Yin Yoga: Absorption: Tuesday, November 27, 2013

Sit

Baddha Konasana or Upavista Konasana

Swan

Balasana
Dragon

Supta Virasana play

Twisted Root

Supported Heart Opener over bolster

Namaste

Sweet Vinyasa: Practicing sutra 2.2: Monday, November 25, 2013

Tenzin Palmo said that if Buddha was sitting with us he would say, "practice".

We explored what yogis have suggested for a long time..to soften the I, ego, asmita by  practicing sutra 2.2 " cultivating samadhi and weakening the kleshas.

sit (3mins)
OM

cat
cow
balasana

OMG
flying cow
side plank variation

plank
downdog
uttanasana
malasana
uttanasana

tadasana
shoulder shrugs and rolls

wrist circles and hand stretches

uttithatadasana
uttanasana variation
repeat

standing sequence:
lunge
twisted lunge
hammock
horse
lunge

other side standing sequence with skandasana and chinese split play

puppy dog with twist
balasana with ajna chakra rest

sphinx/seal yin style

crocodile

supine eye of the needle

at wall:
thigh torture

cobra
dhanurasana

savasana with legs up the wall or regular or sit

sit
OM
Namaste

Sweet Vinyasa: Asatoma Sat Gamaya: Wednesday, November 20, 2013

I've been inspired today with the mantra:

asato ma sadgamaya
tamaso ma jyotirgamaya
mrtyorma amrtam gamaya

Lead me from the asat to the sat.
Lead me from darkness to light.
Lead me from death to immortality.

(Brhadaranyaka Upanishad — I.iii.28)
sukasana stretch and breath
shoulder shrugs

Butterfly yin style

cat
cow
balasana

OMG
flying cow
easy side plank

plank
downdog

uttanasana
malasana
uttanasana
tadasana

at wall
foot play with balance on half moons
walkabout

tree at wall

standing sequence:
tadasana
uttanasana
lunge
warrior II dance
peaceful warrior
side angle prep
trikonasana
tree

uttanasana

repeat standing sequence

uttanasna
malasana

rolling bridge
rolling bridge with uddiyama bandha play

eye of the needle with hamstring variation play
twisted root

repeat eye of needle and twisted root

Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi meditation
Savasana

sit
OM
Namaste

Yin Yoga: A Practice of Pratyahara: Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Pratyahara is one of Patanjali's suggestions on how we might experience yoga that already is. This turning the senses in is, for most of us, a counterflow (pratiprasaba) to our usual ways and takes practice.

windshield wiper

eye of the needle with twist

butterfly

swan

balasana
dragon

sphinx

twisted root

savasana

namaste

Sweet Vinyasa: A Leap of Faith: Monday, November 18, 2013

The sanscrit word for faith is shraddha. A leap of faith for yogis is not a blind leap, but rather into a widened perspective of infinite love that already is. Which is hard to do, for the mind tends to grip the small (asmita).

Butterfly

cat
cow
balasana

OMG
flying cow
easy side plank

puppy dog

balasana variation

plank
downdog

uttanasana
malasana
uttanasana
tadasana

at wall on half moons
foot stretch with balance play
tadasana
walk about

tree at wall

standing sequence #1
tadasana
lunge
warrior II
pigeon variation
downdog

other side standing sequence #1

tadasana

standing sequence #2
lunge
warrior II
peaceful warrior
side angle prep
tree

uttanasana
malasana
tadasana

other side standing sequence #2

malasana
sukasana
wrist releases

sit (5 mins)

rolling bridge
rolling bridge with exhale play

twisted root

savasana

sit
OM
Namaste

Yoga: See The Miracle Of You: Thursday, November, 14, 2013

Seated so ham meditation

Cat
Cow
Balasana
Puppy dog

OMG
Flying cow
Easy side plank

Plank
Downdog

Uttanasana
Tadasana

At wall on half moon bricks
Foot stretch
Foot balance
Walkabout

Tree at wall

Standing seqeunce:
Tadasana
Lunge
Hammock
Warrior I I dance
Pigeon variation

Other side standing sequence

Downdog
Plank
Baby cobra
Locust

Balasana w hands rest

Bridge

Eye of needle
Twisted root

Savasana

Sit
OM
Namaste

Yoga: Butterfly: Saturday, November 16, 2013

Subbed this class for Kira. So thank you, Kira, for asking me to be here today.

Inspired by my own practice of baddha konasana yin style this morning and this quote by Richard Bach that came to me:

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”

 

We spent some time practicing finding flexibility in the feet, as the motor organ of the will to help us allow for more room for the path of the heart.

 

extended sukasana 3 breaths

 

butterfly yin style

 

cat

cow

balasana

puppy dog

 

OMG

flying cow

easy side plank

 

barrel roll

 

plank

downdog

 

uttanasana

tadasana

 

at wall:

 

on half moon tadasana

tree -ish

 

tadasana

walk about

 

tree at wall

uttanasana at wall

downdog at wall

 

tadasana

YAM

 

standing sequence:

lunge

twisted lunge

warrior II

pigeon variation

 

other side standing sequence

 

baby cobra

locust

locust variation

 

twisted root

 

sit

OM

Namaste