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WORKOUT OF THE PEOPLE
Epiclesis to the Holy Spirit
Introduction
Intro, reflect on the theme, offer a prayer or intention. – 5 minutes
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:7
To walk the in the Way of Christ, is to judge not, to forgive, to pray for your enemy, to live simple, honest and just lives and “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8. For “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35
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The Way of Love
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love,
I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.
If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love,
I gain nothing.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends.
Rise and go to your mat or prayer rug
Lectio Divina [more on lectio divina here
“And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” Colossians 3:14
Somatic prayer – [Sanctified yoga] 20 minutes
Flow
Tuesday and Wednesday Evening
4 Opening Set
Arms Raised
Forward Fold
Straight back, 1/2 rise
Forward Fold
Sweep up to raised arms
Hand to heart
Forward fold
Plank
Down Dog
4 Floor Series
Table
Child
Praise
Table
Cobra
Down Dog
Left foot forward lunge
3 Warrior I, 4 static breaths (left side)
Extended side angle stretch, 4 static breaths
Hand down on mat, left leg runner’s lunge
Stand up, turn to the long edge of the mat
3 Wide standing forward bends, 4 static breaths
3 Warrior I, 4 static breaths (right side)
Extended side-angle stretch, 4 static breaths (left side)
Hand down on mat, left leg runner’s lunge
Down Dog
Table
Turn onto back
Rest with knees up, feet on floor touching buttocks
4 Bridge series
Hug knees
Straighten legs up, arms out
Feet back to floor
Bridge
Turn over
3 Cobra
3 Seated Twist
Repose, 16 breaths of more
Thursday morning
3 Breathe into the heart, palms together at chest
2 Sun Salutations
Forward fold
Straight back, 1/2 rise
Plank
Down Dog
Left foot forward lunge
3 Warrior I, 4 static breaths (left side)
Extended side angle stretch, 4 static breaths
Hand down on mat, left leg runner’s lunge
Stand up, turn to the long edge of the mat
3 Wide standing forward bends, 4 static breaths
3 Warrior I, 4 static breaths (right side)
Extended side-angle stretch, 4 static breaths (left side)
Hand down on mat, left leg runner’s lunge
3 Floor series
Table
Child
Praise
Table
Cobra
Down Dog
3 Boat, 4 static breaths
3 Bridge, 4 static breaths
Shoulder stand
(variations- legs up the wall, legs straight up in the air)
3 Locust
Child
3 Seated Twists
Repose, 16 breaths or more
Come back to our seats
Noetic prayer – [Centering prayer] 20 minutes, [more on centering prayer here]
Bell rings
Open eyes: Shared silence 1 minute
Thanksgiving
1 John 4:9-12
This is how God showed his love among us:
He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
This is love: not that we loved God,
but that he loved us and sent his Son as means of forgiving* our sins [debts].
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
No one has ever seen God;
but if we love one another,
God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Depart and Retire to the table – 30 minutes
Cycle One- 16 hour fast, expand to two or more days this week
Cycle Two- expand the plant based diet to two or more days a week
This week we begin the 16- hour fast. There is a lot of research out there about intermittent fasting. This blog from Harvard Health is an easy read.
This week’s goal is to go all week without snacking between meals and or eating between the hours of 6 pm and 10 am. Layer that on top of your plant-based diet, and we’ll see what your results are in two weeks.
ZOOM LINKS
Tuesday, 6:30 pm, EST
This night will feature Jamie doing Chair Yoga for those with mobility challenges
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Meeting ID: 313 096 5380
Wednesday, 6:30 pm, ESTJoin Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 814 5347 5523
Thursday 10 am, EST
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Meeting ID: 841 6313 758
*see propritiation, atonement StepBible commentary
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