We spent some time looking at the kleshas, the veils of the mind that keep us from seeing our magnificent selves. We put some emphasis on abhinevesha, fear of death, or attachment to the status quo. It is one of the spicy kleshas in working with peeps in recovery because recovery demands a dying to so many things.
dharma talk about kleshas
heart opener over rollers
rest
cat and cow
balasana
easy side plank
uttanasana
tadasana
shoulder opener at wall
supported forward fold
second set with SI joint awareness
wall dog
tadasana meditation at wall
tadasana
uttanasana
lunge
warrior I
downdog
warrior I
tadasana
warrior I teaching demo
bridge
camel play
balasana
freeform
savasana
BREAK
savasana adjustments
sit and gratitude meditation (5 mins)
Namaste
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014
Yoga Blue at Temple Road Yoga: Meeting: Friday, January 17, 2014
A group of 15 yogis showed up for our workshop together. If you print it, they will come!
Our asana practice tonight had a few main points (but of course we'll never know what really was the point).
windshield wiper
eye of the needle
supine meditation
sukasana side bending x2
tadasana
uttanasana
tadasana
shoulder shrugs and rolls
guitar hero
cat and cow
balasana
puppy dog
sphinx
crocodile
bridge
alternative nostril breathing meditation
easy spine twist
savasana
sit
Namaste
break
circle
journal:
What have you been thinking about lately
What have you been learning?
What are three miracles that have happened in your life? Or not.
What do you want to get out of our weekend together?
introductions
OM
A
O
M
OMx3
seated meditation
Namaste
Our asana practice tonight had a few main points (but of course we'll never know what really was the point).
- to demonstrate a class sequence that would be "typical" for addicts in recovery
- to come together as a community of yogis
- to turn the mechanism of the mind inwards and quieter
- to practice looking within with eyes of love
- to become more at ease in the unknown
windshield wiper
eye of the needle
supine meditation
sukasana side bending x2
tadasana
uttanasana
tadasana
shoulder shrugs and rolls
guitar hero
cat and cow
balasana
puppy dog
sphinx
crocodile
bridge
alternative nostril breathing meditation
easy spine twist
savasana
sit
Namaste
break
circle
journal:
What have you been thinking about lately
What have you been learning?
What are three miracles that have happened in your life? Or not.
What do you want to get out of our weekend together?
introductions
OM
A
O
M
OMx3
seated meditation
Namaste
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Yin Yoga: Darkness Can't Drive Out Darkness
We kept touching in to MLK Jr's quote about Darkness can't drive out Darkness, only Light can do that as we made our way in a klesha exploration.
windshield wiper
supine eye of the needle
sutra 1.2 meditation
butterfly
balasana
dragon
sphinx/seal
reclining Buddha
twisted root
savasana or sit (15 mins)
windshield wiper
supine eye of the needle
sutra 1.2 meditation
butterfly
balasana
dragon
sphinx/seal
reclining Buddha
twisted root
savasana or sit (15 mins)
Yoga: A Widened Perspective is Required to see the Truth: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
The Rig Veda has a wonderful prayer
Give me the peace to hear the Truth from afar.
Afar is not a geographical distance, the sutra is a reference to the layers and noise of the mind that holds us back from seeing clearly.
windshield wiper
supine pada gustasana with twist using strap
sutra 1.2-1.4 meditation
cat and cow
balasana
puppy dog
easy side plank
plank
downdog
uttanasana
tadasana
shoulder rolls and shrugs
standing neck stretches
standing sequence
lunge
side angle
trikonasana
reverse trikonasana
peaceful warrior
low crescent
pigeon variation
downdog
plank
baby cobra
locust
downdog
other side standing sequence
balasana
bridge
supported bridge
twist
savasana
sit
OM
namaste
Give me the peace to hear the Truth from afar.
Afar is not a geographical distance, the sutra is a reference to the layers and noise of the mind that holds us back from seeing clearly.
windshield wiper
supine pada gustasana with twist using strap
sutra 1.2-1.4 meditation
cat and cow
balasana
puppy dog
easy side plank
plank
downdog
uttanasana
tadasana
shoulder rolls and shrugs
standing neck stretches
standing sequence
lunge
side angle
trikonasana
reverse trikonasana
peaceful warrior
low crescent
pigeon variation
downdog
plank
baby cobra
locust
downdog
other side standing sequence
balasana
bridge
supported bridge
twist
savasana
sit
OM
namaste
Monday, January 13, 2014
Yoga with Oak Grove High School: Truth: Tuesday, January 13, 2013
It was a lot of fun to share yoga with high school students. I've never worked in this particular population before, but when Debi asked if I'd be interested to teach a class in their yoga program, there was only one way to answer and that was YES!
Debi asked if I'd share some philosophy. Since I'm in the midst of listening to Ravi Ravindra's lecture series on the Rig Veda, it seems like a great opportunity to share some of this wonderful text. Recently I've been captivated by Dirgatamas' teaching of Ekam Sat, viprah bahudah vadanti.
One Truth, but sages call it by many names.
And the steady reminder in the RV and Upanishads and the Yoga Sutras that touching the Truth requires a quiet mind.
So we used some of the ideas of the Rig Veda for our alignment today.
windshield wiper
apanasana
janushirsasana and twist using strap
sutra 1.2 meditation
cat
cow
balasana
puppy dog
easy side plank
balasana variation with wrist stretch
plank
downdog
uttanasana
uttithatadasana
tadasana
shoulder shrugs and rolls
uttanasana variation
tadasana
YAM
standing sequence:
lunge
hammock
warrior II dance
low crescent
pigeon variation
three leg dog
downdog
baby cobra
locust
locust II
other side standing sequence
downdog
puppy dog
balasana
yin style sphinx or seal
crocodile
twisted root or easy twist
savasana
sit
Namaste
Debi asked if I'd share some philosophy. Since I'm in the midst of listening to Ravi Ravindra's lecture series on the Rig Veda, it seems like a great opportunity to share some of this wonderful text. Recently I've been captivated by Dirgatamas' teaching of Ekam Sat, viprah bahudah vadanti.
One Truth, but sages call it by many names.
And the steady reminder in the RV and Upanishads and the Yoga Sutras that touching the Truth requires a quiet mind.
So we used some of the ideas of the Rig Veda for our alignment today.
windshield wiper
apanasana
janushirsasana and twist using strap
sutra 1.2 meditation
cat
cow
balasana
puppy dog
easy side plank
balasana variation with wrist stretch
plank
downdog
uttanasana
uttithatadasana
tadasana
shoulder shrugs and rolls
uttanasana variation
tadasana
YAM
standing sequence:
lunge
hammock
warrior II dance
low crescent
pigeon variation
three leg dog
downdog
baby cobra
locust
locust II
other side standing sequence
downdog
puppy dog
balasana
yin style sphinx or seal
crocodile
twisted root or easy twist
savasana
sit
Namaste
Sweet Vinyasa: Grant Me The Peace To Hear The Truth From Afar: Monday, January 13, 2014
This is a prayer from the Rig Veda:
Grant me the peace to hear the Truth from afar. Through breath, mantra, and movement we touched into Truth within. The only thing holding us back from our experience of the bhirat, satya, ritam is the clinging of our minds.
windshield wiper
supine janushirsanasa with twist using strap
sutra 1.2 meditation
cat and cow
balasana
puppy dog
easy side plank
plank
downdog
uttanasana
tadasana
YAM
shoulder rolls and shrugs
standing neck stretches
tadasana
OM
standing sequence #1:
lunge
side angle prep
trikonasana
peaceful warrior
pigeon variation
three leg dog
downdog
other side standing sequence #1
tadasana
standing sequence #2
lunge
side angle
triangle
ardha chandrasana
standing splits
tadasana
malasana
tadasana
standing sequence #2
tadasana
OM
malasana
bridge
supported bridge with supported shoulder stand option
shimmy
savasana
sit
OM
namaste
Grant me the peace to hear the Truth from afar. Through breath, mantra, and movement we touched into Truth within. The only thing holding us back from our experience of the bhirat, satya, ritam is the clinging of our minds.
windshield wiper
supine janushirsanasa with twist using strap
sutra 1.2 meditation
cat and cow
balasana
puppy dog
easy side plank
plank
downdog
uttanasana
tadasana
YAM
shoulder rolls and shrugs
standing neck stretches
tadasana
OM
standing sequence #1:
lunge
side angle prep
trikonasana
peaceful warrior
pigeon variation
three leg dog
downdog
other side standing sequence #1
tadasana
standing sequence #2
lunge
side angle
triangle
ardha chandrasana
standing splits
tadasana
malasana
tadasana
standing sequence #2
tadasana
OM
malasana
bridge
supported bridge with supported shoulder stand option
shimmy
savasana
sit
OM
namaste
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Sweet Vinyasa: Hip Openers and Help, Thanks and Wow: Wednesday, January 8, 2014
We playing in touching the Ekam Sat using the alignment instructions Help, Thanks, and Wow (Anne Lamott's book).
I got a little mixed up in which direction we were working in the twisty and bendy hip openers. But I think it was OK. Mainly because its not about what we do, but how we do it (as the yogis tell us), and our practice was about the willingness to recognize the Sat, which is Erich Schiffmann's definition of Love.
That's what we really practiced today.
windshield wiper
supine pada gustasana with twist and strap
Bhirat meditation
sutra 1.2
OM
cat and cow
balasana
puppy dog
easy side plank
balasana variation with wrist stretches
plank
downdog with foot exploration
tadasana
shoulder rolls and shrugs
tibetian heating breaths
tadasana
YAM
standing sequence:
lunge
hammock
warrior II
peaceful warrior
trikonasana
pigeon
three leg dog
downdog
rolling plank
rolling plank to updog
demo
rolling plank to updog
balasana
OM
other side standing sequence
downdog
puppy dog
balasana
hip opener sequence:
ardha matseydrasana
cow face pose with arm exploration
box
forward fold
other side hip opener sequence
pea pod meditation
savasana
sit
OM
Namaste
I got a little mixed up in which direction we were working in the twisty and bendy hip openers. But I think it was OK. Mainly because its not about what we do, but how we do it (as the yogis tell us), and our practice was about the willingness to recognize the Sat, which is Erich Schiffmann's definition of Love.
That's what we really practiced today.
windshield wiper
supine pada gustasana with twist and strap
Bhirat meditation
sutra 1.2
OM
cat and cow
balasana
puppy dog
easy side plank
balasana variation with wrist stretches
plank
downdog with foot exploration
tadasana
shoulder rolls and shrugs
tibetian heating breaths
tadasana
YAM
standing sequence:
lunge
hammock
warrior II
peaceful warrior
trikonasana
pigeon
three leg dog
downdog
rolling plank
rolling plank to updog
demo
rolling plank to updog
balasana
OM
other side standing sequence
downdog
puppy dog
balasana
hip opener sequence:
ardha matseydrasana
cow face pose with arm exploration
box
forward fold
other side hip opener sequence
pea pod meditation
savasana
sit
OM
Namaste
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