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

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