Devon leading Practice this week

Hi All, Devon will be leading practice this week. I'm heading out to study with Patricia Walden for the week. Can't wait.

Anne

Practice Friday 4:30 at Clear Spring

Hi Everyone, Here's a sequence we'll be working from this Friday the next couple Fridays. Anne and Devon will both teach a few poses. Devon's assessment is in August. Anne will go up for Junior I next year. The numerals refer to which level syllabus the pose is on. We'll also explore some of the work Geeta taught at the convention

This is a sequence based on the Jr. I-II–III sequence Devon created for us a while back. I made a few changes to accommodate the convention review work.


Utthita parsva hasta padangusthasana with and without support (I)



Utthita hasta padangusthasana I (holding toe or belt)


Utthita trikonasana

Utthita parsvakonasana

Virabhadrasana III (I)



Urdhva prasarita ekapadasana (I)

Utthita hasta padangusthasana classic pose, head to shin (II)

Parasarita padottanasana II (I)

Gomukhasana classic (I)

Malasana I : head to floor, hands on heels (II)

(Malasana I, arms around legs and back (III))

Upavistha konasana (II)

Parsva upavistha konasana (III)

Ardha baddha padma paschimottanasana holding front foot (I)

Ardha baddha padma paschimottanasana, clasping from behind belt or fingers(II, III)

Parvatasana in Padmasana (II)

Marichyasana I, classic pose

Marichyasana II (III)

Ardha matsyendrasana I (arm straight, holding foot in matsyendra shape, other arm

on the back (I)

Marichyasana III classic (II)

Janu Sirsasana

Parivrtta janu sirsasana (III)

Jathara parivartanasana (legs bent) (I)

Jathara parivartanasana, legs straight, as far down as possible) (III)

Eka hasta bhujasana (I)

Bhujapidasana (III)

Adho mukha vrksasana (Palms turned outward, against wall) (I)

Adho mukha vrksasana (Palms turned forward, against wall) (II)

Adho mukha vrksasana (Palms turned back as Mayurasana, but 1.5 ft. away from wall) (III)

Pincha mayurasana (against wall)(I)

Pincha mayurasana (palms turned up) (III)

Salamba sirsasana I (I)

Parsva sirsasana (II)

Parivrttaikapada sirsasana (III)

Urdhva Dhanurasana (supported on chair, hands and feet on floor or blocks, if

needed. Candidates at this level should be able to push up into the full asana.)(I)

Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana (supported on chair; feet on floor, with bent elbows

holding the front legs of the chair; legs bent or straight) (II)

Urdhva Dhanurasana I (straight from ground) (III)

Salamba Sarvangasana I (I)

Salamba Sarvangasana II (I)

Eka Pada Sarvangasana (top leg perpendicular to floor and Hala leg straight; left and

right sides of spine parallel) (I)

Halasana (arm position as in LoY pl. 241) (I)

Urdhva padmasana in sarvangasana (insofar as possible) (III)

Setu bandha Sarvangasana (classic asana, dropping from Sarvangasana) (I)

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (coming up to Sarvangasana) (III)

Bharadvajasana, mild twisting-resting type pose

Paschimottanasana

Savasana

Practice Friday 4:30 at Clear Spring

This sequence is similar to the one Joan White taught on Sunday during her Austin visit. But this one is from Pune, courtesy of Randy Just. Timings are for a two hour class based on the tapes made in pune.


November 13, 2006 Monday
Arm balances and the work of the lower abdominals

:06 AMV
:07 AMS
:08 Uttanasana
:09 AM Vrksasana
:12 Pincha Mayurasana
:18 Sirsasana
· Parsva
· Parsva Eka Pada
· Eka Pada
· Urdhva Dandasana
· Eke Pada
· Urdhva Dandasana
:30 AMV
:30:38 Uttanasana
:32 A vinyasana of the following poses

* Navasana
* Paschimottanasana
* Ardha Navasana
* Paschimottanasana
* Paripurna Navasana
* Ardha Navasana
* ubhaya Paschimottanasana
* Paschimottanasana hands go past the feet
* Navasana
* Ardha Navasana
* Paschimottanasana
* Ubhaya Paschimottanasana
* Paschimottanasana

Supta Baddha Konasana to relax the abdomen

* Paripurna Navasana
* Paschimottanasana
* Supta Padangusthasana I right leg
* Navasana
* Paschimottanasana
* Supta Padangusthasana I Left leg
* Navasana
* Paschimottanasana
* Supta Padangusthasana head to shin
* Malasana :39
* Navasana
* Paschimottanasana
* Supta Baddha Konasana
* Navasana
* Paschimottanasana
* Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana Upright
* Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana on back
* Malasana
* Ukatasana
* Uttanasana
* Ukatasana
* Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadsasana first side
* Ukatasana
* Uttanasana
* Second side UPEP
* Ukatasana
* Uttanasana
* Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana
* Uttanasana

:46 Bhujapidasana
Uttanasana
:46 Bujapidasana 2nd side
:47 Prasarita Podottanasana
:50 Bujapidasana
:52 absolute stupidity on your part speech
:53 Urdhva Parsarita Eka Padasana

1:00 Prasarita Padottanasana
1:06 Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padsasana
1:07 uttanasana
1:07 Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padsasana
1:10 Navasana – Paschimottanasana – Navasana – Paschimottanasana
1:11 Malasana use a belt to clasp
1:20 Bujapidasana
1:30 brick setu Bandha
1:35 Sarvangasana

Friday the 13th sequence

This is a really fun sequence.

Patricia sequence from Feathered Pipe aug 1, 2008
AMS
Uttanasana
Ams
cataranga dandasana
urdhva mukha
repeat 2x
ams w/ heels on blocks at wall
vira 1
supta padangustasana
ams middle palm on edge of blocks at wall
vira 1 to 3 w/ pams together
abdomen balanced and up, armpits down, leg up
sirsasana
virasana
eka pada virasana reaching leg back
parivritta eka pada
AMV working w legs together and straight
pinca mayurasana- balance
+++Add in some scorpion poses here and other assorted arm balances
lunge w/ 1 leg in virasana (eka pada raja prep)
resist virasana leg back
viparita dandasana on chair, feet flat on floor, arms over head, legs
straight
ekapada viparita dandasana chair
Urdhva dhanurasana 3x from chair
ekapada u. dhanurasana 2x
down leg hip lifts up and up leg hip draws down
ustrasana drop backs to wall
arms coming to shoulder blade level
ekapada viparita dandasana
sirsasana drop backs and coming up w/ wall
ustrasana drop backs to floor
hanumanasana
ekapada rajakapotasana w/ back leg at wall
ekapada raja II
hanumanasana
sarvangasana
eka pada
parsva eka pada
badda k
padmasana
savasana

As usual, suggested donation of $10. Friday 3:30- 5:30 at CSS

Advanced Practice Session Starting Friday Oct 31 3:30

Starting on Friday Oct 31 3:30 to 5:45 Devon and Anne will be co- hosting an advanced practice at Clear Spring Studio. This Advanced Practice is open to advanced students of any tradition, though the sequences we will practice are from the Iyengar tradition.

This is not a class or an open practice in the sense that you just come and do what you want in the studio. It is open in the sense that everyone is welcome and no registration or reservation is necessary. Just show up and do yoga every Friday afternoon.

How does the advanced practice work? Each week, Devon or Anne or another regular participant, will select a sequence from Pune or from a recent workshop or make a sequence and we will all do the sequence together. We are there to help each other and to motivate each other to work hard and to keep a sense of humor while working on difficult poses. We'll post the sequences here.


What does advanced mean? You should have a regular inversion practice, be able to do padmasana or be working toward it and be able to do Urdhva Dharusana and other unsupported backbends, and be interested in working on arm balances.

There is no cost for the practice, though Devon would gratefully accept any donation you cared to make to defray the cost of reserving the studio space.