There is Practice FRIDAY.

Yes, I'm back finally and the studio is free. Let's open the hips. Here's a rough sequence from the abbey with a few of my notes to myself in it.

Day four

AMS
Uttansana
Paryankasana on brick, thighs belted, arms holding elbows support if necessary
Dandasana
Parsva Dandasana getting lots of lift and extension
AMVrk, 1 leg both legs, coming down. Work close to wall.
PM hand prep with knife edge of arms pressing down, turn thumbs out
PM full pose three times without block if you can maintain form, first with palms facing then regular.
Sirsasana
Parsva Sirasana keeping lift on opposite side of body, press right leg into left as turning to left, lift left side,
Amvira.
Then we did a series of wide leg hip openers than are a padmasana and beyond prep but also good in their own right to work with as they promote a sattvic state.

One leg in BK on little toe side other leg in UVK.


upavista other leg in MI reduce space between leg and torso and turn to the center. Then worked in two stages of foot moving more away from midline and also away from groin.

Then one leg in virasana other leg in Upa vistak

Then one leg in js and other leg in UVK.

Siddasana

M2 prep, bk and MI leg then padmasana foot and MI leg, draw in like samkatasana not turning.

One leg in uvk other going toward padmasana in stages first lift leg up and hold above thigh, then hold, on thigh then rest on thigh. Each time moving Upavistha leg in closer.

BK in there somewhere.



Bharhadvajasana 2. Compared with Ardha Baddha padmottansana, which is an easier padamasana, B2 because foot is higher.

Then padmasana showed lift of foot on the block then a neat trick of putting leg on blanket and pulling leg up on top by pulling the blanket.

Paschimottansana.

Looked at the work in Parsvakonasana and Parivritta parsvakonasana. Did once each.

Ardha badha paddmottasana, first stage of bringing foot way up and then letting go of the foot.

Sarvangasana, Urdhva padmasana pindasana. Sarvangasana, Halasana.

Setu bandha on brick savasana.


Lengthening out from the groin causes some prior gripping with me. And I realized that the top foot of padmasana is dragging my thigh skin the wrong way. And with left leg I really can’t quite get in the right place.

Nonetheless, the best padmasana sequence I’ve had lately.

There is Practice FRIDAY.

If you are not going to ACL, come to practice with us. We are doing a backbend sequence that Swati taught in Dallas last weekend. It is great stuff. I'll post the sequence Friday morning. Devon and I are collaborating on it.

There is practice Friday Yippee!!!!

Hi All, I'm back from Turkey and Greece and ready to practice on Friday afternoon !

Here's a sequence from Chris Saudek when she subbed for Patricia at the Abbey this Feb. the asterik poses are my additions.

Day One Chris Saudek

Sukasana
Amvira
Parsva Adho Mukha
AMVira
AMS
Utt
Walking out from utt
AMS repeated the walking out action
Supta Tadasana
Supta Urdhva Hastasana
Urdhva Prasarita padasana 90 degrees anterior and posterior sides of abdomen mirror each other.
First with arms down then up.
Supta I, started in pavanmuktasana
Supta II move leg to outer leg to edge of mat

Repeat SPI and II

SP III (keep bottom leg down, top leg at open 90 degree ankle and move leg toward chest and IV move from III to IV directly just straighten out the leg keeps from crashing the groin… moving into pose from action… (Did both these Twice)

Tadasana
Urdhva hastasana
Urdhva Badanguliasana Outer shoulder toward inner shoulder

Trikonasana
Parsvottanasa
Parivritta Trikonasana

Baddha Hasta uttanasana

Upavistha Konsana
Marichyasana I with leg in Upavistha Konasana

Dadasana
M I turning and clasping.

Janu sirsasana
Ardha Matsyendrasana Sticky Mat Keep the buttock bone down.
Tadasana
Baddha Hastasana
Ardha Baddha pada paschimottansana or Janu sirsasana
M3
(And M2)
And Ardha Matsyendrasana II)

*AMS

*Sirsasana

*Sarvangansana and maybe some of the Parsva variations.
*Paschimottansana

*Supta Baddha Konsana

Savasana