Easter Sunrise Yoga 復活節瑜珈

In yoga you often will come across a teacher encouraging us to have a "beginner's mind". This means not judging yourself, your teacher, other people's progress or practice and as Christians say, "to become like a child". If you are a non-believer and have preconceived notions about Easter, Christianity or Jesus, this is for you. If you are a Christian and think you shouldn't practice yoga, than this is for you too. If you already practice yoga and want to connect with that Sun/Son energy than again come to the mat with a beginner's mind and be renewed. It is my hope that we can connect with heaven because heaven already came down as one of us.

Meditations and Poses:

On Easter Sunday you can wake with the sunrise do some Sun Salutations or do any of these heart opening poses with these scriptures in mind. A rockin' Easter playlist might include George Harrison's Give me Love, My Sweet Lord, the Beatles' All You Need is Love, Wilco's Jesus, etc, and Andrew Loyd Webber's Everything's Alright from Jesus Christ Superstar.

Unlike what many of us were taught, I believe God is a generous God. He loves all the world, blessed all creation and is constantly willing to bless us. We were made to be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Since he did not spare even his own Son for us but gave him up for us all, won’t he also surely give us everything else? 他連自己的兒子都捨得，為我們眾人把他交出來，難道不也把萬有和他一同白白地賜給我們嗎？ (Romans 

罗马书8:32 )

We already know who the thief is. Its anything that would steal our peace and joy, those accusing thoughts that we are not worthy of love, acceptance, victory, health and the abundant life. Jesus finished work on the cross means we can have the abundant life now.

10 A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 10 賊來了，不過是要偷竊、殺害、毀壞；我來了，是要使羊得生命，並且得的更豐盛。11 我是好牧人，好牧人為羊捨命。(John 约翰福音10:10-11)

Jesus' Crucifixion means He died as our representative, bearing every curse, like disease, death, poverty, addiction, so that we can have health, peace, blessings, now.

But he was wounded and bruised for our sins. He was beaten that we might have peace; he was lashed—and we were healed!哪 知 他 為 我 們 的 過 犯 受 害 ， 為 我 們 的 罪 孽 壓 傷 。 因 他 受 的 刑 罰 ， 我 們 得 平 安 ； 因 他 受 的 鞭 傷 ， 我 們 得 醫 治 。 (Isaiah以 賽 亞 書53:5)