When a caterpillar undergoes metamorphosis, it begins by outgrowing its own skin. After a simple daily life of inching on branches and munching on leafy greens, there comes a point where there is no more elasticity to the larva’s epidermis, no more room to stretch. This resistance triggers a temperature shift, and the caterpillar begins to churn and molt into a vital aqueous. Swallowing itself in a sculpture of suspension. The process of metamorphosis is unique to each caterpillar. Some will spin themselves into a silk cocoon to become a moth. Others will build a biotic armor called a chrysalis.

Sheltered in solitude, this sacred being undergoes a brilliant cellular division. First through liquifying itself into an amalgam of intelligent mucus. Followed by the responsive formation of an entirely new body with fresh behaviors like flight and an increased capacity to listen. Human beings are not unlike caterpillars. We also grow from a tiny egg that contains dynmaic plasmic intelligence. By the time we are adults, we embody trillions of cells that live within our fluid fascial labyrinth. These cells are in a continuous state of embodiment, flow, and evolution.

Aarunya is a given name which translates from Sanskrit to English as The Dawn. Each day, we awaken to possibilities. Through an ecological approach to practice; we are devoted to exploring the ways in which Psychosomatic arts repair the individual, global, and cosmic moving body. While the Sanskrit word Yoga has many definitions, my favorite is Relationship. Yoga is the yoking (joining) of form to emptiness. Our embodiment fosters unity consciousness and compassionate relationship with self, nature, and other sentient beings.

While there is no substitute for the intimacy of practicing Yoga in community, there are real benefits to cultivating the garden of your practice in the privacy of your Ho(me). Self-relationship is just as essential to Yoga as relationship to others. Hopefully, this online sanctuary provides a cocoon for the flowering of your metamorphosis.  

With Great Love,

Morgan

As an Adaptive Yoga teacher on the Autism Spectrum, I recognize that online offerings are not accessible to all bodies. While I always aim to make my teachings therapeutic in nature; to participate in this online studio, you must be comfortable learning through sound and video. I do teach Adaptive Yoga at our studio in Eagle County, Colorado The Barn in Minturn. I am also more than happy to provide resources and references for those who wish to engage with Yoga through unique means and media. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me at aarunyyoga@gmail.com with inquiries.