Tag Archives: InsideOut

The sleep of the just after

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That we can know we were sleeping suggests that there’s something in us that is beyond sleep.

+10 Tadasana (Side-bends, shoulder openers at the wall), Ardha Eka Hasta Padangusthasana, Utthan Pristhana
+25 Parsvakonasana > Trikonasana > Ardha Chandrasana > Anjaneyasana, Vrksasana > Vasisthasana (Tree), Eka Hasta Padangusthasana
+40 Adho Mukha Vrksasana, Dolphin, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana
+55 Supta Virasana, Ustrasana, Gomukhasana > Ardha Matseyandrasana > Agnistambhasana
+70 Marichyasana 3, Omega, Dwi Pada Yogidandasana, Shavasana

Golden Slumbers

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We can sleepwalk through our time, or we can resolve to be present, no matter the challenge. It doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy, and we may need to find the particular tools that help us do so, but it’s possible—it’s our birthright.

+10 Side bends, Ardha Hasta Padangusthasana > Utthan Pristhana > Forearm Chaturanga, Virabhadrasana 1 > Vrksasana > Adho Mukha Svanasana
+25 Parivrtta Parsvakonasana, Arhda Hanumanasana, Parsvakonasana > Trikonasana, Navasana > Ardha Navasana
+40 Adho Mukha Vrksasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana II (Thigh stretch at the wall), Hanumanasana (At the wall)
+55 Setubandhasana (Psoas awareness), Urdhva Dhanurasana (Regular, Dropbacks?), Balasana
+70 Janu Sirsasana (Regular, Parivrtta), Sarvangasana, Shavasana

Telling stories

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Narrative can be a useful tool; it can help us see patterns, help us explore experience, help us forge connections. But it also has the power to overwhelm reality.

+10 Anjaneyasana, Virabhadrasana I Lunge (with block under knee almost twist), Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
+25 Parsvakonasana > Trikonasana, Ardha Vasisthasana (as psoas stretch), Navasana > Ardha Navasana
+40 Lunge (at wall), Adho Mukha Vrksasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (Block under knee)
+55 Shalabhasana (Hands backs of legs), Setubandhasana (Asymmetrical block), Gomukhasana > Ardha Matseyandrasana
+70 Janu Sirsasana, Omega, Dwi Pada Yogidandasana, Shavasana

Using your illusion

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We are constantly imagining the the world as other than it is. The question is whether we will use this imagination as a tool for growth, or an excuse to stay the same.

+10 Regular, Virabhadrasana II, Virabhadrasana 1 > Parsvottanasana, Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
+25 Arhda Hanumanasana, Baddha Parsvakonasana > Baddha Trikonasana > Ganapati’s Trunk > Svarga Dvijasana, Navasana > Ardha Navasana
+40 Adho Mukha Vrksasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana, Agnistambhasana
+55 Setubandhasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana (Partners, Regular), Utthanasana (Partner)
+70 Janu Sirsasana (Regular, Parivrtta), Omega, Dwi Pada Yogidandasana, Shavasana

There’s nothing you sing that hasn’t been sung

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We each have our unique quality, but our human experience will always hold much in common.

+10 Anjaneyasana, Virabhadrasana I Lunge (with block under knee almost twist), Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
+25 Parsvakonasana > Trikonasana, Ardha Vasisthasana (as psoas stretch), Navasana > Ardha Navasana, Eka Pada Bhujasana
+40 Lunge (at wall), Adho Mukha Vrksasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (Block under knee, Turn toward knee)
+55 Shalabhasana (Hands on hips individual legs), Setubandhasana (Asymmetrical block), Gomukhasana > Ardha Matseyandrasana
+70 Janu Sirsasana, Omega, Dwi Pada Yogidandasana, Shavasana

Thinks like me

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There’s no experience we’ve had that is so unique that it can’t be shared.

+10 Anjaneyasana > Eka Pada Rajakapotasana II (Thigh Stretch), Virabhadrasana I Lunge (with block under knee almost twist), Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
+25 Parsvakonasana (Inner spiral assist) > Trikonasana, Ardha Vasisthasana (as psoas stretch), Navasana > Ardha Navasana, Lunge (at wall)
+40 Adho Mukha Vrksasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (Block under knee, Turn toward knee), Supta Virasana (Partner)
+55 Shalabhasana (Hands on hips individual legs), Setubandhasana, Agnistambhasana > Baby Cradle, Ardha Padmasana
+70 Janu Sirsasana (Regular, Parivrtta), Dwi Pada Yogidandasana, Shavasana

How to be wrong with conviction

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There’s no virtue in being right, only in being free.

+10 Surya Namaskar A, Parivrtta Parsvakonasana, Parivrtta Uttkatasana > Trikonasana > Ardha Chandrasana > Ardha Chandra Chapasana
+25 Ardha Hanumanasana > Parighasana, Parsvakonasana, Hanumanasana (Wall), Adho Mukha Vrksasana
+40 Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (Regular, Thigh Stretch, Parivrtta), Supta Virasana (Partner), Setubandhasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana (Regular, Eka Pada Variations w/ partner)
+55 Balasana (Partners), Hanumanasana, Agnistambhasana > Baby Cradle, Ardha Padmasana, Janu Sirsasana (Regular, Parivrtta)
+70 Sarvangasana, Dwi Pada Yogidandasana, Shavasana

No distractions

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We are an ocean of experience—only our awareness feels like a tiny drop.

+5 Balasana, Tadasana (Partner) > Utthanasana (Partner), Regular, Virabhadrasana II > Parsvottanasana (Variation)
+20 Uttkatasana > Parsvakonasana, Trikonasana > Eka Pada Galavasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (Regular, Thigh Stretch)
+35 Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Backbend), Eka Pada Rajakapotasana II (at the wall), Purvottonasana
+50 Ustrasana, Heart-opener over blanket roll (Partner), Urdhva Dhanurasana
+65 Hanumanasana, Agnistambhasana, Ardha Gomukhasana, Supta Padangusthasana, Jathara Parivartanasana, Balasana (Partners)