Jam Session: Preparation: Saturday, January 25, 2014

Some of the major themes brought forth by the sangha to address today were:

1. making the practices accessable and non-woo woo.
2. can we really teach yoga?
3. finding confidence and our voice

Our three hours today unfolded like this:

We opened with a prayer from the Katha Upanishad
OM
OM exploration
non woo-wooing of OM (lengthen the exhale, sutra 1.34)

5 minute freeform

circle
discussion of sutra 1.12 and Preparation
Camel pose preparations and possible sequencing ideas
sequencing trust

BREAK

practice
our "peak pose" was warrior III with the elements of trust, demonstrating sequencing, options and choices and finding one's voice

impressing the heart

supine janushirsasana and twist using strap

sukasana side bending
sit

freestyle 3 minute writing exercise "what my body feels like in sukasana"
share with partner
share with group

some of the poetry that came out was:
being without time
navigate teh kinds in my spine
on the verge of comfort
moving towards surrender
bubbling hot lava
air floated me up
arms like linguini
loving receptive
sweet confidence

tadasana
uttanasana

at wall
side waist stretch
uttanasana at wall
second part with c1 breath
downdog at wall

tadasana
uttanasana
lunge
low crescent
lunge
low crescent

balasana

plank
downdog

tadasana
warrior I
warrior III

malasana

bridge

twist

savasana

heart meditation with real world "peak pose"

journaling "what are the preparations I need to accomplish my personal "peak pose"

circle
homework assignements

OM
Namaste meditation
Namaste