Monday, September 26, 2011

Compassion - Balanced Action (Inner/Outer Spiral)

Tadasana w/ Block
SNA w/ Block
SN HL - Pvak - Warrior II - cobra
SN LL - iguana - shalabasana
SN pigeon - dhanurasana

Utkatasana/Vrksasana - inner spiral first by self then with partner
Natarajasana w/ strap + partner
Setubanda Sarvangasana w/block
Urdhva Dhanurasana w/block

WLFB - pvottanasana both sides
Supta Padangusthasana
Eye of the Needle
Savasana

Monday, September 19, 2011

Muscle Energy - Hugging In to Expand Muscles on the Loom of Creation

Muscle Energy hugs in to protect the body like armor
2. An engaged muscle is safe to stretch
3. Tantra means to weave like fabric on the loom, like the muscles on
the bone, like the Kula or community of the heart

SNA - engaging ME throughout the sequence - low cobra
SN - pvakon - warrior II - rev warrior - dhanurasana hug into midline
SN - lunge/twist - quad stretch - iguana - shalabhasana
SN - low lunge - twist - lift back leg - dhanurasana roll over onto each side
Utkatasana - Squat in Malasana, Bakasana prep (full expression, level 2)

Partner pose - Vrksasana hands clasped
Partner pose - Padangusthasana - leg forward then to the side
Demo Wall pose - Shoulder stretch and thigh stretch at the wall

Gomukhasana - class requested hip opener
Engage all muscles hug into the midline before final relaxation
Savasana

Monday, September 12, 2011

First Ayuh Yoga Class (Patriot Day, 2011) Open To Grace

Get a strap and a block

Shoulder stretches with strap in Tadasana
Surya Namaskar A - Straight Arms, low cobra
Surya Namaskar B - Bent Arms, drunken cobra
SN Virabhadrasana II - Pvakonasana - Trikonasana - Wide Armed Cobra
SN (Dolphin Bunny hop both sides) Virabhadrasana I - Parsvottanasana -
Parivrtta Trikonasana - Dhanurasana

Partner - Bhujangasana - opening the heart
Partner - Pincha Mayurasana
Demo - Ustrasana
Setubhanda Sarvangasana
Urdhva Dhanursana - lift leg one at a time

Iguana - Pigeon - Hanumanasana
Gomukhasana - disco dance around - uttanasana
Malasana - roll onto back - cooling breath
Setubhanda sarvangasana supported on block
Savasana

Monday, July 25, 2011

Surya Namaskar - Giving Your Energy Freely without Asking Anything in Return

Surya Namaskar A
Surya Namaskar B
SN - Warrior I - Pvottanasana
SN - Warrior II - Trikonasana
SN - Warrior III - Standing Splits

SN - Anjaneyasana - Twist
SN - Pvakonasana - Clasp Twist
SN - Hanumanasana - bow forward
SN - Hanumanasana - hands on hips
SN - Hanumanasana - arms up

SN - Bakasana
SN - Ardha Bakasana
SN - Hold Chatturanga - roll over onto back for Sivasana

Monday, July 18, 2011

Spanda

Cat/Cow
Alternating arms and legs
Downdog - cycle with breath - hips open to each side
3 Chatturanga Vinyasas - cobra, then one legged cobra each side
Surya Namaskar - Pvottanasana - Warrior III - Standing Splits

Handstand L at the Wall
Handstand L at Wall with Partner open to hanumanasana
Come to Uttanasana and partner supports back leg in standing splits
Ardha Hanumansana
Hanumanasana on blanket to expand out

Janu Sirsasana
Setubandha Sarvangasana - lift the leg
Urdhva Dhanurasana - lift the leg
Supta Padangustasana - open to each side
Sivasana

Monday, July 11, 2011

Kali, Shiva, and Raktabija

Surya Namaskar x LL - cobra
Surya Namaskar x LL twist - drunken cobra
Surya Namaskar x LL twist, rise up to HL - wide armed cobra
Vrksasana, arms in AM then up overhead
UHP leg forward the out to the side

Shoulder opening exercise at the wall
Demo - Handstand at the wall in L pose
Partner - Handstand at the wall in L pose (try lifting one leg at a time level II) -partner supports your heart
Rest in Child's pose
Virasana with Blanket roll

Iguana - Pigeon - Hanumanasana
Uttanasana - clasp then Sivasana

Revealing Your Inner Beauty - OTG

First Demo Class at Ayuh Yoga

SN A
SN B
SN Pvakon - WII - Rev - Trikon - Ardha Chandrasana
SN WI - Pvottanasana - Rev Trikon
Utkatasana - Malasana - Bakasana
Vasisthasina (demo kickstand) - WT option
Hanumanasana
Setubanda Sarvangasana - lift leg
Supta Padangusthasana
HB - Sivasana