Here's the Summer Advanced Practice Schedule

June   5   Devon
June 12  Anne
June 19   Anne

June 26-July 17  Summer Hiatus

July  24   Devon
July 31    Anne   (Anne will be  back from  Ann Arbor and Durango  with plenty to share!!)

August   7   Anne
August 14  Anne
August  21  Devon
August  28  Devon

Sept   4     No practice  Labor Day weekend 

Saturday Morning Asana at Clear Spring: The Shoulderstand Cycle

Devon is  teaching Special Topics tomorrow. 

Here is an opportunity to get prepared, and then meet and work with the Mother of Asanas, Salamba Sarvangasana, or Shoulderstand, and several other important members of her family.  We'll prepare with several helpful poses that can reveal and allow you to correct problems in the strength and mobility of the shoulder girdle, spine, legs, and hips.  Then we will go about systematically moving through the shoulderstand cycle, working with each variation in turn to help make the one that follows easier, to help lift more weight off the neck and head, to help the heart, brain, and thought become subdued and rested, and the breath softer and easier.  

Basically, I hope to offer you the equivalent of a two-week vacation package, all rolled into a two-hour class on Shoulderstand.  Three weeks if you add the pranayama class at 9:15 as well. Okay, staycation.

It's quite a deal when you look at it this way:

9:15-10:15am  Pranayama  $15

10:30am-12:30pm  Asana  $20

Both classes                      $30

Anne is teaching Inversions in San Angelo August 22nd

Hi  Everyone,  I'm teaching a one day inversion workshop in San Angelo at the end of the summer. If you happen to be in that area of  Texas, I'd love to see you there. 

Concho Yoga

GET UPSIDE DOWN THE RIGHT WAY
Register: www.cytc1.com (member portal then workshops)
Introduction to Inversions Workshop!
August 22, 2015

Come learn how to get upside down the right way with certified Junior Intermediate Level 1 Iyengar Yoga instructor, Anne-Marie Schultz
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In this all Levels workshop, we will explore the four basic inversions: Headstand, shoulderstand, handstand, and elbow balance. We will work through a sequence that emphasizes the basic actions and alignment principles that will help you establish a home inversion practice or improve your technique in regular classes.
The focus of this workshop will be to establish safe alignment for the neck and shoulders. We will use props like blocks, belts, blankets, and the yoga chair to help you develop the strength , balance,and confidence needed to do inversions safely!
Anne-Marie Schultz started getting upside down in 1994. she has studied with many senior teachers in the Iyengar system and has a gift for distilling their teaching down to a very basic level. she also has a PhD in philosophy and a great sense of humor so expect fun, Thoughtful reflections on the meaning of life, the universe, and everything in between.
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$80 early Bird both classes $45 single before August 8th
GET UPSIDE DOWN the Right Way MORNING SESSION with Anne-Marie Schultz
Sat Date: 8/22/2015 From: 9:30 am - 11:30 am
GET UPSIDE DOWN the Right Way EVENING SESSION with Anne-Marie Schultz
Sat Date: 8/22/2015 From: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

There is advanced practice today, Devon is leading.

Here's the plan for today.  Devon will lead us through some  Arun-inspired work. 

4:30-6:30  $20.00

ardha uttanasana, arms out long

parsvottanasana, arms out long

trikonasana

ardha chandrasana

adho mukha svanasana

adho mukha vrksasana

pincha mayurasana 

salamba sarvangasana 

   and variations

dandasana

padangustha dandasana,    padahasta dandasana

ubhaya padangusthasana

triang mukhaikapada paschimottanasana

krounchasana

urdhva mukha paschimottanasana OR

urdhva mukha paschimottanasana (the other one)

upavistha konasana

   parsva, parivrtta, forward

janu sirsasana 

paschimottanasana

supta padangusthasana upright, bent leg, and lateral

simhasana

chair urdhva dhanurasana

chair dwi pada viparita dandasana

   ekapada viparita dandasana 

chair sarvangasana continuing straight from viparita danda OR

   sarvangasana feet walking up the wall 

halasana

sarvangasana and variations

savasana 

Arun will be in Austin Thursday

 Hi All,   Here's the info about Arun's workshop.

Timings:

SCHEDULE
Thursday 6pm-8pm
Friday 10am-12noon
Friday  6pm - 8pm
Saturday 9:30am - 12:00 noon
Saturday 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Sunday 9:30am - 12:00 noon
Sunday 3:00pm  - 5:30pm


 Here's a link to the flyer with the relevant registration details.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XsjpDD1YXFDv3WoBYMzhz6_Q0cVsOgfLFMyRk4p_PZ0/edit#heading=h.tbx3q35500wx

Devon is leading today at 4:30

Conventional beginning:

AMvira

AMS

Uttanasana

AMVrksasana, kicking up one leg, then the other, repeating 20 cycles. 

Pincha mayurasana

Salamba sirsasana

 

Now the Vinyasa Practice

1. Hips and simple extension

Tadasana

Urdhva Hastasana

Utkatasana

Urdhva Hastasana

Utkatasana

Uttanasana

Adho mukha svanasana

Uttanasana

Utkatasana

Urdhva Hastasana

Tadasana

Tadasana w/ Paschima Baddhanguliyasana

2. Lateral poses

Vira II

Parsvakonasana

Trikonasana

Ardha Chandra

Trikona

Up and over the top, through hastapadasana to side two

[uttanasana break or prasarita padottanasana]

 

3. forward bending, lateral and revolved standing poses

Tadasana

Utt. parsvakonasana

Utt. trikonasana

Ardha Chandra

Urdhva prasarita ekapadasana

Parivrtta trikonasana

Parivrtta parsva konasana

Parivrtta trikonasana

Urdhva hastasana

[uttanasana or prasarita padottanasana break]

 

4. Balancing

Tadasana-urdhva hasta-

Utthita ekapada pavanamukhtasana

Utthita hasta padangusthasana to front

Utthita parsva hasta padangusthasana (side)

Utt. hasta padangustha to front

Vira III

Urdhva prasarita ekapadasana

Ardha chandrasana

Urdhva prasarita ekapadasana

Uttanasana

Urdhva hastasana

Tadasana

 [break]

5.seated

Dandasana

Urdhva hasta in dandasana

Parsva dandasana R, L

Padangustha dandasana

Paschimottanasana

Urdhva hasta in dandasana

 

Dandasana

Utthita janu sirsasana, arms bracing on floor

Urdhva hastasana in janu sirsa

Arms on floor, Twist toward bent leg

Urdhva hasta facing forward

Arms on floor, twist toward straight leg or beyond as possible

Urdhva hastasana

Urdhva mukha janu sirsasana

Adho mukha janu sirsasana (paripoorna j.s.)

(repeat on other side)

 

6. Inverted

Paschimottanasana

Sukhasana rolling to

Halasana

Sukhasana rolling to

Paschimottana

Sukhasana rolling to

Hala

Repeat until happy

[optional to stay in halasana, of course] 

No more vinyasa:

Salamba sarvangasana being still

variations as possible

Setu bandha 

Savasana

It is Friday, why not backbend?

Anne is  leading advanced practice  today.  

Backbends     via  lots of  groin  work.

Backbends via  groin work. 

Eka pada supta vira   Kapotasana  prep… 

LOY  virasana  cycle

AMS  Utt  to Malasana

BK, UVK

Malasana  add in. 

Some padmasana work. 

AMS

Paryankasana with block, on elbows to head, on head urdhva d arms for more lift and spread, full pose with support for elbows if don’t reach.

Two brick Paryankasana

AMS classic.

Gomukasana  different arm  approaches.   Arms only

And full pose

AMVrk   Palms out and forward

PM

AMS

Ardha Sirsasana, working with head off the floor,  eka  pada

Sirsasana, Parsva

Dwi pada, on chair with blanket and block for shoulders horizontal and vertical, then with vertical block for tailbone, then t shaped two blocks for shoulders and tailbone.

Junior  I  dwi Pada

Junior  2  dwi pada 

UD on chair    legs and hands on floor bring weight into feet. Two or three times.

UD over back of chair with blankets or bolsters, arms in Paryankasana and then hands to chair or legs of chair. Second time move to kapotasana part of back.

Urdhva  D off  two bolsters.    

 Urdhva  D 

Dwi Pada

Sarvanghasana dropping to floor. 

Sarvagasana cycle 

Ardha  jathara  parivartansana   M3  M1   Paschimo

Savasana 

Advanced Practice Schedule for May and Sequence for Today

Here's the Advanced Practice Schedule for  May.

May 1  Devon
May 8  Anne
May 15  Devon
May 22  no  practice  Arun
May 29  Devon

 Backbends  today.

adho mukha virasana

adho mukha svanasana 

urdhva mukha svanasana

virasana classical

parvatasana in virasana

supta virasana via matsyasana

virasana upright briefly

adho mukha virasana

[chaturangasana or adho mukha svana,]

urdhva mukha svana

adho mukha svanasana

gomukhasana legs

gomukhasana complete

[chaturanga or AMS ]

urdhva mukha svana

adho mukha svanasana

utthita trikonasana

utthita parsvakonasana

parivrtta parsvakonasana

prasarita padottanasana II

[chaturanga or adho mukha svanasana]

urdhva mukha svanasana

adho mukha svanasana

parsvottanasana in paschima namaskara OR

parsvottanasana with gomukhasana arms

adho mukha vrksasana and variations

pincha mayurasana and variations

salamba sirsasana

salamba sirsasana II, and other variations as possible

pincha mayura again, and more intense with vrschikasana, shayanasana, etc.

dhanurasana, parsva dhanurasana

prone paschima namaksarasana

viparita dandasana arms under the chair and then over the top of chairs in the style of George Purvis

viparita dandasana/chakra bandhasana interactive backbend work

adho mukha vrksasana

adho mukha svanasana

uttanasana, parsva uttanasana

sarvangasana and variations

 

padmasana or some cross legged sitting pose for a few minutes

savasana