Laurie Blakeney Workshop Coming Soon Jan 22-24 2016

15 Arm balances for 2015

A few years back, I think in  2009 or 2010, I started a  10 backbends for 2010  at the first advanced practice of the year.  Devon is  doing it this year  16 backbends for  2016,  so  a few  days about I thought it would be fun to end each  year  with  arm balances,  so  here's the first of what hopefully will be a long tradition of yoga fun in Austin  15  backbends for   2015  and a  kurmasana  thrown into the mix! 

15 arm balances for  2015

Three hands on blocks  AMVira  to AMS

Three hands at  Wall

AMS

Hip flow

AMS

Supta  Pad   cycle  

AMS

Then with  one leg in  Virasana

AMS

Amvira with knees way up  high on  bolsters and blankets  so that groins are well below  knees

AMS

Vashitasana  1

AMS

Vashisthasana

AMS

AMVrk  (2)

PM  (3)

Sirsasana  Eka  Pada

Prasarita pad

Parsva Prasarita

AMS

Malasana   belted  legs  sacrum against wall,  belt around torso.

Malasana to Uttanasana 

Malasana coming forward

Malsana getting heels.

Lolasana   toes up like  dumbo  ears.   Squeeze thighs together from   outer leg around knee upto  inner   groin.   (4)

Padmasana

Tolasana  5  

Dandasana

M1

Eka Hasta Bhujasana  hamstring into  arm,  buttocks down    get  way up on  shoulder  wing out is  here  first..   6)

Arcana Dhanurasana  block for  opposite hand

Astavakrasana  7

Dwi hasta Bhujasana  8

Bhujapidasana   9

Tittibhasana  10

Kurmasana

AMS

Malsana

Bhakasana   many times,  with belt also  (11)

Parsva BK  on Chair  (12) 

Parsva BK  regular  (13)

Eka Pada Bakasana  2 (14)

Eka Pada Bakasana  1  (15)

Purvottansana

Chatush

Sarvagasana  eka Pada

Halasana  Parsva  Halasana   Halasana

M3  

Savasana

Free Classes on jan 16 for IYNAUS members (and open to others also)

On  Saturday Jan 16th,  Clear Spring Studio is hosting two classes that will be free to new or renewing  members of  our regional Iyengar Association. 

Anne will teach the pranayama  from 9:15-10:15 

The 10:30-12:30 class will be  taught by several local teachers including,  Devon, Anne, Mary, Thecla, Jonathan and other players to be named  later.

We'll do  backbends. 

The  regular price for  classes is  15 for pranayama  30 for  the asana or  40 for  both.

Members also get discounts on  local workshops   (for instance $10.00 off the Laurie Blakeney workshop the following weekend).  

So in January alone you'd make back  $50 of the $60 investment.

Your membership dollars go to support teachers and students  in  the assessment process. There are also scholarship opportunities for members and you get a fantastic magazine, Yoga Samachar! 

You can join via the IYNAUS webpage,  just bring your membership number with you to the classes.

More info and a nifty Mary-created flier  coming soon.

Advanced Practice Backbends

Since I'm teaching Kurmasana Friday morning and  teaching   exploring the Intermediate Syllabus Kurmasana on Saturday,   I thought it would be nice to backbend Friday afternoon.

--> this is basically what we  were supposed to do, but I messed the order up with sirsasana    so I'm reposting here.

Three hands  on two bricks  AMVira to AMS

AMS

Three  hands at  wall   and rope work for Anne’s Shoulder   with Kurmasana arm work.  

 

Supta Virasana

EKRK2 prep

Supta Vira 

AMS

AMS

AMVrk

PM

Sirsasana

Parsva
Paryankasana with brick various arm positions. 

Also work on the  Geeta  stuff that  Karen posted

Salabasana,

 one leg Dhanurasana,

 one leg  padanghustana Dhanurasana   one  hand  then two  hands. 

Dwi Pada with a chair belt on the mid-thigh

Dwi pada with a belt wrapped around the top bar and then under the middle buttocks to lift the buttock

Dwi Pada taking a strap on back legs and walking the hands back take elbows down

Dwi Pada eka Pada

Urdhva dhanurasana

•     Chair at the wall and keep the shins on the chair

Emily’s  chair twist  and  new belting back ribs for  M3

some  sarvangasana  drop over work   show  Randy’s  eka pada  approach 

Maybe a forward bend or two.

Savasana. 

Lay with legs on the seat of the chair

Laying flat

Advanced Practice Schedule for December and January

Dec  4-   Devon Leading Anne in San Angelo studying with Randy
Dec 11  Anne Leading
Dec 18  Anne Leading
Dec  25  Christmas  Day- no practice

Jan 1   New Years Day  Check  Web and Facebook, Devon might lead.
Jan  8  Devon Leading- Anne  in Washington DC doing Philosophy
Jan 15   Anne Leading  ending  at  6:15  because of Chamber Music Concert
Jan 22   No  practice - Laurie Blakeney workshop here at CSS
Jan  29  No  practice - Manouso in Dallas   Devon and Anne both attending. 

Devon is leading Friday

Supta virasana
Parvatasana in virasana
Uttanasana
Adho mukha svanasana
adho mukha vrksasana
Salamba sirsasana
Sirsasana variations as possible
Hasta padasana to Parsva hasta padasana, slowly
Trikonasana  2x
Ardha chandrasana 2x
Uttanasana
Parivrtta trikonasana 2x
Uttanasana
Parivrtta ardha chandrasana 2x
Tadasana
Parsva hasta padangusthasana, 2x
Upavistha konasana
Baddha konasana
Tadasana Urdhva hastasana
Vasisthasana first stage
Vasisthasana II, full pose
Visvamitrasana, classical pose
Bhujapidasana, classical
Tittibhasana, horizontal legs
Uttanasana variations
Tittibhasana repeat
Ekapada koundinyasana II
Ekapada Koundinyasana I from parsva bakasana
Urdhva dhanurasana as possible
Setu bandha sarvangasana, long pose
Adho mukha virasana supported
Savasana supported