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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