Reflection of the Old into the New

So, I have been doing a lot of reading about putting a word, a single word to your year.  Then, place another word onto the Year to come.  At first I thought, could I do this?  Capture my year in one word.  It came a lot easier than I thought...but my word by all interpretations was negative. I don't think my year was all bad.  So, I decided to apply my word to a yoga flow and continually return my my word throughout my hour long practice.  What I found, was that my word indeed changed, I released my doubts and fears of 2018 and saw what I made possible. 

I would like to share my hip opening flow for you and hopefully you too can see what is possible. 
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Begin with a 10 minute meditation, Find a comfortable seat, quiet your mind and settle into your breath. 
I found  a seated hero pose I did a series of neck stretches.
I then bound my hands behind, interlaced my fingers I folded into rabbit pose.  
I walked my hand back and moved into camel pose.   Counter in child's pose.
I pressed into table and extended into tiger pose. 
I paused in tabletop then moved through cat and cow tilts and settled into down dog.  
I lifted my right leg into a low runner lunge paused here then moved my hands to the inside and into lizard.  ( It was here my word shifted first)  
I brought my right foot to center and came into nose to knee.  Gently, I  brought both feet together I swept my hands to the sky and found my mountain. Transitioning now through a high to low plank and back to down dog.  I repeated this on the left and paused in mountain again.  
I chose tree for my balance, focused on opening into each hip.  (This is where my word changed a second time)
Finally, worked through one more vinysana, found pigeon and double pigeon on each side.  (this was my third shift)
I enjoyed an extended savanasa.  I closed my flow and returned into a comfortable seat and thought of my new for 2019. 

​I am hoping to keep all of these words close to me as they are my journey forward.