Don’t let yourself be constrained by what others think.
| +5 | Reclining breath, Reclining Garudasana Arms, Windshield Wipers, Cat & Cow, Regular (Indudulasana), Anjaneyasana |
| +20 | Virabhadrasana II, Ardha Hanumanasana > Parighasana, Parivrtta Adho Mukha Svanasana > Vasisthasana |
| +35 | Parsvakonasana > Trikonasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana, Anjaneyasana (Thigh Stretch) |
| +50 | Purvottanasana, Ab work on blanket, Ustrasana, Agnistambhasana |
| +65 | Omega, Supta Padangusthasana (I, II), Jathara Parivartanasana |
To let yourself be heard, say something nice.
Silence is the hardest part for me.
Haste is the enemy of awareness.
The practice of yoga is to help you see your true nature, of strength and beauty.
Intended for Wednesday, but you can really do it any day you need some backbends.
Reclining, knees up, take 10 breaths.
Gently turn your head from side to side. Try to keep your chin from deflecting to your shoulder.
Cross one arm over the other, bend both elbows, work to bring the palms of the hands to press into one another.
Holding the block firmly between your hands, raise straight up and lower down to the floor.
Lift the heart up and out of the pose while being sure to keep core engaged by extending the tailbone down
Hands together in front of the heart. Life the back knee if you wish!
Stand on your strap. Hold one end taut, with your shoulder somewhat depressed. Take the other arm over your head to your ear. Press the head into your hand (do not pull on your head)–you’re trying to engate the muscles, not force them to stretch.
Try to hold these few several breaths on each side.
Clasp the hands behind the body, and fold forward, taking your shoulder to the inside of the front knee.
Folding forward from a wide-legged stance, let the neck release while turning it from side to side.
Interlace the fingers behind the back. Keep the tops of the feet on the floor.
Same as before, but with the legs lifting as well. Remember to hug them toward the midline.
Try to keep the shoulders back as you press the back of the head into the interlaced fingers. Actively stretch the tailbone toward the heels.
Remeber to extend the tailbone toward the knees as you lift the hips.
If this seems at all sensible, you already know what you’re doing.
Take the arms back as well
Soles of the feet together as you lengthen the spine and fold.
Take at least five minutes for Shavasana
The foundation of our pose is undoubtedly the most important part. We have to give it our focus and attention.
Remember the things that some things are meant to serve you.
Intended for Wednesday, but you can really do it any day you need some backbends.
Reclining, knees up, take 10 breaths.
Remeber to extend the tailbone toward the knees as you lift the hips.
Knees bent, feet on the floor, take the knees first to one side then the other.
Lift the heart up and out of the twist to take it into a small backbend
Lift the heart up and out of the pose while being sure to keep core engaged by extending the tailbone down
Try to hold these few several breaths on each side.
Walk your bottom hand six inches away from the shin, and work toward a backbend.
Reach the same hand back toward the back foot
Reach the opposite hand back toward the back foot. Try to incorporate the twist element from Lunge and the backbend element from Trikonasana
Make sure the knees are in line with the hips, but the feet are wide enough that the heels graze the outer hips.
Stretch the arms alongside the dears, or alongside the body, or Interlace the fingers behind the back, as feels most appropriate. Keep the tops of the feet on the floor.
Same as before, but with the legs lifting as well. Remember to hug them toward the midline.
Try to keep the shoulders back, even though the hands may be forward. Actively stretch the tailbone toward the heels.
Grab the tops of the feet, then stretch the tailbone toward the heels, then try to maintain that as you press the feet into the hands.
If this seems at all sensible, you already know what you’re doing.
Doesn’t that almost make all the backbends worth it?
Twist towards the top foot, perhaps taking the upper arm to the arch of the foot.
Soles of the feet together as you lengthen the spine and fold.
Take at least five minutes for Shavasana
We are in charge of our own narrative.