te to
tur tar tir ter tor
ot et it at ut
(Tyr Tyr)
Tiiiiirrrrr

Is this a chant that I'm supposed to do while doing the pose?

[HerbGurl]

:D That is COOL!!! :D I also found another page qwhile surfing the web last night, which looks rather interesting as well.

http://www.runemagick.com/runeyoga/


I am definitely going to try these!
Thanks!

Blessings,
HerbGurl
:p

[Rick]

Originally posted by Wildchild
Rick, do you have the book: Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic by Edred Thorsson that these stances on the site are from? I have a question...what is a Galdr? Underneath that title, it has, what I think, are sounds that you're supposed to make?

ex:

Galdr:
tiwaz tiwaz tiwaz
tiiiiirrrrr
tu ta ti te to
tur tar tir ter tor
ot et it at ut
(Tyr Tyr)
Tiiiiirrrrr

Is this a chant that I'm supposed to do while doing the pose?
Yup... that's what Galdr is... Runesinging... the sound ('sacred breath') that accompanies a Rune working... and that's what Rune Stadha is, a Rune working, to raise the energy of a Rune by assuming it's shape & singing it's name or the sound associated with it...

There is at least one thread about Galdr around here somewhere...

Ya know, this thread might better fit in Magic & Ritual...

...but what the hay...

[Flar's Freyja]

I've seen the Galdr chants written out like that, but how does one find out what it's supposed to sound like? Is it just a matter of doing a monotone type chant, like Om? I have the Freya Aswynn CD and she just sings (or screams! :scream: ) the names of the runes.

[Flar's Freyja]

That is COOL!!! I also found another page qwhile surfing the web last night, which looks rather interesting as well.

It IS interesting, I like the hand positions that it also shows, they could be used as mudras.

[Rick]

Originally posted by Freyja
I've seen the Galdr chants written out like that, but how does one find out what it's supposed to sound like? Is it just a matter of doing a monotone type chant, like Om? I have the Freya Aswynn CD and she just sings (or screams! :scream: ) the names of the Runes.
You may have noticed that my 'job title' is Runesinger... rather then Runechanter, or Runespeaker... when you hit the right frequency (pitch) that resonates with a particular Rune's energy, you'll feel it... like feeling the vibrations from a tuning fork... you can try to imitate Ms. Aswynn (not saying I can do any better, but I don't think she hits each one dead on), or experiment on your own... '^'

'Course, I guess I could of called myself a 'Galdr-boy'... 8O

[Flar's Freyja]

when you hit the right frequency (pitch) that resonates with a particular Rune's energy, you'll feel it...

Well - I am an alto/contralto so as long as none of them require a high pitch I think I can pull it off.....I discovered a while ago that I can make my whole throat vibrate so I can put some power into these.

Although, I did manage to hit the high note in Stevie Nicks' "Garbo" in the car last night on the way home, was rather pleased with myself.....:o

[Silver Venus]

with thewse stances ~ they would work really well!
Only problem I have now is I dont have a list of them all ~ Rick do you have one that you could type out for us? Pretty please! :D

Ive just been searching to try and find a list but no success im afriad ~ i did find a page with the following deffinitions that I thought would be of interest ;)

RUNE GALDR
Verbal magic through the intonation of mantras (incantations, enchantment), using rune symbols as a method of objectifying the verbal content and hence objectifying magical intent.

STADHA GALDR
Or RUNIC YOGA, is an active system of magic developed in Germany in the early 20th C., and consists of adopting runic postures (runen-asana) or gestures (runen-mudra) for magical effect within the rune shaman's subjective/ objective environment.

http://www.icon.co.za/~runemagic/definitions.htm

[Flar's Freyja]

Another vote here for Rick typing us up a list. Pretty please?

Thanks for the link, Silver Venus. You always come up with such great stuff.

[Silver Venus]

Originally posted by Freyja
[BThanks for the link, Silver Venus. You always come up with such great stuff. [/B]
My pleasure hun, I'm just addicted to google.com! :D

[Lavender]

I have a list in my book that I can type out tonight. The only thing is...because it's in a book, is that copywriten? Or are the Galdrs common knowledge that we can type them out?

[Silver Venus]

That would be so cool, I hope it wont take long for you.
Im not sure about copyright.. Maybe if you type them out then leave the details and authors name I think that will be alright as we are covering all areas... best to be safe hey :)

[Lavender]

Judging by what Rick said, I don't think the Galdrs were made up by the author. But I will acknowledge where I got them from ...just in case.

[Silver Venus]

Yeah, I agree. Doesnt the author give a refernce to the original creator of the Galdr's? There will be one in the appendix probally...
I really appreciate you typing these up :)

[Lavender]

Here is a list of the rune galdrs. The book I found this list is called Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic by Edred Thorsson. I have seen these incantations in other rune books. I'm assuming they're like rune meanings & we can use them here.

Fehu
fehu fehu fehu
ffffffffff
fu fa fi fe fo
of ef if af uf
ffffffffff

Uruz
uruz uruz uruz
uuuuuuuuuu
uuuuurrrrr
uuuuuuuuuu

Thurisaz
thurisaz thurisaz thurisaz
th th th th th th th th th th
thur thar thir ther thor
thu tha thi the tho
th th th th th th th th th th

Ansuz
ansuz ansuz ansuz
aaaaaaaa
aaaaaasssss
aaaaa
aaaaaaaaaa

Raidho
raidho raidho raidho
rrrrrrrrrr
ru ra ri re ro
rudh radh ridh redhu rodh
(rut rat rit ret rot)
or er ir ar ur
rrrrrrrrrr

Kenaz
kenaz kenaz kenaz
ku ka ki ke ko
kun kan kin ken kon
ok ek ik ak uk
kaunnnnnnnn

Gebo
gebo gebo gebo
gu ga gi ge go
gub gab gib geb gob
og eg ig ag ug
g a a a a f f f f f f f

Wunjo
wunjo wunjo wunjo
wu wa wi we wo
wun wan win wen won
wo we wi wa wu
wwwuuuunnnnn

Hagalaz
hagalaz hagalaz hagalaz
h h h h h h h h h h
hu ha hi he ho
hug hag hig heg hog
(hul hal hil hel hol)
oh eh ih ah uh
h h h h h h h h h h

Naudhiz
naudhiz naudhiz naudhiz
nnnnnnnnnn
nu na ni ne no
nudh nadh nidh nedh nodh
(nut nat nit net not)
un an in en on
nnnnnnnnnn

Isa
Isa isa isa
iiiiiiiiii
iiiiisssss
(sssss iiiii)
iiiiiiiiii

Jera
jera jera jera
jjjjeeeerrrraaaa
jjjjjjjjjj
ju ja ji je jo
(jur jar jir jer jor)
jjjjeeeerrrraaaa

3Eihwaz
eihwaz eihwaz eihwaz
(iwaz iwaz iwaz)
e e e e e e e e e e
iwu iwa iwi iwe iwo
iwo iwe iwi iwa iwu
e e e e e e e e e e

Perthro
perthro perthro perthro
pu pa pi pe po
purdh pardh pirdh perdh pordh
po pe pi pa pu
peeeerrrrththththrrrroooo

Algiz
elhaz elhaz elhaz
z z z z z z z z z z
uz az iz ez oz
oz ez is az uz
zzzzzzzzzz
(mmmmmmmmmm)

Sowilo
sowilo sowilo sowilo
ssssssssss
ssssoooollll
su sa si se so
(sul sal sil sel sol)
us as is es os
so se si sa su
ssssssssss

Tiwaz
tiwaz tiwaz tiwaz
tiiiirrrr
tu ta ti te to
tur tar tir ter tor
ot et it at ut
tiiiirrrr

Berkano
berkano berkano berkano
bu ba bi be bo
b e e e e e r r r r r
(burk bark birk berk bork)
ob eb ib ab ub
b e e e e e r r r r r

Ehwaz
ehwo ehwo ehwo
eeeehwooooo
ehwu ehwa ehwi ehwe ehwo
ehwo ehwe ehwi ehwa ehwu
eeeehwooooo

Mannaz
mannaz mannaz mannaz
mmmmmaaaaannnnn
mu ma mi me mo
mun man min men mon
um am im em om
mon men min man mun
mmmmmaaaaannnnn
mmmmmmmmmm

Laguz
laguz laguz laguz
lllllllll
lu la li le lo
(lug lag lig leg log)
ul al il el ol
lo le li la lu
lllllaaaaaguuuuu
llllllllll

Ingwaz
ingwaz ingwaz ingwax
iiiiinnnnnggggg
ung ang ing eng ong
ong eng ng ang ung
iiiiinnnnnggggg

Dagaz
dagaz dagaz dagaz
dhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdh
daaaaagaaaazzzz
du da di de do
dh dh dh dh dh
odh edh idh adh udh
od ed id ad ud
daaaaagaaaazzzz

Othala
othala othala othala
oooooooooo
ooooo
othul othal othil othel othol
othol othel othil othal othul
ooooo

[Silver Venus]

:smooch: :) Thank you soooo much!!! I hope they didnt take long to type out and you learnt some along the way :)
Im printing this off now and I'll try it with the stances later on this afternoon.
Ive just actually got back from my yoga class this morning and it was really great, we did alot of arm and shoulder excercises with belts and I feel great now :)
Thanks so much again Wild your ace!! :boing:

[Lavender]

You're welcome! Nothing like learning something by writing it all out! :D

Heh! That's what we did last night at yoga class. I'm really feeling it in my shoulders & back right now!

[Rick]

I could be wrong, but since you didn't quote the author verbatim, but more like paraphrased, I think it'll be OK... you can PM Amberlaine for a ruling, if you like...

[Lavender]

I ran that by the CopyrightPolice & it's ok to use.

[The Mad Vitiki]

hey belive it or not dr. Phill lets us do that u know the rune yoga so when i not relaxing in my white jackit you nknow the one with the long sleves that tye in the back
and oh yea i kep on untying canting ANnnnnSssUuuZzzSss so now they put a rubber ball in my mouth to shut me up oh boy just cant have much fun here at the asylum

[Flar's Freyja]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Now combine that with the vision of Rick rolling out of control.......

[Silver Venus]

So hows everyone's rountines going?
Mines fallen flat on its face, but just about to get back up...

[Lavender]

huh? :D

Heh! I always get to the end & then realized I forgotten to add in the rune postures. I'm going to have to learn them better...it's hard to stop & check the book.

[Flar's Freyja]

Heh! I always get to the end & then realized I forgotten to add in the rune postures. I'm going to have to learn them better...it's hard to stop & check the book.

I'm not bothering much with checking the book. It seems that some of the asanas were very easy to relate to a rune, such as Uruz, Daegaz, Sowilo and Thurisaz. I have that wild CD that came with Freya Aswynn's Northern Mysteries and Magick, and believe it or not, I'm using it for yoga. It keeps me focused on the runes.

Of course, my son thinks I'm really crazy now.......

[Silver Venus]

Yeah Ive picked up a few but still need to brush up on them too.
When I first learnt Yoga and praticised by myself I got a big piece of plain paper, then drew stick men on it to represent the stances. I think Im going to do this again for these rune stances.
That way you dont have to keep stopping and looking down at a print out or book, you just tac it to the wall then look ahead at your next stance.

That rune music sounds great Freyja Im going to have to get me some one day to spook my bf into thinking im with the coconuts :D

[Flar's Freyja]

That rune music sounds great Freyja Im going to have to get me some one day to spook my bf into thinking im with the coconuts

You could also show him the picture of Ms. Aswynn on the back of the book (in the new edition it's the front cover) to enhance the effect.......

Seriously, when you first listen to it you almost want to laugh - but I also use it for meditation and it now puts me right to sleep! It's called Songs of Yggdrasil and if you can't find the edition that includes the CD I think you may be able to get it from Llewellyn.

[Silver Venus]

Thanks :) Ive been meaning to get it for a while ever since you mentioned it last :)
When Ive got some spare cash ill be snapping it right up!

Talking of Freya Aswynn, I friend of mine actually used to go to moot's with her in London called 'The Talking Stick', he said she was totally barmy and kept on shouting '******** Odin' every time all the time!! :T

[Flar's Freyja]

she was totally barmy and kept on shouting '******** Odin' every time all the time!!

What a picture this conjures up - wolf skin on head and drink in hand - :rotfl:

[Silver Venus]

Yeah :T :lol: :rotfl: she did sound very, very, very excentric ~ thats why shes so great!!

[Lavender]

I think I'll have to get that book...just for that picture! Heh!

[Flar's Freyja]

She IS terrific, despite her appearance. It's a great book.

[Rick]

Originally posted by Wildchild
I think I'll have to get that book...just for that picture! Heh!
You can see the picture at her website... don't remember the url, but check your favorite search engine...

[Flar's Freyja]

You can see the picture at her website... don't remember the url, but check your favorite search engine...

There's your visual, girlfriends. Thanks, Rick! :)

[Silver Venus]

Just incase no-one can find it ~ http://www.aswynn.co.uk/
Its a really great site! Im off to read more!! :D

& her's her piccie..

[Rick]

SV, I just LOVE it when you say "piccie"... :hearteyes

[Flar's Freyja]

Silver Venus, that is a great site - I never thought to look for one. Thanks. It's actually not the same piccie that's on the book, but it's just as good!

[Rick]

Originally posted by Freyja
Silver Venus, that is a great site - I never thought to look for one. Thanks. It's actually not the same piccie that's on the book, but it's just as good!
Ooooh... another handsome, smart woman sez "piccie"... :heartthro :loveduv:

[Flar's Freyja]

Ooooh... another handsome, smart woman sez "piccie"...

Flattery will get you everywhere :smooch:

[MasterMoon]

So Freyja...is that piccie of you??? (the one with the funny hat?)

[Flar's Freyja]

So Freyja...is that piccie of you??? (the one with the funny hat?)

Noooooo, I'm a redhead - I do feathers or honeysuckle wreaths when I wear my funny hats :cutie:

[MasterMoon]

Well wheres the piccie Freyja?? (of you)

[Flar's Freyja]

Well wheres the piccie Freyja?? (of you)

http://geocities.com/moonsilk3/OOAKskadi.html

Here's one before I decided to go back to my natural color.....

[MasterMoon]

Very funny...lol..hehehehehe...hahahahah....chuckle

[Flar's Freyja]

But this one is really my favorite:

http://www.geocities.com/moonsilk3/OOAKgrimhildr.html

[MasterMoon]

Woooooohoooo soooo hot!!!...yowzer!! oooo baby!!!

[Rick]

Originally posted by Freyja


http://geocities.com/moonsilk3/OOAKskadi.html

Here's one before I decided to go back to my natural color.....
:rotfl:
Thanks for the piccie, Skadi... er, Freyja... damn! Now I'm confused... 8O

[Flar's Freyja]

Thanks for the piccie, Skadi... er, Freyja... damn! Now I'm confused...

Well, I have to give a fake name when I get my piccies developed here in Babbist town.....



Woooooohoooo soooo hot!!!...yowzer!! oooo baby!!!

That's why it's my favorite! That helmet is such a turn-on!;)

[Lavender]

Psst! Runic yoga poses, people? :D

[Silver Venus]

Originally posted by Wildchild
Psst! Runic yoga poses, people? :D

:D Wild I love it when you get all authorative ;)

Ive made my chart now and practised them all in order a few times over the weekend, it works allot better when you dont have to keep on stopping and looking down at the print out ;)

(Rick ~ why piccie??? )

[Flar's Freyja]

Psst! Runic yoga poses, people?

Sorry, Wild. I've been spending way too much time in Just Silly and it's a carryover. Thanks for getting things back under control!:D

I need to spend more time studying the ones that were not as easy to pick up - and I also want to learn the ones done with the hands from the site that one of you sent a few weeks ago because they can be done anywhere.

Have you ever heard of NLP? (Neuro-linguistic programming) It's a method of meditation/affirmation/thought changing that involves using words and some physical actions, such as forming a positive thought and touching two fingers together to remind you of it when you are stressed, etc. I think that these could easily and successfully be incorporated into that - in fact, I think that they would work even better.

[Lavender]

That sounds pretty interesting, Freyja. Can you tell us more about it?

[Flar's Freyja]

That sounds pretty interesting, Freyja. Can you tell us more about it?

There are quite a few different aspects to NLP, so we'll just discuss this one. Basically, you meditate and focus on a good feeling, such as confidence or calm, creating and raising energy for that feeling and come up with a physical gesture to "seal" the feeling. You practice this until you feel that you've got a handle on it, then, when a stressful situation comes up, you perform that gesture. They teach either touching your thumb and middle fingers together or lightly touching yourself on the shoulder.

This is very similar to mudras used in yoga to "seal" your meditation and/or prayers.

I think it would be great to use the runes, because you could make the hand position for whichever rune applies to the situation.

Another piece that you have probably heard of is playing a silly song in your head or imagining the person causing the stress in a silly position such as shrinking or naked and on the toilet. One time I was in court and this idiot attorney was being loud and obnoxious - and the only song that came to mind was Metallica's Free Speech for the Dumb (it only has one lyric - free speech for the dumb, free f- speech). It was all I could do not to burst out laughing at him!

Anthony Robbins also teaches some pieces of this in his courses. Hope you find this useful!

[Rick]

Originally posted by Silver Venus
(Rick ~ why piccie??? )
Oh, it's just so... British... 8O

[Flar's Freyja]

:) So.......how are we doing? :rolleyes: I still haven't made much progress with learning new ones. I have doing the easier ones, such as Algiz, Uruz and Sowilo, which kind of come up naturally in the course of the asanas anyway. I'm still finding it helpful to use the first track on Freya Aswynn's CD during practice to have some sense of order.

[Silver Venus]

Ick I lost my chart in the move and since then havent done any at all )slap my hands!) But now as you have reminded me once more I think Im going to make a new one and make a new routine up with runes like Berkana, Kenaz, Wunjo, Gebo, Sowilo.. and tell you what order I put them into when Ive got it figured out myself :D

[Flar's Freyja]

I haven't tried Berkana:huh:and just picturing it in my mind without looking at the chart makes me think it might be a little harder. Wunjo is another easy one as well as Kenaz and Thurisaz. We've discussed before how it's hard to try and look at the chart and I'm still doing them from memory. I'm still pretty fixated on Uruz since I continue to draw on it for healing.

[Silver Venus]

Hmm now youve got me thinking too ;) I cant remember where I copied my original chart from, but what i did was a made a really big one and stuck it on the wall so I didnt have to look down but striaght across.
Berkana is easy and very like Teiwaz as you stand striaght with both your arms pointing down and outstreched...
I really love Uruz too, it does feel very storng and healing :)

Glad Flar is home :sunny:

[Flar's Freyja]

:T You know me, can't say enough about my Uruz rune.......

:sunny: Glad he's home, too! :heartthro

[Rick]

Originally posted by Freyja
:T ........can't say enough about my Uruz rune.......Isn't that a country song?


:sunny: Glad he's home, too! :heartthro
Glad he's home, three! 8O

[Flar's Freyja]

:lol: No, but it should be......

This thread's always walked that silly line.....how's your backroll coming, Rick? :T

[Mnemosyne]

Bump

[Lavender]

I'm still doing them in my yoga poses. :)