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BROTHAS �& BREATH

Let’s heal

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Our Flow (Agenda)

Norms and Non-Negotiables
What is Kemetic Yoga?
Rule of 4 Breathing
Our Kemetic Yoga Flow

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NORMS & NON-NEGOTIABLES

Let it Flow
Love On You; Lean Towards Joy
Release/ Submit (Nothing is Forced)
Confidentiality

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What is Kemetic Yoga?

Kemetic Yoga is AFRICAN yogic practice

“Yoga” began in Africa.

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Words have power.

Vocabulary

Sahu: “Mummy”

TRP: Total relaxation position; full body scan

Sesh: Scribe; one who wrote the Medu Neter in ancient Kemit

Medu Neter: literally “word of God”; hieroglyphics

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SESH

A scribe of ancient Kemit

VARIATION 1

VARIATION 2

VARIATION 3

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What is Kemetic Yoga?

Kemetic Yoga is AFRICAN yogic practice

“Yoga” began in Africa.

Rule of 4 Breathing

Chakra Visualization (Inhale/ Exhale)
Your “MIND”

Geometric Progression
Flowing with the Breath

Movements are slow; Every posture is coordinated with the breath, inhaling and exhaling at distinct points
“Rule of 4 Breathing”

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Our Autonomic Nervous System

SYMPATHETIC

Fight

Flight

Freeze

Trauma (due to impact of context)

PARASYMPATHETIC

Healing response

Restoration, Rest

Ongoing body functions

Assimilation, Digestion, Elimination

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Prefrontal Cortex

Regulates thoughts, emptions, and behavior

Amygdala

Reacts to stress and emotional arousal; house of strong emotional memory

Hippocampus

Stores learning and memory

Most of us don’t know how we really operate as humans emotionally,

The limbic System is the learning and emotional control center of the brain and it’s made up of three primary structures – First is the amygdala (CLICK) which senses and reacts to emotion, and danger. It senses emotion and alerts you – lean in! Pay Attention! The amygdala also has a very strong memory for those triggers and how they make us feel and respond, in addition to communicating with the rest of the brain.

Our brain’s warning center and home of our strongest emotional memories
The “smoke signal” telling us to “watch out” for a potential danger
Great at identifying potential dangers to us; “horrible” at determining if a threat is real or not

Communicating with organs like the hippocampus.

The Hippocampus is in charge of learning and our working memory. It is your ability to take in retain and manipulate information.

The third part of the brain that is impacted is the Prefrontal Cortex, which is in charge of self-regulation and attention. This is where our executive functions are housed- our ability to plan, make good decisions, the ability to prioritize.

When this system is up and humming, we are primed and ready to tackle hard tasks and to navigate both familiar and unfamiliar situations.

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Rule of 4 Breathing

Chakra: energy center

Inhale

Pulling energy UP from your root chakra all the way to your crown chakra and third eye chakra.
Pause (2-3 seconds)

Exhale

Energy emanates out to our arms to your fingertips, to your legs to your toes
Pause (2-3 seconds)

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Rule of 4 Breathing

Chakra: energy center

Inhale

Pulling energy UP from your root chakra all the way to your crown chakra and third eye chakra.
Pause (2-3 seconds)

Exhale

Energy emanates out to our arms to your fingertips, to your legs to your toes
Pause (2-3 seconds)

INHALE

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Rule of 4 Breathing

Chakra: energy center

Inhale

Pulling energy UP from your root chakra all the way to your crown chakra and third eye chakra.
Pause (2-3 seconds)

Exhale

Energy emanates out to our arms to your fingertips, to your legs to your toes
Pause (2-3 seconds)

EXHALE

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Our Kemetic Yoga Flow

Cleansing Breath
Sahu Pose
Sesh Sequence

Alternate Nostril Breathing

Triangle Stretch
Sesh- Variation 2
Sesh- Variation 3
Sun Salutation
Sahu Pose

	Inhale- I / Exhale- E	Count
Right closed	I
Right closed	E
Left closed	I
Left closed	E
Right closed	I	4
Right closed	E	8
Left closed	I	4
Left closed	E	8
Right closed	I	4
Left closed	E	8
Left closed	I	4
Right closed	E	8
Right closed	I	4
Both closed		16
Left closed	E	8
Left closed	I	4
Both closed		16
Right closed	E	8