Boy, today we had a wonderful class. It was all restorative. We started in Viparita Karani (legs up the wall), in which we did several variations - legs in Upavista Konasana (wide angle) and Baddha Konasana (cobbler), followed by moving off the bolster and putting it perpendicular to the wall and shoved back. Essentially it… Continue reading Restorative class
Category: sequences
Flowing around
The other day I did something nice in my practice I'd forgotten about. I did a sort of a flow of standing poses. Let's see if I can describe this. I started in Trikonasana (triangle). Then instead of coming up out of it, I brought my torso and arms upright and bent my front knee, resulting… Continue reading Flowing around
Short good practice
Today I was not in a hurry, but I had other things I wanted to get done in the morning. Before my walk I did three standing poses, not as a practice, per se, but just to get stretched out. When I came back, I sat in Virasana (hero) with a rolled up blanket behind… Continue reading Short good practice
Practice for study: Vrksasana (tree)
This post is for Dana. She and I had been talking about our difficulties with Vrksasana (tree). Yesterday morning I decided to do a practice for study session. Reminder: In practice for study, you have a focus pose, which you start off with. Then you do a pose that has some relationship to the focus… Continue reading Practice for study: Vrksasana (tree)
Practice for study – Malasana
I think I might have written about practice for study before. I learned it from Margaret Carr and Mary Obendorfer. The big idea is that you pick a pose to work on, and then you think about what other poses are related to the target pose, and in what way, and you alternate the target… Continue reading Practice for study – Malasana
Lean to the left, lean to the right, stand up, sit down, do Savasana
This morning I didn't have time to do much. I decided to do one of each of several kinds of poses. I didn't do any inversions, or twists, or several others, but this was a nice short practice. By the way, on the Yoga Center of Lawrence website, you can find an excellent resource put… Continue reading Lean to the left, lean to the right, stand up, sit down, do Savasana
What I did today
Sometimes I think I did nothing in my practice. Not really nothing, but nothing much. It felt that way today, so I wrote down the list. I'm including the props I used, because a friend thought I'd done Supta Virasana, Eka Pada variation (reclining hero with one foot; supta 'reclining', vira 'hero', asana,'pose', eka 'one,… Continue reading What I did today
Three poses to do every day for the rest of your life
That's the title of a handout my wonderful teacher Margaret gave us when she taught a home practice class. I'm going to dig out some more of the information from that class and start posting it. The handout had only pictures of the poses and their names. Supta Padangusthasana (reclining hand to foot pose; turn… Continue reading Three poses to do every day for the rest of your life
Fifteen minute practice
I seem to have a pattern going of going to class on Wednesday, and then practicing on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings. Very strange. I'm trying for every day, all the time, but I get up to walk for 45 minutes every weekday, and I've started a 9:00 am water exercise class on Monday, Wednesday,… Continue reading Fifteen minute practice
Short practice
I always try to remind myself that a short practice is OK, but I rarely do a good one. Today I wasted a lot of time playing web Boggle. (No, I'm not giving the link. It's bad.) The whole time I kept thinking, stop this now and practice yoga! I had an 11:45 appointment. It… Continue reading Short practice
Practice Notes 