Soft Vinyasa: Feelin' It In The Bones: Thursday, August 28, 2014

Subbed this class for Betsy.

The breath and our bones support us and we used them to help us begin to practice seeing with Divine eyes.

heart opener over bolster
femur meditation
full body stretch
femur rotation

eye of the needle
supine pigeon
eye of the needle twist

rest
bone meditation
LAM

malasana
uttanasana
uttithatadasana
shoulder rolls
uttanasana variation
tadasana
LAM

guitar hero with freeform

tadasana

standing sequence:
lunge
warrior I
twisted lunge
low crescent
pigeon
downdog

other side standing sequence

downdog
sphinx
seal
bone rest

downdog

dancing shiva play

uttansana
downdog
puppy dog
balasana

side saddle stretch and twist

bridge x 2

twisted root

savasana

sit
Namaste

Sweet Vinyasa: Thank you Bones! Wednesday, August 27, 2014

This devotional practice helped loosen the grip of the mind with gratitude to the bones and other divine sources of support.

Heart opener over bolster
femur meditation
long stretch with chinese circles
femur internal and external rotation
rest
YAM

eye of the needle
supine pigeon
eye twist


malasana
utthanasana
utktasana
uttithatadasana
tadasana
LAM

standing sequence:
lunge
side angle
triangle
standing triangle
peaceful warrior
pigeon

three leg dog
baby cobra
locust

downdog
other side standing sequence

downdog
baby cobra
cobra
balasana

plank
downdog
uttansanana
utkatasana
tadasana

tree
warrior III
tree

uttanasana
downdog

plank
baby cobra
locust
balasana

thigh torture

legs up the wall

savasana

sit
OM
Namaste

Yin Yoga: Bone Zone: Tuesday, August 26, 2014

We used the bones as our primary focus tonight. The bones rumored to hold our soul and to have or magical potency.

Impressing the Heart
extension over blocks
femur rotation
rest

butterfly (4 mins)

balasana
dragon (4 mins)
swan (3 mins)
rest

twisted root (3.5 each side)

savasana

sit
namaste

Sweet Vinyasa: Rest Your Weary Bones: Monday, August 25, 2014

The practice of yoga..abhyasa..is a continuous effort for a long time. New pathways and doors open up all the time. One of the jobs of the yogi is to be willing to recognize there is more than meets the usual eyes. As St. Paul is rumored to have said "eyes of the flesh see things of the flesh, eyes of the spirit". This continuous effort is never ending..as it is put in the Rig Veda neti neti!

We used the bones, primarily the femur, to tether our attention into parts not usually seen.

Heart opener over bolster
femur meditation
femur rotation
chinese circles

rest in the bones

eye of the needle
supine pigeon
eye twist

malasana
uttanasana
utkatasana

tadasana

guitar hero

tadasana
LAM

standing sequence:
lunge
side angle prep
triangle
standing triangle
peaceful warrior
pigeon

three leg dog
baby cobra
locust

other side standing series

downdog
puppy dog
balasana

downdog
uttanasna
utkatasana
tadasana

Tree
Warrior III
Tree

uttansana

( wanted to to thigh torture series but ran out of time!)

bridge

twisted root

savasana

sit
OM
namaste

Yin Yoga: The Miracle of Everything: Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Waterfall
Eye of the needle at wall
4 part breathing meditation

Sit

Butterfly

Balasana
Dragon

Sphinx or seal

Twisted root

Savasana

Namaste

Restorative Yoga: Yoking to Ease: Monday, August 18, 2014

windshield wiper with spleen and kidney meditation

eye of the needle

supine baddha konasana
side lying rest pose

supported twist over bolster
sit
other side twist
sit

supported upavista konasana

savasana

reclining Buddha

supported savasana

sit
OM
Namaste

Sweet Vinyasa: Low Back, Easy Yoke, and Light Burden: Monday, August 18, 2014

We had a request today for low back relief. One of the first suggestions yogis make about how to relieve pain is Ishvara Pranidad, translated as surrender to the cosmos. In the Christian tradition in the story of Jesus walking on water and inviting the fisherman to yoke with him to rest..as his "yoke is easy, and the burden is light" (Matthew 11.30)

So we played with easing the low back and other pain in the alignments of ease and a lightened burden.

knees to chest
windshield wiper
full body stretch
rest

eye of the needle
supine pigeon
twisted needle
rest

downdog

low lunge with crescent

cat and cow

half frog

easy side plank

downdog
uttansana
malasana
uttanasana

tadasana
low back breathing into hands
uttansana

standing sequence
downdog
warrior I dance
parsvatadasana
pigeon
supine tree

bridge
supported bridge
supported shoulder stand

easy spine twist

supported savasana

sit
Namaste