Updates about Austin Yoga Institute and Schumacher sequences

Hi Everyone, 

As  many of you already know, Austin Yoga Institute  is moving out of Heart of Texas shopping center. While AYI searches for a permanent home,  Peggy's Monday advanced class will be held at Amala Foundation    1006 S 8th St
Austin, TX 78704,    It is right across Lamar from the regular space.

As of November 1,   Peggy's other classes will be held at   held at 1608 Dexter Street, Austin, TX 78704, Peggy's Home Studio.

Please call Peggy for more information at 512-923-4643.

 

Please continue to support Peggy and all Iyengar yoga classes in Austin during this important time of  transition in our community.  Iyengar Yoga in Austin is a community effort!!. 

In other news, this weekend the blog went to Dallas. 

 

Many of the John Schumacher workshop sequences from Dallas are posted below (reposted from Christina's webpage). The sketchy outline is a product of my memory Friday and Sunday and her's Saturday . The Saturday Afternoon class is forthcoming.  I'm without my regular computer set up  currently and my notes on it are pretty sketchy. mostly memorable was the 15 minute sirsasana with various padmasana variations... that will keep you coming back for more. 

 

Friday Night:

Supta Tadasana

Supta Padangusthasana- 1st stage (check Light on Yoga for pictures of the three stages he gives)

Supta Padangusthasana - 3rd stage

Supta  padangusthasana -2nd stage  

Uppavistha Konasana

Baddha Konasana 

Dandasana

Janu sirsasana

Ardha Baddha Pada padma pascimottasana 

Paschimottansana 

Padamasana

Supine lotus with no hands 

Sirsasana   

Urdhva  padmasana in sirsanana

Sarvangasana

Urdhva padmasanan in  sarvangasana

Pindasana 

Savasana  

seated meditation

Saturday Morning:

pascimottanasana
janu sirsasana
uppa vista konasana

upright sitting prep parsva uppa vista konasana
parivritta janu sirsasana -2X
ardha matsyendrasana 2
adho mukha svasasana
urdhva mukha svasasana
chataranga
several times from Adho mukha through chataranga
ustrasana- 3X
chatush padasana-2X
urdhva dnaurasana-10X
dwi pada viparita dandasana-5X

supta virasana,  if  can stay flat on floor, then  push up to  Kapotasana,  or  just stay in SV
kapotasana- 3X
adho mukha svasasana
adho mukha vajrasana

Parsva vajrasana
parsva adho mukha vajrasana
pascimottanasana

Savasana
seated meditation

Sunday Morning:

Childs Pose

Down Dog

Uttanasana

Sirsasana- 15 minutes

Parsva sirsasana

Eka Pada Sirsasana

Parsva Eka pada sirsasana

childs pose with chin on floor

Dandasana

Pashcimottansana

Baddha Konasana and go forward

Dandasana

Maricyasana I 

Dandasana

Malasana II

Dandasana

Bakasana

Bakasan from sirsasana II

Pasasana

Parsva bakasana

From sirsasana II

Urdhva kukatasana (or repeat bakasana) from Sirsasana II

Dwi Pada koundinyasana 

handstand

Pinca mayurasana

mayurasana

Urdhva Mukha svanasana

Adho mukha svanasana

Chatush padasana

Urdva Dhanurasana 7X

Sarvangasana- 15 minutes

Savasana

 

 

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Are you the blog?

Yes.  I am the blog.      Here are the sequences from the classes I took while visiting  New York this week.  Enjoy them  in lieu of  friday practice sequences for  awhile.

Carrie Owerko    level  3  class at  yoga works.

Start with rolled blanket under shoulder blades  knees bent feet on flooer

AMS on high rope  long hold

Utt in rope

Very wide Trikonasana with back leg groin in fope

Parivritta trik with front leg in rope

AMS in rope again

Uttanasana with rolled blanket or sticky mat (is better)

Parsvottasana with roll to  parivritta trk with roll

Take roll out and redo same side and see  space that is  available

Parivr parsvakonasana bent knee version with roll then extend back leg if hand is on the floor

Then  redo same side without roll

Repeat on other side

TMEP  with roll

JS with roll and without  also worked with turning torso in upright position and then going down.

Parvirtta js  with leg in virasana first, use   roll then no roll

Then parvritta js with  leg in classic pose

 Use motion to rock back and forth over extended leg

Paschimottansana

Parsva paschima

Ardha mysendrasana 2

Rope sirsasana

Sarvangasana 

Genie Kapuler’s  level  three  class 

We spent a good deal of time  looking at the wrist and the bones of the wrist and circularizing the hands to even out  the weight in the wrists

Utt

AMVira

AMS UMS  support pelvis with block

Chaturanga Dandasana

Back and forth AMS UMS  chaturangadandasana several times

AMVrk,  1 leg, then other  then both, stay at wall and  lift head to look at front body, then keep what you gain in armpit and chest opening and turn head back

Also worked on balancing.

PM  same work with  the  head,  the  head then  has to lift significantly  connect  lift of head with lift of  tailbone.  (Chest of UMS)

Dwi pada  on chair   just regular opening  first (Intro II) but with block and belt on leg,

Then work to bring hands to  chair legs, still stay with legs belt.

Then turn chair   around   sit in front of  chair, then put hands on back of chair,  chest of UMS. I used a  play brick under my chest also, felt amazing.

Ustrasana  several

Urdhva D  several

Supta 1-3 (the Parivritta one)

Sarvangasana

Ardha  Halasana

Savasana. 

Brooke Myer’s  Level  Three  Class

AMVira   for  opening arm  pits  (up on finger tips  or  use  blocks or bolster for hands

AMVira  for  getting shoulder blades on back,  bring  hands to  shoulder level and draw shoulder blades in

AMS  work with  keeping head forward  and worked with coming up on heels  then  move chest back to legs

Rope 1,  two sets of  8,  rope  work standing facing the wall and coil up like  cobra  then hold tall ropes over  head and  back bend away from the wall without collapsing into lumbar

AMVrk (L pose  first,   then   AMVRk at wall  same work as Genie’s class of  looking up the front  body. 

PM  with strap  and folded sticky for  elbows, same work with  head look up front body first.

Sirsasana 2 at wll

Chair dwi pada   intro ii version

UD over back of chair  folded blanket on chair as needed for height, bring hands down the wall as you are able.

UD  feet on blocks at wall, bring knees to wall, go up like that  then  straighten legs away from  wall

Several times, then did with hands at wall  and then with forearms on elbows

AMVira

Parsva Prasarita Padottansana  keep right hand on right foot  and  stretch left arms far over to the right,  repeat on other side

Supported Halasana

Savasana with tailbone still up on  sarvangasana support

Laura Brun’s   level  2  class  

Lots of  shoulder work in tadasana,   in general   let extension  happen  first  then  draw in on back body, shoulder blades, top of triceps  grounding in the legs essential for ability to lift the chest and side ribs.  Lift  not just the shoulders up but from the low ribs lift up.   Looked at the mechanics of all those actions in

 Tadasana

UH, UBbound thumb pose arms outwide like  standing poses.

Vkrsasana

Trik

AC in room and twice  with back at wall.  Be strong in heels

Ardha uttanasana

Vira III   twice

Virasana

Parvatsana in virasana

Parsva virasana  twice

AMS

UMS

AMS

UMS

Ustrasana press shins to lift the chest

Ardha Halasana

savasana

No Practice 10/19 and we are off until 11/23

There is no advanced practice  10/19 after all .  Originally, the studio was rented   but now it is not.  But  I'm out of town and Devon has other  plans.



So we'll not meet again for  awhile.

Next week  I'm in  Dallas for John Schumacher and Devon is away.
The week following  there's a training at the studio
The second week of  November  Devon and I are both away
The third week of  november we are at Patricia in Dallas.

So  We'll plan something big and backbendy for  our  return  on 11-23.  

There is practice friday (and teacher practice also)

Hi Everyone,

There's teacher practice friday at 3:30.  Just a reminder its not  "teacher training" but a time to get together and talk about teaching and practice teaching skills.   cost $10.

Then here's the sequence for Friday forward bends.  Cost $10.00

Friday October 11, 2012

Forward bend emphasis

Supta virasana

Supta baddha konasana

[Supta padangusthasana I with belt support

Supta padangusthasana II, classical position

            Spg II variant with belt and block support and external rotation

[Eka pada Supta virasana I]

Eka pada supta virasana II, external rotation

Adho mukha svanasana, 3-5 minutes

Prasarita padottanasana I and II

Adho mukha vrksasana

Sirsasasana prep or full pose

Padmasana prep lying down and/or seated

            Including ardha Padma in anantasana

Sarvangasana I or Setu Bandha sarvangasana

            Urdhva padmasana or padmasana variation in setu bandha

Dandasana, padangustha dandasana  (maybe malasana instead?)

Janu sirsasana, twisting, urdhva mukha and adho mukha

Triang mukhaikapada paschimottanasana twisting, urdhva mukha and adho mukha

Krounchasana prep or full pose

Kurmasana

Bharadvajasana I full pose, catching virasana heel for full twist (belt as needed)

Upavistha konasana upright twisting, and forward bending

Parsva upavistha konasana

Parsva janu sirsasana variations

Parivrtta janu sirsasana

Parivrtta paschmottanasana

Paschimottanasana, feet hip width, feet together, heels elevated

Chatush padasana

Local Class Blog Roll Updated

Hi Everyone,  Thanks to the urging of Mary Scott, the  list of local Iyengar classes is  now updated to reflect current reality.

Patty's Beginner Series' at Austin Yoga

Upcoming Beginners’ Series

September 24 – November 12, 2012

Mondays 6:00 – 7:30 pm

w/ Patti
contact Patti at pgagne@austin.rr.com, or 512-415-0743