Vinyasa Basics: Patanjali and the Tight Spots. 8.11.11

!Ha Ha! This class title sounds like a new age rock and roll group!)

Thorugh movement and mantra we practiced kinder relationships with our selves. We ventured in sutra 1.33, 2.3, and into the first yama in the first limb, ahimsa.

Heart opener over bolster
breath awareness
gratitude meditation
OM

rest

sukasana side bending

cat
cow
balasana
sphinx/seal

barrell roll

plank
downdog

uttanasana
uttithatadasana
tadasana

YAM

lunge salute with low crescent
vinyasa with baby cobra and locust
other side

uttanasana
utkatasana
tadasana
HAM

lunge
twisted lunge
hammock
warrior II dance
vinyasa with cobra and locust
balasana

cobra/frog sequence

balasana

plank
downdog
tadasana

lunge
warrior II
peaceful warrior
side angle
lunge
warrior I
tree
tadasana
forward fold

tadasana
other side

vinyasa

texas star

eye of the needle
twisted root
other side

supported savasana

sit
OM
Namaste!