August 7, 2009

Abigail and I met for almost an hour today, an hour instead of 45 minutes because I was using a new timer and it did not work!

We started with a nice meditation, incorporating some mudras, then came down on the mats in Savasana, and stayed there!

We did all sorts of knee and legs stretches, including Knees to Chest, Knee Rotations, Leg Lifts, Ankle Rotations, Wrist Rotations, Alternating Arm/Leg Stretch, Side Stretches, Bridges, Rocking, Upward Salutes, Hands interlaced behind Head , Elbows opened and closed, Neck Massage with thumbs, on and on.

This was kind of like a big mish-mash of poses.

Also did a nice Crescent Moon, that felt great.

I wanted to see how much strength Abigail had for Legs to Ceiling, so we did that for a while, but I could see her tiring.

After all the leg work we came back to Bridge, just to check out how much we had been able to open up our hips, legs, back and shoulders.

Spent a lot of time focusing on the lower back with Pelvic Tilts and rolling down slowly after our Bridges to feel each vertabra.  Brought our awareness to the lower back continually.

Then came into a long Savasana.

Abigail said she rarely sleeps longer than an hour and a half at a time, so I wanted to give her a deeply relaxing awake Savasana.

I felt uninspired and tired myself, but I was also aware that we both got a lot out of the session, especially the meditation and Mudras.

I figure I have 2 more hours of teaching to do.

I've really been pushing myself, and I think I'm tired!