Yoga Blue: Love as tool of transformation. 8.28.10

Class tonight as a special fundraiser, followed by kirtan. The generosity of those who showed up helps others and I am grateful for their support.

Heart opener over bolster
breath awareness
Love meditation
Krishnamurti "When you feel in the heart this extraordinary thing called love, for you, the world is transformed"
OM

supine rest

cat
cow
balasana
puppy dog

plank
downdog
plank

easy side plank

plank
downdog

lunge
hammock
cresent
other side

baby cobra
locust
cobra
windshield wiper

tadasana
YAM
meridian massage

tadasana
lunge
hammock
warrior II dance
other side

downdog
plank
cobra

supine

bridge x2

twisted root
rest
twisted root
rest

supported savasana

sit
"think of your fellow man
give him a helping hand
put a little love in your heart.
And the world will be a better place"

Namaste.

break

Kirtan!

Prototypes Women's Center. Be kind to yourself. 8.23.10

Peeps were really in their heads today, and there was a lot of resistance when we got started. I have to pick my battles, and some of them I just let sit in chairs on the sidelines and breathe.

It took 30 minutes to get into a zone. I kept cueing deep breaths and it helped to show ujJaii breathing with hands wrapped around the ribs so they could feel it. Warrior III also helped, as it was fun as well as challenging. They were really in it!

Got most of the talking points in towards the end when the room energetically cleared. We talked about thoughts being the number one source of toxicity; we breathed in kindness and love, and exhaled out 'anything that doesn't serve'..fear, anger, jealousy...

Lead into savasana with a meditation on feeling supported and feeling connected to the earth.

Supine with 3 breaths to land.
breath awareness and purpose of the inhale is to promote the exhale
windshield wiper

sukasana side bending

uttanasana with hamstring stretch
tadasana

crazy 8's
tadasana with emphasis on heart lifted, tailbone rooted
ujaii breathing with hands at ribs

lunge
low lunge
other side

uttanasana
tadasana

step back to:
Warrior I
parsvatadasana
Warrior III

tadasana
malasana

other side standing

bridge
sacrum rest
back of heart rest

twisted root
rest
other side

savasana

sit
Namaste!

Yoga Blue: Syncing to the Anahata. 8.21.10

Practices for the heart, from the heart.

Heart opener over bolster
YAM
12 petal meditation
windshield wiper

supine rest

sukasana side bending
table top
paschimotadasana

sukasana with hrydai mudra
gratitude mediation

uttanasana
uttitha tadasana
tadasana

heart tapping with subtle energy play

tadasana
YAM

lunge
low lunge
cresent
tiger
other side
sphinx

downdog
uttanasana
uttithatadasana with YAM
tadasana
angeli mudra

lunge
hammock
three leg dog
other side

cobra
revolved twist
other side

supine rest
back of heart meditation
YAM

balasana

virasana with tonglen

wide leg forward fold

straight leg seated twist
knee pile with forward fold
other side

legs up the wall

savasana
mantra: "I am in sync with all of life. I am blessed"

sit
OM
Namaste!

Vinyasa Basics: Shoulders. 8.17.10

Request for shoulders today!

Sukasana side bending

cat
cow
balasana
puppy dog

easy side angle

even cowgirls get the blues

virasana with shoulder shrugs

plank
downdog

lunge
cresent
other side

baby cobra
locust
cobra

locust
locust variation

rocket cat
plank
downdog

tadasana
lunge
hammock
warrior II prep with eagle arms
warrior II with arms/finger stretches

vinyasa

other side

balasana

hindu pushups x 6

balasana

downdog
tadasana

lunge
side angle prep
trikonasana with heavy arm
bound side angle

vinyasa

other side

vinyasa
balasana

pigeon
supine tree
bridge

pigoen
spine tree
bridge/dhaurasana play

resting buddha with shoulder stretch

ardha matseyendrasana
cow tipping

supported savasana

sit
Namaste!

Prototypes Women's Center: Brillant, Gorgeous, Talented, Fabulous. 8.16.10

in the therapy group I lead directly before yoga class, an incident inspired a sharing of Marianne Williamson's "Our Deepest Fear". I used this a a theme for our yoga class today. We played with feeling the subtle energy and practiced feeling our light.

supine 3 breaths
supine shoulder openers

sukasana side bending x 2
uttanasana with hamstring stretch

crazy 8's

heart tapping, subtle energy awareness
heart/hand connection

tadasana with grounded feet and optomism in the heart
ujaii breathing

easy lunge salutes

lunge
hammock
warrior II dance
trikonasana

tadasana

other side

uttanana
balasana

Navasana play

windshield wiper

bridge x 2

spine rest

"Our Deepest Fear" reading

"Brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous" meditation

guided savasana

sit
Namaste!

1:1

Vinyasa Basics: Easy does it. 8.12.10

Teachings behind me, student in front of me. Mini 'private' towards urdha dhanurasana.

Tadasana
uttanasana

downdog
plank with circle play

baby cobra
locust
cobra

balasana

cat/cow
barell roll

downdog
uttanasana
uttithatadasana with breath

repeat

repeat to balasana
low lunge with twist
pigeon
3 leg dog

repeat

thigh openers on bricks
even cowgirs get thte blues

lunge salutes with bricks and baby backbends

cobra hands under shoulders
locust
locust variation
cobra hands beside ribs
cobra hands under shoulder

windhield wiper

bridge x2
bridge with urdha dhanurasana hands

urdha dhanurasana with lobster claw hands at wall

legs up the wall
wall eye of the needle
wall wide leg rest
other side eye of the needle
wall baddha konasana

sukasana
sit

slow vinysasa

balasana

supported twist

supported savasana

sit
Namaste!

11th Step Meditation: Offering: Unravelling the Intellectual. 8.12.10

Holding patterns in the body, holding patterns in the mind. Belief systems were explored and further revealed, unravelled, and discarded through the practice today.

janushirsasana with twist and side bending
sukasana
spine rolls
forward fold

seated mini backbend

other side

sukasana third step prayer
OM

pigeon with downdog counterpose

cobra
windshield wiper

balasana

sit 20 min

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Namaste!