Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Vinyasa Basics: Living with simultaneous flow and tight spots. 2.8.11

Practice today had a 'yin-ish' flavor, with much of the practice devoted to sutra 1.34: One of the paths to Yoga is 'attention to the inward and outward flow of breath, aka. prana.. (Trans: Ravi Ravindra: The Wisdom of Patangali's Yoga Sutras, p. 36.

Also touched on the anatomy of the inhale and exhale, the purpose of the inhale is to promote the exhale, toxicity of our thoughts, Taoist cycle of creativity (gentleness in the kidneys), and cultivating gentleness towards ourselves as we experience simulaneous flow and tight spots in our bodies and in our lives.

Kneeling on bricks
4 part breath
mini meditation at bottom of exhale

OM

cat
cow
balasana
puppy dog

barrell roll

balasana variation with toe stretch

plank
downdog with hamstring stretch

easy side plank

downdog
plank

sphinx yin style with breath meditation

balasana
toe stand with breath meditation

tadasana
uttithatadasana
tadasana
OM

shoulder shrugs

tadasana
lunge
twist
hammock
low cresent

baby cobra
locust
cobra
other side

uttanasana
uktatasana
tadasana

uttanasana variation with shoulder opener

tadasana
lunge
side angle prep
trikonasana
extended trikonasana
peaceful warrior prep
peaceful warrior
warrior III
standing splits

uttanasana
malasana

roll to supine windshield wiper

vinyasa

other side standing series

from vinyasa
balasana

side saddle stretch and twist
rest with gentleness in kidney meditation
paschimotadasana
other side

gomukasana with eagle arms
pashimotadasana
gomukasana with eagle arms other side

eye of the needle
half happy baby
supine pigeon
rest
other side

twisted root

supported savasana

sit
OM
Namaste

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