July 31, 2009

Two Yoga Sessions in one day, yikes!

This must be how the yoga masters feel.....tired!

I went up to the House of Meditation to do an hour of yoga with my dharma sisters, A & B.

I really wanted to do some more dynamic standing poses, and knew they could keep up (and more!).

So we started in Tadasana, and as I did with Abigail this morning, we focused for awhile on the bahnda in the feet.  

In Tadasana, we raised our toes, then heels, alternating feet.  Came up to High Tadasana, just on toes!

We also did the Gentle Neck Stretches, Chin to Chest, Yoga Mudra, Rag Doll, Upward Salute, Chair Pose, all in a fun sequence--basically rolling up and down.

Then came into Wide Legged Stance, did Side Stretches, and then had fun with a Wide Legged Down Dog, creeping our hands forward. 

This made us laugh.

Did several rounds of bringing the hands into Namaste, then pulling them apart and opening up the chest, stretching the shoulder blades back.

From here, we did Warriors 1 & 2, then into Extended Side Angle Pose, gazing up past the fingers.

Came down into Wide legged Uttanasana, then into Horse Pose and The Eagle Pose, then Namaste.  

Back into Wide Legged Uttanasana, into Horse and Eagle on the other side, then Namaste.

Eventually ended up back in tadasana, to really check out what was happening in the body.

Came down into the Rock, then into Child's Pose, finally into Garland.

Came to sit on our mats in Bound Angle.

We did several Sitting Twists, Forward Bends, Back Bends, going back and forth between them all.

Came into Staff Pose and Namaste, then turned hands back to back for a nice wrist stretch.

Came to lie on our mats, checked in with out 3 Part Pranayama, then brought hands behind head, interlaced fingers and allowed the elbows to flair out to the mat.  Did a series of Bridges, Knees To Chest, Knee rotations, Elbows To Knees, then back to the Bridge.  Finished with Happy Baby.

Finally came into savasana.

It was a great hour, energizing!