Friday Sequence and update on schedule

Hi All, 

There is  Practice this week.

No  Practice the  26th.  The Studio is  rented
Oct  3  Mary Scott will lead
Oct 10 No practice
Oct  17   Anne will lead
Oct 24  Devon will lead
Oct  31  Anne  will lead




This one is  courtesy of Randy   PW  Portland  2014  Day  3.

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Day 3

Eka Pada Sirsasana class

Parsarita Podottanasana

Regular hand position

Hold ankles to take the spine in

Uttanasana

Hold ankles to take the spine in more

Vrksasana

Worked on the standing leg and balancing the pelvis

Then taking the knee back while keeping the pelvis balanced

Ardha Chandrasana from Uttanasana x4

Came into Uttanasana and then one hand to the hip and lifted the leg and opened the pelvis

Squeeze the buttocks towards each other

Draw top leg little toe side of foot back towards you

Standing arm and leg firm

Uthitta Parsva Hasta Padangusthasana

All normal work

Squeeze the buttocks towards each other

Final hold outer edge of the foot and take it further back and higher

Ardha Chandrasana again

Uthitta Parsva Hasta Padangusthasana again

Parsarita Podottanasana

Reach the arms back through the legs

Also showed putting the stick between the knees but the studio did not have one the right size

Sirsasana

Parsva Eka Pada

Uttanasana

After Sirsasana helps to recover

Upavista konasana

Buddha konasana

Upavista/marichyasana X3

Each time twisting like marichyasana I and stepping the foot further away

Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana

Wide leg Paschimottanasana

Kurmasana

Supta Padangusthasana 3 to prepare for supta kurmasana

Kurmasana 2

Supta kurmasana

Malayasana

With a block behind the heels – hold with the hands and then push the block away to lengthen the arms

Supta Padangusthasana 3

Supta tadasana

Eka pada parvamuktasana and then sit up and pump knee back like akarna dhanurasana

Bujapidasana

Sit on the floor and bring foot to chest and then the for head

Akarna dhanurasana 2 with a marichyasana I twist bind the hands behind

Supta kurmasnaa

Eke Pada Sirsasana

Used the belt on the opposite shoulder to hold the foot

Purvottansana with motion

Padmasana - Matzeasana with knees on the bolster

Lessons from Pune Today at the Castle from 1-4.

Hi Everyone,  Anne's   Lessons from Pune workshop continues today. We'll do  twists, inversions, forward bends, and a few more twists.  


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Lessons from Pune this Weekend at the castle. Saturday and Sunday 1-4

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Friday Advanced Practice. More backbends.

This is  based on  a Patricia Walden sequence from the Abbey a couple years ago.  bolded additions are  things I  added  in.   

AMV  four versions.

AMS

Wide leg utt

Parvatasana in virasana

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.

Virasana, arms in baddangulisana behind reaching down then paschima namascarasana arms.

Matysasana  with brick and full pose

AMS classic.

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

Sirsasana, Bk, virasana, legs split.

Ams blocks tall at wall heel of hand on edge of block fingers up wall, then palm at wall on block.

Amvrk, bring each leg up and down.

Utt

Vira I, heel at wall, then with hands toward wall.

Amvrk working on bringing both legs up and down, work of down teaches up, buttocks moving together.

PM at wall, then in center balancing if possible.

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.

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.

Back at wall, urdhva D with angular blocks at wall, on bolster and blanket. Bring forehead to wall, several times.

Low blocks keep forearm in contact,

Low block turn palms out. Bring chin to the wall

No brick arms at wall, block between feet, walk in with block.

UD middle of room work on shoulder blade curl, coming to front of head, push up, don’t’ push toward chest until you walk in and get tailbone as high as possible.

UD two blocks on feet can walk in with arms.

Many drop backs. Order of work in dropping back, hands to buttocks or backs of things, curl thoracic then cervical, then bend knees, without collapsing heels, then take coccyx in, then take the lumber spine in, then drop back.

Prasarita paddottansana, concave then full

Bk on bolster  Parsva  BK

Bharadvajasana on two blankets, even pelvis reversed cross of feet then regular cross of feet.

Sarvangasana, feet apart to relax buttocks, upa vistha legs, Bk legs, then back straight, brief Halasana.

SAVASANA, CHEST AND HEAD ON sarvangasana support.

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 This is a great opportunity to study with Geeta Iyengar. It seems she retired from teaching in March of this year but will be teaching an intensive in December. If anyone wants to buy any backless folding chairs this week I will donate all of the profit over base materials towards sending Melissa to Pune. I have a couple of chairs in normal condition, and many with imperfections ranging from partially completed paint, scratches, dents and bent legs. I would like to get the imperfect chairs of my garage so willing to reduce the prices on those by 50% or more. Normal price is $60. Limit of $150 on chairs towards  Melissa's gofundme project. If you don't need a chair, you can still make a donation at the link.



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Only One Week and One Day until the Lessons From Pune workshop at Castle Hill

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