Devon is on today at 4:30

here's the plan

For today

Swastikasana

Adho Mukha Svanasana

Prasarita Padottanasana

Uttanasana

Adho Mukha Virasana

-Utthita Parsva (upright), then Adho Mukha

Paschimottanasana


Uttanasana

Paschimottanasana


Janu Sirsasana

Upavistha Konasana w/ support

Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana,

Bharadvajasana I

Bharadvajasana II


Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana

-both hands holding foot

-clasping:

Ardha Matsyendrasana II

Supta Padangusthasana I

Paschimottanasana, shins belted

Ubhaya Padangusthasana

Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana I

Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana II, blanket under sacral region and across abdomen

-start like Pavana Muktasana, knees bent and legs apart

Parsva Dandasana, legs apart

-turning back and forth a few times in upright position

-now adho mukha on blankets

-from here come into…

Parivrtta Paschiottanasana

Ardha Matsyendrasana

-first just turning

-then clasping

Chatush Padasana

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana

Savasana



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Here's the Updated Advanced Practice Schedule through January.

Nov  13   Devon

Nov 20  Anne

Nov 27  No practice  -Thanksgiving. 

Dec  4   Devon

Dec 11  Anne

Dec  18 Anne

Dec 25  No Practice

Jan 1   No  Practice

Practice  resumes   Jan  8 with Devon Leading Anne is at  a philosophy conference.
Jan 15   Anne leads

Jan 22   Laurie  Blakeney is here  no practice.   Come to Laurie!  She's   amazing.
Jan 29  No practice Manous in Dallas

Anne is leading Advanced Practice today

 Devon is off  studying with Patricia Walden in  Santa Fe (there's also snow there, seems so strange). 

She'll lead next week and hopefull share some of the insights she learned there.


  In the  meantime,  I thought  we  would  be with  those  studying with Patricia in  body and spirit.

We will start off with  making our arms longed in  Dandasana for   Mary.  

Then  

Do  This  sequence   based on some Patricia Walden work from Durango  a couple years back.  I added in some things in Bold that I particularly need to work on.  

Supta baddha konasana 

Horizontal boster, block between  feet and belt feet to waist, rolled blanket for neck, can support outer hips and/or belt knees

AMS 

Hands to wall

Then heels to wall

Be on median line 

Eka Pada  AMS

Uttanasana 

Median line of calf

Pillars of inner/outer heels

Parsva utthita hasta padangustasana 

Foot on wall (closed chain)

Then foot in space

Imagine raising thigh w/o hand/belt

Utthita hasta padangustasana   (Work various stages of the  pose  Intro II to  Junior II)  

Foot to wall

Closed chain intelligizes the leg

Ardha chandrasana 

From concave uttanasana 

Foot off the wall, chest to head, lower armpit away from thigh

Foot to wall

AMs

Three hands at  Wall,

Three hands on blocks   AMVira  to AMS

Shoulder work

Baddha anguliasana    (Show   various approaches to  pose) 

AMS

AMVrk

PM

Sirsasana 

Eka pada sirsasana 

Parsva sirsasana

Parsva Eka pada

Uttanasana 

Feet together

Utkatasana 

Sankatasana

Marichiasana 1

Take bent leg in w/thumbs behind knee

Turn, clasp, forward bend

Eka hasta bhujasana 

Dwi Hasta Bhujasana

Gomukasana legs

From kneeling, bend forward, bring leg behind other knee, feet close as possible, toes point back

Ardha matsyendrasana 

(Can take bottom foot to side or marichiasana 3 w/knee issues)

Standing shin perpendicular to floor

Then paschimottanasana action before going to final pose

Malasana 

From UH

Mid tricep to mid shin

Pasasana

Facing wall, use hands to turn body

Spine upright, weight on heels

Belt root of each thigh

Reach around and hold belt

Malasana 

See what freedom has come

Bakasana 

Feet on a block, easier to get mid-triceps to mid shin, close space between thighs and chest

(Feet and hands apart if new at pose)

Then no block

Parsva bakasana 

Block faces side, hands to front

Inject knee into high armpit/tricep

Buttocks directly behind the sternum

Roll knee 

Sternum, feet lifting

Wide leg uttanasana 

Bend knees and take trunk progressively between legs, hands back, straighten legs

Titibasana 

Eka pada bakasana 2

From bakasana, slowly take foot forward, leg high on arm, arms as straight as possible

1/2 bakasana, 1/2 titibasana

(w/more time, go back to malasana/pasasana)

Baddha konasana 

Upavista konasana 

Sarvangasana 

Eka Pada

Parsva Eka Pada

Halasana 

Supta konasana

Parsva halasana 

Halasana 

Savasana

Updated class schedule on the Side Bar

Hi Everyone,

A Special thanks to Mary Scott for alerting me to  several inaccuracies on the  Blog Roll about  Public Classes.  

Please know I  am only one  person and I do not spend time  searching the web for updates.  If you are an Iyengar Yoga Teacher  or an informed student,  I exhort you to let me know about any updates or  changes to the public class  schedule.  

Similarly, if you have a special event or class series that you want to promote here,  please  contact me with that information.


I want this blog to promote Iyengar Yoga in Austin ! 


It is probably best to contact  me  at  my  Baylor  address    Anne_Marie_SchutltzATbaylor.edu

Here's the Plan for the George Purvis Benefit

1.  Welcome and invocation Peggy.    9:00-9:05

2.  BK   ESTA     9:05-9:15

UVK  ESTA 

3. Tadasana   Devon    9:15-9:25

Urdhva Hastasana  Work    DEVON

4. Trik   Mary   9:25- 9:35 

AC  Mary

5. Vira 1  is very George ish.   Jonathan   9:35- 9:45

Vira  3.    Jonathan

AMS  Jonathan

6. Chaturanga Dandasana  Mary   9:45-10:05

Some belly down backbends

7. AMS  EMILIE   10:05 -10:15

Emilie   AMVrk

8.    PM  with  Pole.    ANNE    10:OO-10:15

Sirsasana      Anne

9. Parsvaikapada sirsasana  Peggy 10:15-10:20

10   Chair  dwi pada  work of various sorts  Devon   10:20-10:40

11. Urdhva  D over back of chair walking hands to back of  chair seat.   Jason 10:40-11:05 

Lots of  Urdhva  D’s    JASON.

12.  Dwi Pada   full pose Peggy  11:05-11:15

13.  Hanuman Devon   11:15-11:25

13 Chair Twists Emilie   11:25 -35

14. Utt  Anne

Parsva  Utt Anne  

15. Something sarvangasana  ish   Anne  11:40-11:50

16. Savasana  11:50-12:00

No Friday Practice due to Rain

Hi  Guys,  I decided to go ahead and cancel Afternoon practice.   Rains are still predicted and I don't want  to endanger  myself or anyone else.

Come to the benefit class for George tomorrow  9-12.


I'll lead practice next week with the sequence I posted for today.


Stay dry.

Anne is Leading Advanced Practice Friday 4:30-6:30

Here's the plan

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This  sequence  is  based on some Patricia Walden work from Durango  a couple years back.  I added in some things in Bold that I particularly need to work on.  

Supta baddha konasana 

Horizontal boster, block between  feet and belt feet to waist, rolled blanket for neck, can support outer hips and/or belt knees

AMS 

Hands to wall

Then heels to wall

Be on median line 

Eka Pada  AMS

Uttanasana 

Median line of calf

Pillars of inner/outer heels

Parsva utthita hasta padangustasana 

Foot on wall (closed chain)

Then foot in space

Imagine raising thigh w/o hand/belt

Utthita hasta padangustasana   (Work various stages of the  pose  Intro II to  Junior II)  

Foot to wall

Closed chain intelligizes the leg

Ardha chandrasana 

From concave uttanasana 

Foot off the wall, chest to head, lower armpit away from thigh

Foot to wall

AMs

Three hands at  Wall,

Three hands on blocks   AMVira  to AMS

Shoulder work

Baddha anguliasana    (Show   various approaches to  pose) 

AMS

AMVrk

PM

Sirsasana 

Eka pada sirsasana 

Parsva sirsasana

Parsva Eka pada

Uttanasana 

Feet together

Utkatasana 

Sankatasana

Marichiasana 1

Take bent leg in w/thumbs behind knee

Turn, clasp, forward bend

Eka hasta bhujasana 

Dwi Hasta Bhujasana

Gomukasana legs

From kneeling, bend forward, bring leg behind other knee, feet close as possible, toes point back

Ardha matsyendrasana 

(Can take bottom foot to side or marichiasana 3 w/knee issues)

Standing shin perpendicular to floor

Then paschimottanasana action before going to final pose

Malasana 

From UH

Mid tricep to mid shin

Pasasana

Facing wall, use hands to turn body

Spine upright, weight on heels

Belt root of each thigh

Reach around and hold belt

Malasana 

See what freedom has come

Bakasana 

Feet on a block, easier to get mid-triceps to mid shin, close space between thighs and chest

(Feet and hands apart if new at pose)

Then no block

Parsva bakasana 

Block faces side, hands to front

Inject knee into high armpit/tricep

Buttocks directly behind the sternum

Roll knee 

Sternum, feet lifting

Wide leg uttanasana 

Bend knees and take trunk progressively between legs, hands back, straighten legs

Titibasana 

Eka pada bakasana 2

From bakasana, slowly take foot forward, leg high on arm, arms as straight as possible

1/2 bakasana, 1/2 titibasana

(w/more time, go back to malasana/pasasana)

Baddha konasana 

Upavista konasana 

Sarvangasana 

Eka Pada

Parsva Eka Pada

Halasana 

Supta konasana

Parsva halasana 

Halasana 

Savasana