I had forgotten about the marvelous transition from pigeon to side bending janusirsasana. Sheer wonderfulness. I love this practice - have yet to practice it on the actual solstice, but... symbolically it works so well for any time of darkness. Thank you, Kira.
I connected with your message that something is born out of darkness... it's been very dark here and Soaking up your light is just what I needed on this winter solstice. Thank you, thank you. Ps, I love your term " shnuggle", it makes the pose more inviting and sounds like a Yiddish term my grandmother would say!
What a beautiful grounding practice. Winter is hanging on longer than usual up here in Canada and I was feeling frustrated with it. This practiced helped to really embrace the qualities of darkness and winter -- that fertile void where creation happens. Thanks Kira! Kira Sloane