Sequencing: Inversions
Today I did a very nice melty two hour practice. Tomorrow I have am practice here, then will drive to Providence, RI with Beloved Husband for an Ana weekend at Raffa Yoga! Too awesome.
Here’s Monday’s class sequencing, btw. It was a fun day. I love Monday holidays because attendance at a mid-morning class goes way up & everyone is quite happy to be playing on a school day, as it were.
It’s also fun to keep pointing out during an inversion class that any pose that brings your head below the level of your heart counts to inversion “quota” & turns the world upside down.
Theme: Connect with what joy feels like in your body. Use the energy generated from the poses to feed that joy & in turn, feed your spirit.
Props: Block, roll, blanket
Pranayama: inhale, hold, exhale into uddiyana, hold
Seated roll backs with a block, warming up the spine
Abs with a roll
Leg circles
Bridge over a block, adding leg circles
Rolling like a ball
Down dog, with leg lifts & circles
Rag doll
Classical suns (use blanket for back knee)
Agni sara in horse stance, 4 sets
Forward bend with neck traction
Wall:
Down dog at wall, adding leg lift & optional circles
Chair at wall (block)
Handstand
Forward bend at wall
Dolphin at wall
Bridge
Forearm balance or handstand, adding agni sara optional
Returning to center:
B series into
WII, Reverse warrior, extended side angle, bird of paradise or standing leg extension
Ostrich, Head to ankle variations
Seated cross-legged twist or half lotus spinal twist
Shoulderstand (blanket) or bridge at the wall (for neck tweaky)
Eagle legs spinal twist
Savasana
Tags: Daily Yoga Practice, Sequencing