Thursday, November 20, 2014

Rotating Legs & Arms Inward

Adho Mukha Virasana

Uttanasana
- legs wide apart, keeping toes on mat

Dandasana
- block at highest height between legs

Marichyasana I
- simple twist

Marichyasana II
- twist other way
- hold hug bent leg

Uttanasana
- legs hip width apart
- concave back
- then head down

Dandasana
- block at highest height between legs

Marichyasana I
- simple twist

Marichyasana II
- twist other way
- hold hug bent leg

Uttanasana
- legs hip width apart
- concave back
- then head down

Utthita Trikonasana
- on angle

Utthita Parsvakonasana

Adho Mukha Svanasana Arms
- standing in Tadasana
- rotate the tricep toward the face
- move the arm from the armpit, up

Adho Mukha Svanasana
- rotate triceps inward/under
- move biceps toward wall
- move the back body into the front body
- move shoulders into body

Viparita Dandasana
- on chair

Ardha Urdhva Dhanurasana x3
- on chair
- mat and blanket hanging on back rest of chair
- press soles of feet into legs of chair
- bottom shoulder-blades at backrest
- elongate top of buttocks toward knees
- think of block still in between thighs
- then hands on wall

Niralamba Sarvangasana
- shoulderstand setup facing 6" away from wall
- place bolster at end of blanket setup
- strap on before going up
- swing shins up at wall
- hold unto bolster
- then place hands on back
- curl toes under
- lift inner heels, buttocks, and torso(?)
- rotate thighs inward
- interlace hands unto bolster
- end in supported Karnipadasana
























Upvista Konasana
- sit on shoulderstand blanket setup
- start in Baddha Konasana
- press navel of bolster into navel
- fall forward
- extend arms forward

Supta Swastikasana
- then extend legs into Supta Tadasana

Monday, November 17, 2014

Dandasana/Virasana Sequence

Adho Mukha Virasana
- knees on 3 double folded blankets
- curl toes under

Inclinded Adho Mukha Virasana
- knees on 3 double fold blankets
- keep knees apart
- uncurl toes
- head down
- keep buttocks seated on heels

Uttanasana
- place metatarsals on rolled blanket

Baddha Konasana
- seated on 4 double folds
- then 2 blankets
- then seated on ground with feet on 2 blankets
- adjust buttocks
- hold skirt of feet to lift Baddha Konasana legs level to eyes

Lifted Upvista Konasana
- sit in Baddha Konasana on the ground
- lift legs up, level to head/shoulders

Uttanasana

Vibradrasana III
- press back foot into wall
- press finger tops on floor
- move outer thigh of grounded foot into waist

Uttanasana

Marichyasana III
- Marichyasana I, if menstruating

Parvrita Ardha Chandrasana
- black at little side of grounded foot
- feet placed halfway on mat
- mimic work in prior Vibradrasana III
- lifted leg's foot pressed into wall
- move outer thigh of grounded foot into waist

 Baddha Konasana
- seated on floor
- hold unto skirts of feet
- lift legs straight up

stability then mobility 
Supta Padangusthasana
- bend grounded leg
- strap at arch

Supta Padangusthasana
- showing bottom of foot variation

Supta Padangusthasana III
- bend both legs
- rest ankle on the other knee
- claps arms around grounded leg
- move legs toward torso
- keep vertical leg's knee away from head
- move ankle toward face

Supta Padangusthasana
- catch leg without strap
- straight leg
- keep other leg grounded and bent

Salamba Sarvangasana 
- Setu Bandha Sarvangasana, if menstruating

Swastikasana
- rest head on bolster

Adho Mukha Virasana
- legs together
- head down
- arms resting at sides

Friday, November 14, 2014

Twisting Sequence

Bharadvajasana
- seated on short end of bolster
- be seated in sitting bones

Prone Bharadvajasana
- be seated on ground
- keep short end of bolster to side
- lay down and twist to rest opposite cheek on bolster

Prone Supta Padangustasana
- turn twist to both left and right sides

Adho Mukha Virasana
- with blanket
- turn/twist to both left and right sides

Uttanasana
- on bolster
- turn/twist to both left and right sides

Prasarita Padottanasana
- turn twist to both left and right sides

Shoulderstand
- with chair

Supported Setu Banda Sarvangasana
- head/neck supported on 2 bolsters
- rest feet on blocks on high height
- same set up on chair as shoulderstand

Wide Leg on Chair
- twist to both left and right sides

Malasana

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Meditative Practice

Prasarita Padottanasana
- classic
- Adho Mukha Svanasana arms

Supta Padangusthasana I & II
- pranayama blanket setup
- 1 rectangle wide fold & 1 trifold for torso
- rolled blanket for leg
- strap foot

Upvista Konasana
- 2 blankets
- bend forward

Prasarita Padottanasana
- classic
- then AMS arms
- then head down and hold shins

Uttanasana
- head down resting on blocks

Arda Sirsasana II
- Mudra
- T-shape blocks at wall

Viparita Dandasana

Niralamba Sarvangasana
- shoulderstand set up so top of head faces wall
- w/bolster at end of blankets just other side of wall
- keep top head 1" from wall
- strong lift of chest
- move legs toward face
(creates balance in the brain)
- then toes curled under
- lift legs
- rest interlaced hands on bolster
- finish in Karnipadasana
- hold unto bolster to come out of asana



Uttanasana

Supta Baddha Konasana
- over bolster
- hold elbows
then Supta Swastikasana

Baddha Konasana
- seated on bolster
- bend forward to lift buttocks into wall

Monday, November 10, 2014

Kidney Band, Inversions, Standing Sequence

Reclined Kidney Band
- support head and neck with 3 triple folded blankets
- soft block at kidney area of back clear of shoulder blades
- lay arms at sides
- extend legs
- then legs in Swastikasana, catching elbows
- repeat

Uttanasana
- spread legs wide
- concave back
- place hands on blocks

Utthita Trikonasana
- press back heel at wall
- place front heel across the mat

Uttanasana
- spread legs wide
- concave back
- place hands on blocks

Hasta Tadasana
- press palms into soft block
- extend arms over 
- reach arms behind ears

Vibradhrasana I
- extend arms up toward the ceiling and back behind head

Uttanasana
- extend arms up
- press palms together

Gomukasana
- one side

?Paschimasarasana?

Gomukasana
- other side

Adho Mukha Svanasana
- slanted blocks at wall
- press palms out to the side
- move into chest (movement from first kidney band asana)

Adho Mukha Svanasana
- butterfly arms
- move head toward ground through arms

Dwi Pada Dandasana
- extend arms
- hands hold elbows
- rest head on elbows
- then bring head to floor
- hold elbows

Adho Mukha Svanasana
- on chair at wall
- press heels of hands into seat of chair

Parsvottanasana
- press palms into seat of chair

Uttanasana
- spread legs wide
- turn toes in
- catch elbows
- rest head on forearms

Salamba Sarvangasana
- on chair
- 2 trifold blankets (for shoulders?)
- then legs in Badda Konasana
- move down to rest legs on blankets in Swastikasana 

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