Friday, May 3, 2013

Teaching Yoga to Addicts: Teacher Training Friday Evening: Meeting. 5.3.13

This evening we made a beginning to meet some of the yogic practices useful for teaching this population. And then we met each other with discussions about how the practices meet us for self care and care for others.

Welcome and Yoga Sutra 1.1
Atha Yoga Anushasanam.
Here and Now, if all the conditions are correct, the teachings of yoga will begin.

Practice:

Windshield wiper

Eye of the Needle

Sukasana side bending

Tadasana
Uttanasana
Uttithatadasana
Tadasana

Shoulder rolls and shrugs

Guitar Hero

Tadasana

Lunge
Low Crescent
Tadasana
other side

Balasana

Easy spine twist

Supported savasana

Sit
Namaste

Break

Circle
Journal sessions:
What are you thinking about/what has you in its grip?
What are you learning lately? On and off the mat.
Why are you here?
What are you hoping to learn this weekend?

Share and meet

Some of the themes that our weaving our group:
Yoga and Self Care
Service
Breathwork
The many levels and flavors of addiction
Sharing practices of yoga and sharing ourselves

Homework:
write out the names and something you remember about each person here
write out the yoga practice sequence
Read "The Effort Effect"

The Four Parts of OM
Sit

Namaste




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