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Episode 55: The Harvest Moon, Level 2-3 75 min Yoga Class

15 Oct

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The Sequence:

Downward Facing Dog

downward facing dog

Uttanasana

uttanasana

Uttanasana/Ardha Uttanasana x 3

Surya Namaskar x 5

Parsvakonasana

Parsvakonasana

Trikonasana

trikonasana

Ardha Chandrasana/Ardha Chandra Chapasana/Standing Splits Variation into Handstand prep

ardha chandrasanaardha chandra chapasana

Deep Lunge on Forearms

deep lunge with forearms on the floor

Parsvakonasana Bound/Trikonasana Bound

Parvakonasana boundtrikonasana bound

Tree/Warrior III/Tree

tree pose warrior IIItree pose

Malasana

Malasana

Pigeon

Pigeon Prep

Squat on tippy toes w/ a twist

Parsva Bakasana

Parsva Bakasana

Eka Pada Rajakapotasana with a thigh stretch

Eka Pada Rajakapotasana with a thigh stretch

Anjane Asana

Anjane Asana

Urdhva Dhanurasana x 3 (the last backbend is yogis choice!)

urdhva dhanurasana

Agni Stambasana/Agni Stambasana with a twist

Agni Stambasana

Supine twist

Savasana

Episode 53: Find Ground and Flow Level 2 1hr Yoga Class

24 Sep

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The Sequence:

Tadasana

Uttanasana/Ardha Uttanasana x 2

Half Sun Salutations x 3

Surya Namaskar x 5

Vira I/Vira I bowing forward with arms behind the back/Vira I x 3

warrior IParsvakonasana with arms interlaced behind the backwarrior I

Parsvakonasana/Vira II x 3

Parsvakonasanawarrior II

Deep Hip Stretch

Head Behind the Knee front viewDeep Lunge with Head behind the knee back view

Crescent Pose/Pavrita Parsvakonasana

crescent posePavrita Parsvakonasana

Triangle Pose/Ardha Chandrasana/Hip Squared/Lunge Twist

trikonasanaardha chandrasanalunge twist backbend 2lunge twist backbend

Plank on the tops of the feet/Cobra

chattarunga dandasana on tops of the feet

Vashistasana

vashistasana

Uttanasana with arms behind the back

Pigeon

Pigeon Prep

Ardha Bhekasana

Ardha Bhekasana

Lunge with thigh stretch

Lunge with thigh stretch

Child’s Pose

child’s pose

Urdhva Dhanurasana x 3

urdhva dhanurasana

Supine Twist

Happy Baby

happy baby sidehappy baby angle

Savasana

Episode 39: Spotlight Integrity Level 2 75 min yoga class at Swerve Studio

21 May

This is the actual class that I taught while there was a camera crew right in class with us! The camera man was there for 45 min of the class, and then they sweetly left. Just thought I should post the class so that y’all could be part of the fun 🙂

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The Sequence:

Adho Mukha Svanasana/Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana/Straight Legged Lunge

downward facing dogone legged downward facing dog with hips squaredstraight legged lunge

Uttanasana/Ardha Uttanasana x 3

Surya Namaskar x 2

Crescent Pose

crescent pose

Parsvakonasana

Parsvakonasana Parvakonasana with forearm on thigh

Vira II/Reverse Vira

warrior IIreverse warrior

Vashistasana

vashistasana

wide Uttanasana with arms interlaced behind the back

arms behind in uttanasana

Squat

Malasana

L Pose at the Wall

L pose at the wall prep 1 (Hillary)L pose at the wall prep 2 (Hillary) L pose at the wallone-legged-l-pose-at-the-wall.jpg

Tree Pose

tree pose

Deep Lunge on the forearms

deep lunge with forearms on the floor

Pigeon/Pigeon with slight twist

Pigeon Prep

Deep Lunge with thigh stretch

Lunge with thigh stretch

Pigeon with Thigh stretch

Eka Pada Rajakapotasana with a thigh stretch

Dhanurasana

dhanurasana

Eka Pada Dhanurasana (you gotta listen to the class to see what this is about!)

Upavishta Konasana/Parsva Upavishta Konasana

upavishta konasanaparva upavistha konasana

Paschimottanasana

Savasana

Episode 37: Praying and Doing, Level 2-3 70 min yoga class at Swerve Studio

5 May

“without courage we can never attain to true simplicity, cowardice keeps us double minded, hesitating between the world and God. In this hesitation there is no true faith. Faith remains an opinion. This hesitation is a death of hope. We never let go of those visible supports which we well know must one day surely fail us, and this hesitation makes true prayer impossible. It never quite dares to ask for anything, or if it asks it is so uncertain of being heard, that in the very act of asking it surreptitiously seeks by human prudence to construct a make shift answer.

What is the use of praying if at the very moment of prayer we have so little confidence in God that we are busy planning our own kind of answer to our prayer?”

Thomas Merton

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The Sequence:

All Fours/Downward Facing Dog/One Legged Downward Facing Dog

hands and knees downward facing dog

Short Down Dog into a Long Downdog (listen and know!)

Surya Namakar x 3 (with small variations)

Tadasana (meditation, focusing on the left side of the body)

tadasana

THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE IS ALL DONE ONLY ON THE LEFT SIDE

Urdhva Hastasana, clasping right wrist and opening the body to the right

urdhva hastasana

Crescent Pose

crescent pose

Lunge Twist

lunge twist backbend 2

Parsvakonasana

Parsvakonasana

Trikonasana

trikonasana

Vashistasana

vashistasana

Pavritta Parsvakonasana

Pavrita Parsvakonasana prepPavrita Parsvakonasana

Downward Facing Dog Twist

Twisting Downward Facing DogTwisting Downward Facing Dog front view

Utkatasana Twist

Tadasana (meditation, focusing on the right side of the body)

FOLLOW SAME SEQUENCE ABOVE EXCEPT THIS TIME ALL IS DONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BODY

Uttanasana

Child’s Pose

Deep lunge on Forearms/Hamstring Stretch/Pigeon Pre

Deep Lunge with back knee on the floordeep lunge with forearms on the floor hanumanasana prepPigeon Prep

Ardha Bhekasana

Ardha Bhekasana

Janu Sirsasana/Pavritta Janu Sirsasana

Janu Sirsasanapavrita janu sirsasana

Paschimottanasana

Easy Twist

SAVASANA (yoga nidra like meditation, fantastic 7 min relaxation 🙂 )