Laurie Blakeney Workshop THIS WEEKEND

Laurie Blakeney
is Returning to Austin to Teach
An Iyengar Yoga Weekend Workshop June 25-27, 2010
wherein
We Learn How to Go From Easy Poses to Intermediate Ones
With Contentment, Friendliness, Compassion, Joy,
and a large dose of Common Sense.

Laurie has an Advanced Level Teaching Certificate granted to her by B.K.S. Iyengar. She began her Iyengar yoga studies in 1971, and has studied annually in Pune India at the Iyengar Institute since 1983. She has a BA in comparative religions, and a not so long ago career as a piano tuner/technician. Laurie has served our national Iyengar Yoga community by being on the IYNAUS Board, chair of the Certification Committee, Curriculum co-chair of 3 national conventions among other committee service. She brings to her class a uniquely personal and direct style of teaching, challenging students while helping them to enjoy exploring their potential. She loves to include artistic and philosophical considerations while staying true to the precision we know to be a cornerstone of the Iyengar method. Clear Spring and Austin Yoga welcome Laurie back again for a long-overdue return visit.
Note to all: Most of this workshop is for any student with more than 6 months’ experience of Iyengar Yoga, and who has headstand, shoulderstand and the capacity to do backbends. Ask if you are in doubt.
Schedule
Friday evening: 6-8pm (all levels)
Saturday morning: 9-12noon (all levels)
Saturday afternoon: 2:30pm-5:30pm (hard work; ask us if you’re wondering if this is for you)
Sunday morning: 9am-noon (all levels)
Cost
Fri. pm: $40; All other classes: $50 each. Entire workshop: $180.
Location
Clear Spring Studio, 605 A Copeland St., Austin, TX 78704. Ph. 512-448-0086.
Off South First St., south of Barton Springs Rd. Opposite the TX School for the Deaf
Information and enrollment:
Contact Devon Dederich at 512-448-0086 or email yoga@clearspringstudio.com.

Practice this friday Clear Spring 4:30

Hi All,

Here's what's on the docket Friday. Devon's out of town but I'll be there practicing so come on and join in on the fun.



Adho Mukha virasana
Adho Mukha svanasana
Uttansasana
Paryankasana
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)
Virasana legs and turning in virasana
Parsva sirsasana (II)
Parivrttaikapada sirsasana (III)
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)
Chest opening holding back of chair.
Dwi pada on chair holding brick between hands moving underneath chair.
Urdhva Dhanurasana
Urdhva Dhanurasana I
Dwi Pada full pose,
Eka Pada Urdva D’s and Dwi Padas.
Dropping over from Sirsasana
Can do this sarvangasana work or just ardha halasana or supported sarvangasana if tired. Or

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
M3
MI
Paschimottanasana

Savasana

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

New Classes in Austin with Stacey Mietus

Recent graduation, Stacey Mietus, of the AYI teacher training program will be teaching the following public classes.

Wednesdays 6-7:15 AM through Seva Yoga at AYI

Saturdays 9:30-10:45 AM at Mr. Natural East (1901 E. Cesar Chavez (at Chicon)) - NO CLASS 6/5

Saturdays 2-3:15 PM through Seva Yoga at AYI (starting 6/12)

Practice this friday 1608 Dexter

Hi Everyone, Clear Spring is not available this Friday, but Peggy Kelley has graciously allowed us to use her small home studio. So come to 1608 Dexter (right behind the Alamo Draft House on South Lamar. The studio is upstairs. The
stairway is on the left of the house as you face it, red and white, second on the right after crossing Kinney Avenue or turning right off kinney onto Dexter).
,

This sequence is from Day One of the most recent Patricia Walden Retreat.


Swatikasana
• When the shoulders lean forward the groins get heavy and the top of the navel shortens
Adho Mukha Virasana
Uttansana
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Supta Padangusthasana I
Supta Baddha konasana
Supta Baddha Konasana one leg Supta Padangusthasana I other leg
• Keep the knees on the same plain
Tadasana
• Front thighs back – center buttock forward
• Traps down
• Lift the shelf of the ribs up
• Lift from the sitting bones to the sternam…this was done in each standing pose
Virabhdrasana II
• Keep the weight in the back outer heel
• front leg buttock forward and down
• don’t let the shelf of the lower ribs drop
Utthita Trikonasana
• draw the front leg outer thigh up as you go into the pose
• lift the front leg arm up and extend to go over
• Move the buttock bones toward each other
• lift the sitting bones up to the sternum

Utthita Parsvakonasana
• observed a woman dropping the back leg and PW thinks this is hip damage in the making
• in the pose turn the bottom arm from inside out and press into the outer thigh to bring chest forward
• between these standing poses we kept hands on hips and looked up towards the third eye and not the ceiling much softer gaze, made everything relax.
Virahbdrasana I
• usual stuff front leg outer thigh back as you bend
• release the back leg buttocks – preparation for later poses
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Tadasana to Vira I
Tadasana to Paschima Namaskarasana to Parsvottanasana
Parsvottanasana hands down
Utthita Eka Pada Bekasana
Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana – concave back
Uttita hasta padangusthasana at wall
Adho Mukha svanasana take foot up the wall like Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana
Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana in the room
• then full pose
Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana
• hand holds same ankle
• take the up leg into Bekasana do not drop knee when straightening the leg
Adho Mukha svanasana
Supta Padangusthasana I
Supta Padangusthasana III
Full bekasana
eke pada rajakopotasana
• front leg shin parallel to front of mat
hanamanasana
• if you need support support both of the legs
preparation for vamedevasana
• one leg in sidhasana and one leg in hanamanasana
• one leg in siddhasana and one leg in bekasana pump the leg
• then complete the pose keep the knees on the same plain and extending away from each other
yogadandasana
• pump the knee to the side
• lay on the back and same pumping of the knee
• try full pose with the twist
siddhasana

Practice this friday

Hi All, we are back in town this week, fresh from a week with Geeta and anxious to practice what we've learned. Also, Devon is going up for assessment in August and I'm going up next year, so we are both going to teach a couple poses each week assessment style.

here's the general plan

Sequence for Friday
>
> AMV
> AMS
> Utt
> Tadasana (work with belt for shoulders and rope jacket)
> UHastasana (various hand positions)
> UBaddhanguliyasana
> Paschima Baddhanguliyasana
> Baddha Hastasana
> Gomukhasana (work with arms adjustments in all of these)
> Paschima Namaskarasana
> Full gomukhasana (Anne will teach six minutes)
> AMS
> Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana,
> Parsva Utthita Hasta Padangusthansana,
> Parivrtta Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana, (Devon will teach first,
> then we'll do using belts and horse to work with adjustments)
> AMVrk 2 variations ( Anne and Devon will both teach)
> PMayurasana 2 variations (Anne and Devon will both teach )
> Sirsasana and 1 variation (Devon will teach)
> Chair dwi pada
> Urdhva Dhanurasana ( Junior I and III variations)
> Dwi pada from floor,
> Sirsasana drop overs
> Chatushapadasana
> Sarvangasana and variations (Devon will teach)
> Setubandha, dropping to wall or chair or floor
Paschimottanasana.
> Savasana
>

There is Practice this Friday Yippee!!

Hi All, We are back on This Friday.

From Ed Marks workshop, April 2010

AMV-AMS-Uttana
Tadasana Urdhva Baddhanguliya
Vrksasana
Garudasana
Parsva konasana
Vishvamitrasana
Parsvottanasana
Parivrtta trikonasana
AMS
Parivrtta ardha chandrasana
Sirsasana
Eka pada
Virasana in Sirsa
Parsva Virasana in Sirsa
Baddha konasana or Padmasana
Chaturanga Dandasana
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Salabhasana
Makarasana
Dhanurasana
Parsva Dhanurasana
Bhujangasana
Ustrasana
Urdhva Dhanurasana at wall with blocks
Uttanasana Parsva uttanasana
Ardha Halasana with bolster