Friday, May 28, 2010

New Classes in Austin with Stacey Mietus

Recent graduation, Stacey Mietus, of the AYI teacher training program will be teaching the following public classes.

Wednesdays 6-7:15 AM through Seva Yoga at AYI

Saturdays 9:30-10:45 AM at Mr. Natural East (1901 E. Cesar Chavez (at Chicon)) - NO CLASS 6/5

Saturdays 2-3:15 PM through Seva Yoga at AYI (starting 6/12)

Monday, May 24, 2010

Practice this friday 1608 Dexter

Hi Everyone, Clear Spring is not available this Friday, but Peggy Kelley has graciously allowed us to use her small home studio. So come to 1608 Dexter (right behind the Alamo Draft House on South Lamar. The studio is upstairs. The
stairway is on the left of the house as you face it, red and white, second on the right after crossing Kinney Avenue or turning right off kinney onto Dexter).
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This sequence is from Day One of the most recent Patricia Walden Retreat.


Swatikasana
• When the shoulders lean forward the groins get heavy and the top of the navel shortens
Adho Mukha Virasana
Uttansana
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Supta Padangusthasana I
Supta Baddha konasana
Supta Baddha Konasana one leg Supta Padangusthasana I other leg
• Keep the knees on the same plain
Tadasana
• Front thighs back – center buttock forward
• Traps down
• Lift the shelf of the ribs up
• Lift from the sitting bones to the sternam…this was done in each standing pose
Virabhdrasana II
• Keep the weight in the back outer heel
• front leg buttock forward and down
• don’t let the shelf of the lower ribs drop
Utthita Trikonasana
• draw the front leg outer thigh up as you go into the pose
• lift the front leg arm up and extend to go over
• Move the buttock bones toward each other
• lift the sitting bones up to the sternum

Utthita Parsvakonasana
• observed a woman dropping the back leg and PW thinks this is hip damage in the making
• in the pose turn the bottom arm from inside out and press into the outer thigh to bring chest forward
• between these standing poses we kept hands on hips and looked up towards the third eye and not the ceiling much softer gaze, made everything relax.
Virahbdrasana I
• usual stuff front leg outer thigh back as you bend
• release the back leg buttocks – preparation for later poses
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Tadasana to Vira I
Tadasana to Paschima Namaskarasana to Parsvottanasana
Parsvottanasana hands down
Utthita Eka Pada Bekasana
Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana – concave back
Uttita hasta padangusthasana at wall
Adho Mukha svanasana take foot up the wall like Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana
Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana in the room
• then full pose
Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana
• hand holds same ankle
• take the up leg into Bekasana do not drop knee when straightening the leg
Adho Mukha svanasana
Supta Padangusthasana I
Supta Padangusthasana III
Full bekasana
eke pada rajakopotasana
• front leg shin parallel to front of mat
hanamanasana
• if you need support support both of the legs
preparation for vamedevasana
• one leg in sidhasana and one leg in hanamanasana
• one leg in siddhasana and one leg in bekasana pump the leg
• then complete the pose keep the knees on the same plain and extending away from each other
yogadandasana
• pump the knee to the side
• lay on the back and same pumping of the knee
• try full pose with the twist
siddhasana

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Practice this friday

Hi All, we are back in town this week, fresh from a week with Geeta and anxious to practice what we've learned. Also, Devon is going up for assessment in August and I'm going up next year, so we are both going to teach a couple poses each week assessment style.

here's the general plan

Sequence for Friday
>
> AMV
> AMS
> Utt
> Tadasana (work with belt for shoulders and rope jacket)
> UHastasana (various hand positions)
> UBaddhanguliyasana
> Paschima Baddhanguliyasana
> Baddha Hastasana
> Gomukhasana (work with arms adjustments in all of these)
> Paschima Namaskarasana
> Full gomukhasana (Anne will teach six minutes)
> AMS
> Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana,
> Parsva Utthita Hasta Padangusthansana,
> Parivrtta Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana, (Devon will teach first,
> then we'll do using belts and horse to work with adjustments)
> AMVrk 2 variations ( Anne and Devon will both teach)
> PMayurasana 2 variations (Anne and Devon will both teach )
> Sirsasana and 1 variation (Devon will teach)
> Chair dwi pada
> Urdhva Dhanurasana ( Junior I and III variations)
> Dwi pada from floor,
> Sirsasana drop overs
> Chatushapadasana
> Sarvangasana and variations (Devon will teach)
> Setubandha, dropping to wall or chair or floor
Paschimottanasana.
> Savasana
>

Monday, May 3, 2010

There is Practice this Friday Yippee!!

Hi All, We are back on This Friday.

From Ed Marks workshop, April 2010

AMV-AMS-Uttana
Tadasana Urdhva Baddhanguliya
Vrksasana
Garudasana
Parsva konasana
Vishvamitrasana
Parsvottanasana
Parivrtta trikonasana
AMS
Parivrtta ardha chandrasana
Sirsasana
Eka pada
Virasana in Sirsa
Parsva Virasana in Sirsa
Baddha konasana or Padmasana
Chaturanga Dandasana
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Salabhasana
Makarasana
Dhanurasana
Parsva Dhanurasana
Bhujangasana
Ustrasana
Urdhva Dhanurasana at wall with blocks
Uttanasana Parsva uttanasana
Ardha Halasana with bolster