Offering #2

by Michael Alan Dorman | 2012-04-22 08:46

A practice (something on the order of 30 minutes)

• Tadasana (Mountain Pose) > Side Bends
• Tadasana > Utthanasana (Simple Forward Fold) > Ardha Utthanasana (Half-Fold) > Tadasana (Repeat Several times)
• Surya Namaskar A (Tadasana > Utthanasana > Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog) > Palankasana (Plank pose) > Bhujangasana (Cobra pose) > Adho Mukha Svanasana > Utthanasana > Tadasana) (Repeat twice)
• Surya Namaskar A w/ Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II)
• Surya Namaskar A w/ Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I) > Parsvottanasana (Intense side stretch)
• Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Downward Facing Tree – AKA Handstand)
• Eka Pada Rajakapotasana Prep (Pigeon, w/ thigh stretch)
• Agnistambhasana (Fire Logs)
• Eka Pada Rajakapotasana II Prep (Lunge thigh stretch)
• Shalabhasana (Locust Pose)
• Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)
• Ardha Dhanurasana (Opposite hand/foot from table)
• Balasana (Child’s pose)
• Ardha Matseyandrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes)
• Gomukhasana (Cow-face pose)
• Janu Sirsasana (Knee to head)
• Omega (Open Cobbler’s pose)
• Jathara Parivartanasana (Supine Twist)
• Savasana

Some contemplations (consider one a day, in order, repeating as time permits):

• What pose releases the most tension in your body, and what pose causes the most tension in your body?
• What part of your body finds the greatest release of tension? What part of your body finds the least release of tension?

Source URL: http://gurave.org/2012/04/22/offering-2/

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