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Our Father: standing, with hands in prayer position. come
into it on the inhalation. (in
general: how many breaths you take between is up to
the spirit, instructions here are for the transitions. Breath does not always alternate)
Who Art in Heaven: reach up, arching back, looking up, arms over head. Inhaling as the arms come up.
Hallowed Be Thy Name: bow, folding forward, hands near feet. Exhaling while coming down.
Thy Kingdom: take right leg back, belly up and
back into warrior I, arms overhead reaching up. Inhale as arms come up.
Come: come into lunge with cheek at knee.
Exhaling into it.
Thy Will be Done: take right knee to floor
and hips back near right heel, still bowing forward. Exhaling into it.
On Earth: take left foot back to meet the
right, body forward lying on the ground, or chaturanga dandasana. Exhaling
into it.
As it is in Heaven: lift the heart forward and
up into cobra or upward-facing dog. Inhaling as you
come up.
Give us this Day: bring the hips back into
extended child, forehead
to floor, palms facing up. Exhaling back.
Our Daily Bread: lift the hips up into
downward-facing dog. Inhaling
or exhaling as you come back and up.
And Forgive us: bring the right foot forward,
bring the belly up and back, arms reaching overhead into warrior I. Inhale as you rise.
Our Trespasses: bow forward into lunge
with cheek to right knee. Exhaling as you lower
body.
As We Forgive Those who Trespass against Us:
drop left knee to floor and bring hips back near left
heel, still bowing forward, cheek near right knee. Exhaling
as you draw back.
Lead us Not into Temptation: bring left
foot forward, knees apart into a squat, hands in prayer
position in front of heart, looking up. Inhaling
to help you come forward, exhaling in it.
But Deliver Us from Evil: bow head and bring
hands to floor in front of you, palms open and facing
up. Exhaling as you bow.
For Thine is the Kingdom
and the Power and the Glory: rock back onto heels,
and rise up taking hands into body and overhead, arching
back. Inhaling as you rise.
For Ever and Ever: open the arms out to
the sides (like the cross), both the front and the back
of the heart open, center of the front of the heart
coming inward just slightly, head not quite but almost
beginning to bow,caught between reaching up and yielding
down, back of neck broad. Breathe into the stillness.
Amen: bring the hands into prayer position in
front of the heart and bow the head. Exhale and breathe.
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