More from Blue Lake Ranch

Here's a version of the day three sequence from the PW workshop this summer at Blue Lake Ranch. Remember no practice next week (Sept 2). but we are back on the next.

Sukasana Invocation.
AMVira relaxed,
AMS long
Utt shift weight toward hands and come up on toes.
AMS hands at wall
AMVrk at wall, then balancing in room with partner if possible, create maximum length
PM at wall and then balancing if possible extend strongly through feet.
Parsva Utt working more with length than turning
Sirsasana
Parsva Sirsasana
AMVira
Supt I with heel raised on block and work with block behind leg, did pavanmuktasana, and bent leg version first.
Tadasana long time. leaf of the foot, observing balance on each side.
Utthasta Padasana working on observing what changes occur to weight in feet
Trikonasana many times for practice show belt on back foot pull up on belt. Bottom hand thumb turns to get the abdomen to turn.
Prasarita Padottanasana to rest brain.
UP many times. Go down keeping back leg strong and descend from groin and abdomen, knee forward but move shin back (putting break on action of the knee). Partner, behind and pressing down on top arm to facilitate turning… extend from top of hip up to fingers and down to leg. Make sure legs are supporting you the whole time.
Prasarita Padottanasana
AC
Supta II bottom leg away from mid line, roll to opposite leg (with blanket roll under buttock then roll back working on turning from the pelvis.
AC take same Supta II actions into AC, hand down first,
Prasarita padottanasana
Parsva Utthita Padangushtansa
Vrk close eyes.
Utt
Salamba sarvangasana brief Halasana before and after.
Slide off to head side savasana.
Savasana


Major points in all these poses was the difference between muscle and skin. Muscle is motor neurons and skin is sensory neurons. The skin has to rest on the muscles the muscles should not protrude up to the sensory level. This is basically muscular energy.

Worked with same lines of the feet working on evenness of inside and outside of the foot and make these adjustments via perineum evenness, increases equanimity of mind. Have to take a class in such a way that it benefits you, not all instructions are for everyone. At least at the non-beginner level. With beginners, your primary job is to teach them how to learn.