Saturday, July 2, 2011

Yoga Blue: Freedom from myself. 7.2.11

Ravi Ravindra said the practice of yoga is not so much about freedom for myself, as freedom from myself. We used this as our theme for our asana practice tonight in honor of the July 4 holiday.

Supine
breath awareness

sukasana (or supine)
breath of the golden thread pranayama

OM

sukasana spine rocks
ff
side bending
other side

tadasana
forward fold with gentle hamstring stretching

tadasana
YAM

shoulder shrugs
shoulder rolls
shoulder openers with strap

tadasana
YAM

quarter sun salutes
half sun salute

simple lunge salutes with bricks
tadasana

lunge salute with low crescent
sphinx/seal
windshield wiper
balasana

easy side plank

plank
downdog

uttanasana
utkatasana
tadasana

lunge
warrior I
twisted lunge
low crescent

balasana

plank
downdog
uttansana
tadasana

shiffman pause with gratitude meditation

other side standing pose

exit from all fours to balasana

baby cobra
locust
locust variation

supine
texas star

spine twist

restorative supported heart opener over bolster savasana

sit
OM
Namaste!

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