Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Free Day of Iyengar Yoga December 10, 2016


The Austin Iyengar Yoga  Community     is  pleased to announce   Free Day of Iyengar Yoga  in Honor of BKS Iyengar’s Birthday.   Yoga  studios across the world are participating in this event. Here are our local offerings.  


Austin Yoga   Tree 
Friday  December  9   6:00 PM - 7:15 PM   Pablo

 Austin Yoga  Institute.
Saturday  December 10  8:00-10:00   Upma  

Clear  Spring Studio.     
Saturday December 10   1:30-3:30     
 All  Levels  Backbends  with  Devon, Anne,  Sam, and Patti. 


Come join in the fun and celebrate the living legacy of B.K.S. Iyengar.  

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Only Four Weeks Until Laurie is Here!


Grow Your Practice: The Roots and Wings of Iyengar Yoga

A Weekend Workshop with

LAURIE  BLAKENEY










January 20-22, 2017

Laurie Blakeney (pictured here with Shri B. K. S. Iyengar) 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.  Laurie has served our national Iyengar Yoga community by being on the IYNAUS Board, chair of the Certification Committee, Curriculum co-chair of 4 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. She is also Anne’s mentor in the assessment process. 

Schedule:                                                                 Price:

  Friday 6:30 - 8:30pm           
  Saturday 9:30am - Noon      
  Saturday 2:30 - 5:00 pm      
  Sunday 9:30am - Noon      
 2 Hour  Class  $50.00
 2.5 Hour Classes  $60.00
 Whole Workshop discount $210.00


 Contact  Anne  at  Anne_Marie_Schultz@baylor.edu  or   Devon at    Devond108@gmail.com to enroll.

Send Checks to Clear Spring Studio  605 A Copeland St 78704   
Cash and Credit Cards are accepted at the studio.   

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Devon is leading Friday. Nuggets from Jawahar.



Tadasana

Urdhva hastasana

Rope work, various, for the shoulders and thoracic

Adho mukha svanasana

Adho  mukha vrksasana

            AMVrks with the strong external rotation, as in Jr.III

Arch uttanasana, to full pose, feet together

Dandasana

Trikonasana

Parivrtta trikonasana

Parsvakonasana

Parivrtta parsvakonasana

Parsvottanasana I and/or II

Lolasana (or Tolasana, as possible)

Adho mukha svanasana

Adho mukha vrksasana

Pincha mayurasana and variations

Sirsasana I     and       Sirsasana variations, as possible

Salabhasana

Chair backbends for the thoracic and pelvis

Urdhva dhanurasana

Dwi pada viparita dandasana

Cool down uttanasana, Parsva uttanasana

Bharadvajasana I

Upavistha konasana, all parts, including Parivrtta

Bharadvajasana II

Sarvangasana I, II, etc.

Halasana

Savasana

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Devon is leading Friday. Backbends!

Friday advanced practice: Intermediate Backbends with Some Tactical Twists



Virasana

Parvatasana in virasana

Lolasana several times

Gomukhasana full pose, interlocked legs

Parsvottanasana in gomukhasana

Virabhadrasana I

Parivrtta trikonasana

Paryankasana

Supta virasana (flat or extra lift under the sacrum/tailbone)



Adho mukha svanasana

Adho mukha vrksasana, balancing as possible, jumping with two feet as possible.  Having fun

wherever possible.

Pincha mayurasana palms down and palms up, balancing as possible

Sirsasana

                  Parivrtta ekapada sirsasana



Rope (tractioning, hanging) backbends

Chair backbends or not, as strength permits:

Urdhva dhanurasana pushing up, staying up while remaining calm

Dwi pada viparita dandasana bracing the elbows at the wall and straightening the legs as possible

Approaching the ekapada rajkapotasana poses:

                  Chair supported front hip and spine openers

                  Floor and bolster supported    “   “  “  , back leg straight and bent

Standing backbend work of various sorts, with helpers and props, or without.



Adho mukha svanasana

Adho mukha virasana

Janu sirsasana

Working toward Parivrtta janu sirsasana



Halasana

Sarvangasana

Halasana supported



savasana

Monday, October 24, 2016

Laurie Blakeney Workshop Coming Soon Jan 20-22

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Grow Your Practice: The Roots and Wings of Iyengar Yoga

A Weekend Workshop with


LAURIE  BLAKENEY










January 20-22, 2017

Laurie Blakeney 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.  Laurie has served our national Iyengar Yoga community by being on the IYNAUS Board, chair of the Certification Committee, Curriculum co-chair of 4 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. She is also Anne’s mentor in the assessment process. 

Schedule:                                                                 Price:
 2 Hour  Class  $50.00
 2.5 Hour Classes  $60.00
 Whole Workshop discount $210.00


Price:


  Friday 6:30 - 8:30pm           
  Saturday 9:30am - Noon      
  Saturday 2:30 - 5:00 pm      
  Sunday 9:30am - Noon    

  

 Contact  Anne  at  Anne_Marie_Schultz@bayor.edu  or   Devon at    Devond108@gmail.com to enroll.

Send Checks to Clear Spring Studio  605 A Copeland St 78704   
Cash and Credit Cards are accepted at the studio.   

Friday, October 21, 2016

Peggy is leading today 4:30-6:30 css


group practice at css on 10/21/16

Bhagavad Gita, 6.5 the self by the self is sustained

Sargeant translation:
One should uplift oneself by the Self;
One should not degrade oneself;
For the Self alone can be a friend to oneself,
And the Self alone can be an enemy of oneself.

hips on bolster, straight legs, bent legs, ribs embedded, ab to ctr. line, circles, etc.


then lie on side to vasisthasana (with bolster, try twice
pigeons with two blocks and bolster
ams to ums, hands on blocks,

slighty bend elbows and roll eyes of elbows forward
then dig sitbones in and UP to do ums
straighten arms, walk feet in, do many times, later with toes back (all the above with bent toes)

standing lunges to UPEP to vasisthasana

standing lunges to half moon to elephant half moon, where we drop head, lift and lower top leg
earlier it was rxlat angle  to half moon  to elephant, practice this sequence
define the difference between lite and heavy, in the case of rlat> and 1/2 moon

vira III

paryankasana, arms to side then back, using two or one blocks/
sit on bolster, knees belted (supta vira style), one or two blox for eyes to see and head to touch, then up again (no words about legs), just upper spine in and back ribs lift
then take hands overhead, grab sides of mat, walk hands to feet
UD  #2 after UD #1 to DPVD, use intelligence, not force, you HAVE to, not force
amvrksa, hips to wall,
pm, with elbows on 1/8 mat (folded in half three times?) and blok between PALMS, do many reps, each time go back further from the wall, straighten legs, balance, come out—this must have been an instruction in PM….
lie on palms with feet on bolster, roll up into DPVD hands, do UD after DPVD
several dpvd’s and ud’s, then go to wall, bolster longways at wall
do salsirs and walk down wall to bolster, go to rt, rt foot steps down, left foot steps to wall, but NOT high, then back to center, reverse, repeat, could use two bolstlers

after bb’s, do SP with big loop around neck and foot
set up with two blocks, one bolster&mat, 2 blankets for sal sarv/hala, no vars
sav