“I am grounded yet energized, stretching and meditation. I am at peace.”
How to Practice Lotus Pose

The Lotus symbolizes the entire practice of yoga. A lotus is rooted in mud, but it grows to bloom into a beautiful flower. The Lotus represents rebirth and spiritual enlightenment, because the life cycle of the Lotus is like no other. Its roots are latched in the mud and the flower submerges every night into river water, miraculously blooming again the next morning, sparkling and clean. The pose is a seated posture that is iconic, but practice it in a way that is comfortable for your hips and legs. It is often represented as the pose for seated meditation.

Chakras: Lotus pose balances all chakras, as your Root Chakra grounds up to your Crown Chakra, reaching to the heavens.

Welcome to Stacey Namaste Designs. This triangular scarf is part of my Knitting for Healing series. Trauma can be defined as “Anything that overwhelms our capacity to cope and leaves us feeling hopeless and helpless,” ~Seane Corn, Yogi and Author. This series was inspired in order to provide choice and control for the maker in size, color scheme, design, and patterning. I hope you have fun, and every time you sit to knit this pattern, you can create a new design of your choosing. For example, you can repeat lace sections or stockinette stitch sections to make this a shawl.

This asymmetrical triangle scarf is designed to provide the maker agency, choice, and variation - you can use any yarn, any size, any color scheme. For tips on styling, visit this site: 10 ways to style an asymmetrical shawl

The photographed example is knit with Erika Knight Studio Linen, a lovely, silkey, and light 100% linen DK weight yarn. The yardage is 131 yards, and this scarf used one 50 g skein of yarn, color “Mood.” I used needles size 5. Gauge is 21 X 28 per 4 inch area. The example is 28” wide and 19” long.