February 2012
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Yoga say waaahh??
yogapractice:
Asana - most sanskrit words describing a posture end in ‘asana’
The “H” is always silent, like in Spanish
Twist/Revolved - Parivrtta
Upwards - Urdvha
Downwards - Adho
Supine/Reclining - Supta
Extended - Utthita
Side - Parsva
Angle - Kona
Intense - Ut
Extend/Stretch - Tan
Half/Twist - Ardha
Leg - Pad
One - Eka
Two - Dwi
Face - Mukha
Like knowing the root words in...
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Monday Night Round up
Sayanasana, fifteen out of 60 on the scale of difficulty
My elbows have way too much rugburn to believe this is only 15! In any event, I love practicing this asana. I think that the the inverted-backbend-chin-balance does something to my brain and makes me giddy. I just recently found my balance in pincha, and I’m thinking that sayanasana might be manageable with practice—and...
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Its a twist! Its an arm balance! Its a standing pose! Its VISVAMITRASNA! When doing this sequence, observed how every asana relates to visvami
To the best of my recollection, here’s what we did
Supta pada I, concentrate on opening hips & stretching hammies
Uttanasana, but against the wall, legs at a slant, lift the toes, but do not give up an inch of the height of your butt on the...
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Clubasana
This week, we worked on long inversions and arm balances
Follow this link to download the sequence, with AMAZING instructions
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Simply Delicious Warm Kale Salad
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This is one of my fast and easy go-to recipes. I can run home in between classes and make is for lunch with no time-crunch. It’s a salad that doesn’t feel like you’re eating a “salad”. It’s also the type of salad that you can make for lunch the night before. Since kale is so rugged, it holds up overnight and doesn’t get soggy like most greens would. Just pop it in the microwave the...
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What has Clubasana been practicing lately?
Laghu Vajrasana registers as 23* on BKS Iyengar’s 60* scale of difficulty. Ah, if this is 23, I am SO far behind in my practice!!
Laghu means “little, small, easy as well as lovely, handsome, beautiful” and vajra means thunderbolt.
This week clubasana worked on kapotasana, and dreamt of laghu vajrasana, as well as lower backs that didn’t kink up! (yes yes, lift the hips, easier said than...
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What has Clubasana been practicing lately?
Laghu Vajrasana registers as 23* on BKS Iyengar’s 60* scale of difficulty. Ah, if this is 23, I am SO far behind in my practice!!
Laghu means “little, small, easy as well as lovely, handsome, beautiful” and vajra means thunderbolt.
This week clubasana worked on kapotasana, and dreamt of laghu vajrasana, as well as lower backs that didn’t kink up! (yes yes, lift the hips, easier said than...
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January 2012
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Monday Night Round up
just the sequence.
belly bolster
top chest bolster (block & blanket)
sequence:
fingers clasped urdhva hastasana, gomukhasana arms x2, garudasana arms x2, fingers clasped urdhva hastasana
do all that in virasana, gomukhasana, victor’s lotus, and padmasana on each side.
AMS, dying warrior thing, each side
Parivrrta Trikonasana
Parsva Parivrrtakonasana
sirsasana; parsva,...
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Monday Night Round up
Ok, its Thursday, but I’ve been busy!
Every session my teacher has a “focus.” From the get-go of this winter session, it is obvious we are working on abdominals, resting the navel in the belly of the spine, and mastering the lift of the hips to free your lumbar when doing backbends.
If you know my teacher, you know just about everything she teaches is to improve our backbends and...
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An Iyengar National Association of the United... →
“Broad calls Roger Cole a “reformer” who advocates reducing neck bending in Shoulder Stand by lifting the shoulders on a stack of blankets. But this teaching was devised by Mr. Iyengar – Cole is simply one of many of Mr. Iyengar’s teachers who work this way. Similarly Broad writes that Mr. Iyengar does not address yoga injuries in his seminal book Light on Yoga; any reading will reveal...
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Monday Night Round up
Uddiyana Bandha. Say it three times fast!
This was the total focus of the class. “flying upward” with your abomen. In every asana, you must move the “soft tissue” of your abdomen. Gently pulling the abdomen into the belly of your spine; I attempt to do this often in forward folds, it gets the spine to flatten out.
Inhale, exhale and then gently move/stretch your organs out along your...
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yogabeans!
your internet source for plastic action figures demonstrating ashtanga yoga
hilarious.
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for lack of a witty title, forward bends.
This week, clubasana did:
Abbreviated version from one of Iyengar’s sequences in Light on Yoga. If you want to check it out, its parts the 36th-40th week of course two.
concentrating on opening the backs of the knee; pulling the inner knees & thighs up, and extending the “ropy tendon” on the outside back of your knee; a bit difficult for me to explain- i’ve just...
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Wednesday Night Hodgepodge
Dark and rainy was the night. Here’s what I did, and some meandering comments
Click for sequence
Virasana; gomukasana arms, supta, then chest block
AMS; 4 minutes, observing my trapezius muscles moving down my back, and my shoulder blades moving up,* pressing through the index and thumb mound to rotate the arms & mirroring this action in my legs (big toe mound, rotating the inner thighs...
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Hanumanasana
During mythological times, Rama, a king of ancient India, had a problem. The demon king who presided in Sri Lanka, Ravana, had abducted Rama’s wife, Sita. Rama and his troops set out to rescue her from the vile demon. In the ensuing battle Rama’s brother, Laksmana, was severely wounded, and the only way to save him was with an herb that grew exclusively in the Himalayas. It appeared...
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Because there are never enough backends
Watch the video, then…
sequence after the jump!
Belly bolster
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Chest block
Sacrum block
Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Chest openers)
Dolphin
Pincha
Splits up wall
Hanumanasana
Quad stretch on wall
Eka Pada Rajakapotasana II (prep to full)
Shin on wall splits
Eka Pada Rajakapotasana IV (prep to full)
Urdhva Dhanuarasana (3x regular, 3x high blocks walk feet in, 3x no blocks...
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