Vinyasa Basics: Chitta: Heart-Mind. 9.10.10

Ravi Ravindra translates chitta as 'heart-mind". Similarly, Krishnamurti teaches, 'concentration on the heart reveals the contents of the mind'. Today we aligned with our heart center.

Played with finding Natarajasana on the floor before we practiced it standing. Need to work more on communicating where the opening/stretch/tight spots/ etc are.

Heart opener over bolster
YAM
windshield wiper
supine rest

Eye of the needle

sukasana side bending
table top
paschimotadasana
other side

uttanasana with hamstring stretch

uttitha tadasana
tadasana

lunge salute
baby cobra
locust
cobra

lunge salute other side

swimming floor bow play

balasana with ajna rest

tadasana
YAM
angeli mudra
lunge
warrior I dance
eagle wrap
eagle

tadasana

Natarajasana play

uttanasana
malasana

other side

vinyasa

balasana

side saddle stretch and twist

bridgex2

supported savasana
OM

sit
Namaste

Prototypes Women's Center. Buddha MInd. 8.9.10

Setting up for class, one of the women said, "I always forget to breathe", so our focus today was all about practicing breathing with ease. No matter what!

Supine
4 part breath awareness

Eye of the needle with breath in the tight spots

Sukasana side bending

Uttanasana
Uttithatadasana
Tadasana

Lunge
low lunge
low cresent

other side

balasana

Sphinx

tadasana
lunge
side angle prep
trikonasana
extended side angle
lunge
twisted lunge

balasana
other side

windshield wiper

Relaxing Buddha

sit (2 min)

Namaste!

1:1 sign out

Yoga Blue: Quieting the Heart. 8.7.10

Heart opener over brick and bolster
OM

Shoulder openers over brick and bolster

Supine rest

sukasana side bending

cat
cow
balasana
puppy dog

plank
downdog

uttanasana
uttithatadasana
tadasana

lunge salute
sphinx
other side
baby cobra
locust
cobra

cobra/frog series

balasana

tadasana
side angle
triangle
other side

downdog
plank
cobra

starfish

3 part bridge
supine baddha konasana
gratitude meditation
bridge
rest

supported savasana

sit
OM
Namaste!

Vinyasa Basics: Call of the Heart. 8.5.10

I played with not so much physical, but rather emotional alignment cues. It is incredibly beautiful to watch people align from the inside out.

Sukasana
breath awareness
chin mudra
OM

side bending

cat/cow

barell roll

balasana
puppy dog

cow
sole stretch

plank
downdog

uttanasana with twist

cowboy negociation with heart opener

other side uttanasana twist

uttithatadasana
tadasana

YAM

lunge
twisted lunge
hammock
low lunge with 3 part hamstring stretch

other side

baby cobra
locust
cobra
windshield wiper

balasana with ajna meditation

cobra

tadasana
meridian massage

tadasana
lunge
twisted lunge
hammock
warrior II dance
trikonasana

lunge
3 leg dog

vinyasa

other side standing sequence #2

starfish
YAM
Anahata bath

twisted root
rest
twisted root
rest

legs up the wall
supported baddha konasana
savasana with sole support

Sutra 1.1

sit
OM
Namaste!

11th Step Meditation. Suffering: Cause and Cure. 8.5.10

Grounding practice to hunker down and open the back of the heart, said to be the place in the body holding our capacity for self-love.

Baddha Konasana spine rolls
Baddha Konasana yin style

Paschimotadasana with Body Tapping

Sukasana
3rd Step Prayer

seated side bending
seated eagle arm stretches

windshield wiper
Eye of the Needle

Twisted root
rest
other side

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OM
Namaste!

Vinyasa Basics: Space for Ahimsa.8.3.10

Nobody moved for 20 minutes after Namaste!

I am liking teaching in silence. I am teaching about finding space for ourselves in our entirety. My part in the practic is, as a teacher, to allow for that silent space for peeps to explore in class. Part of the practice as a teacher is to have direct experience of this myself..on and off the mat.

Standing.
Halleluja breaths

Standing side bending

uttanasana with twist
malasana
cowboy negociation with heart breath

windshield wiper with effort and ease stretch

cat
cow
balasana with side stretch
puppy dog

plank
downdog

lunge
twisted lunge
hammock
low lunge
hamstring stretch

other side

sphinx/seal
windshield wiper

tadasana
meridian massage

lunge
twisted lunge
hammock
warrior II
trikonasana

baby cobra
locust
cobra
downdog

other side standing sequence #2

rolling to supine from cobra

twisted root

legs up the wall
supported baddha konasana
savasana

sit
OM
Namaste!

Yoga Blue: Let Love Align You. 7.31.10

I think a twist before we went up the wall would feel good. Next time!

Played with letting awareness and kind thoughts open and align us. Ahimsa, gentleness in the kidneys (Taoist Cycle of Creativity), gratitude.

Sukasana
breath awareness
spine awareness
chin mudra
OM

body tapping

janushirsana with twist and side stretch

table top
pashimotadasana

uttanasana with twist

uttithatadasana
tadasana
OM

simple lunge both sides

lunge
high lunge
twisted lunge
low lunge with hamstring stretch

downdog

other side lunge sequence

baby cobra
locust
cobra
balasana

tadasana
meridian massage

lunge
warrior I dance
standing separate leg forehead to knee pose
warrior III
standing splits
uttanasana

tadasana
angeli mudra
YAM
other side

pigeon

windshield wipers

bridge
rest with gratitude mediation
bridge/wheel
supine baddha konsasana

legs up the wall
supported baddha konasana at the wall
ajna awareness, silent om, chin mudra

supine rest
crown chakra mediation

savasana

sit
OM
Namaste!