May 2026 Week 4

This week, our classes offered an end-of-the-month opportunity to gently move ama out of the body with a digestion-soothing, spring-to-life detox practice. Throughout the month, we have focused on what Ayurveda calls ama — undigested residue that can accumulate physically, mentally, emotionally, or energetically.
Our classes emphasized softness, breath, twisting, gentle compression, and spaciousness to support release and rekindle agni — our digestive fire.
When we slow down enough to truly listen, the body remembers how to heal, release, and flow. Take an hour for yourself with this slow-moving practice and invite in the intention:
“May what no longer serves me gently move through and out. May clarity, warmth, and vitality return.”
My hope is that this practice helps lighten us as we move into the coming week and the energy of this rare blue micromoon. For me, aligning with the energy around us is not only fun — it is deeply healing and calming. I find myself more focused and less resistant to what is unfolding around me.
This has been a powerful month for me personally as I have worked on staying grounded and connected to my inner wisdom, helping clear the sludge from my heart and create space for expansion. The cleanse helped begin that process, and it has allowed me to stay connected to the repeatable actions that truly fill me up.
Remember our intention this month: “We are what we repeatedly do.”
May this continue to serve as a framework for creating habits, rituals, and choices that nourish us again and again.
Before we close out the month, I wanted to add a few reflections on this month’s sutra — Sutra 1.32.
We have now been studying the sutras together for 32 months, and yes… we are still talking about the fluctuations of the mind. That alone says something important — the practice is not about “fixing” the mind once and for all, but continually returning to awareness with patience and compassion.
Sutra 1.32 says:
“To remove obstacles, practice focusing on one truth (or one principle).”
Simply put, when the mind feels scattered, stressed, overwhelmed, or blocked — what the sutras describe as distractions or obstacles — the invitation is to choose one thing and stay with it.
That “one thing” could be:
• your breath
• a calming thought
• a mantra
• a meaningful idea such as kindness, patience, or trust
Instead of jumping from thought to thought, we gently and repeatedly guide our attention back to a single point of focus.
A distracted mind creates confusion and stress.
A focused mind becomes calmer, clearer, and steadier.
In many ways, this month’s practices have been an invitation into Sutra 1.32 — simplifying, slowing down, releasing excess, and reconnecting to what truly supports us.
Our meditation practice and our yoga classes can become that “one thing” — an anchor we return to again and again. Give them a try and notice what begins to shift.