Crib Day 3

It was the best crib ever . The most relaxed, graceful and light.  Almost feels like it didn't even happen.  So much to say about the whole event, but this is the best spot for me to talk about Erich's Sunday Class.  I feel like it was the best yoga class I have ever taken.  Ever.

Carrie recorded these quotes:

"You're sorta like a volcano. The entirety of the planet is erupting through you."

"Now, the practice we're going to do is not going to be difficult. Be on the lookout for why it's advanced. You're trusting your deepest impulses."

"In the same way you follow someones verbal instructions for a long time...it's about listening *inwardly*, as intently as if you were following Iyengar's detailed instructions."

"...you will be consciously limp rather than unconsciously limp"

"First follow other people's words...it's advanced when it starts feeling like *yours.*
A real fundamental shift happens where it feels like you're doing YOUR yoga."

"You'll find yourself inventing new poses, like the original yogis did. The poses didn't just arrive in some book."

"I was always dependent on the teacher to tell me the next new subtlety."

"You've learned to listen to THE teacher. You've learned how to learn!"

"Pay attention to the movement you're not responsible for."

"You don't have to make yourself bob."

"Let the ripple of the breath ripple through the shape of you. Then use the breath to enhance the lines in the shape."

"Shift your attention to the breathing. If that's all you did, it would keep you totally busy."

"It's always changing, yet it's always something...which means there's no death."

"The Conscious Embodiment of Comfort, being mindful of the awesome living event."

What we did:

He talked.

We sat.

- Easy Sukhasana Side Bend Sequence

- Janu Sirsasana Pattern with gentle easy twisting

- Heavy handed Dog Pattern

- Cobra Vinyasa Pattern

- Freeform to Donna Delory

(i played with bridge and viparitta karni.  wheel and leg lifts in wheel.  abdominals and upward facing eastern stretch.  fish variation with knees bent and toes tucked under.  lunge pattern: uttanasna, crescent moon with foot bound, standing splits, uttanasana.  and other side.  tadasana).

- Savasana

- Sit

I cried.   I always cry in Erich's class on the last day of the Crib.  It's total medicine.  I had wanted to go to Laura's class, but Eric wanted to go to Erich and I realized it was what I needed too.  I consider him my teacher but sometimes I wonder if I have heard a word he says

Crib Day 2

Last Night, Schiffmann Spoke.  I love him.  He got right to it.  We filmed it and it's now online for peeps that signed up for Crib LIVE.  Most likely we will break it out and make it available somehow.

I taught my second class today up at Med Mount.  The universe teased me into submission this morning.  It was one goofy thing after another until I finally started laughing and again remembered that I am not in charge.  The theme for me this year.

I taught a class that I did not want or expect to teach but I had no choice.  I would be too much effort to resist.  Med Mount is a super easy place to teach.  The vibe is so awesome.  The space holds you still.  The peeps that showed up were the sweetest most open loving group.  And I had enough "anchor tenants" to feel safe.  So there was very little to do but pay attention and follow instructions.

Talking points were on the morning's events, the effort of effortlessness, relaxation takes practice...things like that...again, it was not what i wanted to teach, but it was what i taught.

Sit.

(I said NOTHING.  omg, i'm learning)

Wide Baddha Konasana

Feet opening and Sen Channel Squeezing

Yin Baddha Konasana

Chest Press Baddha Konasana

Sukhasana with Easy Side Bend (both Sides)

Transition All Fours

Plank

Dog

Easy Side Plank Sequence

(similar to yesterday, but with more childs pose and 1/4 dog as prep for hammock)

Same Lunge work as yesterday to establish tension points and alignment ideas as well as introduce hammock

Sphinx Pose Vinyasa in between

Uttanasana

Roll up to standing

Shoulder Awareness

Swamp Monster/Cactus

to Interlaced hands behind back forward fold

Wise Guy Sequence

Tadasana

Ujayyi Pranayama

YAM

Sequence 1

Sun to Lunge

Hammock

Warrior 2 Dance

Lunge

low soft lunge

Vinaysa 2

Dog

Plank

Low Cobra (no hands)

Rocket Cat

Plank

Dog

Uttanasna

Roll up to standing

Tadasana

RAM

Repeat Sequence 1

Vinyasa 2

Roll from Dog to Cobra

Rocket Cat

Windshield Wiper

Plank

Dog

Uttanasna

Roll up to Standing

Tadasana

VAM

Sequence 2

Sun to Lunge

Hammock

Horse 1

Horse 2

Squirt Prep

Malasana

Crescent Moon

Hamstring Play

Lunge

repeat vinyasa 2

Uttanasna

Roll up to Standing

Tadasana

LAM

Repeat Sequence 2

but, move into Full Squirt

Vinaysa 3

Roll into Updog from Down Dog

Childs Pose

Vajrasana Meditation

Transition onto Backs

Knees to chest

Windshield Wiper

Bridge Pose x 2

freeform to 3rd bridge or wheel or something else

Roll up to sitting

Seated Frward Fld

Sit 

Chant back up the Chakras

Lam, Vam, Ram, Yam, Ham, Om, Om

Savasana

Crib Day 1

So many lessons this year. Good ones. Might post those on Blog of a Yogi, but appropriate to list my first class here. Teaching first thing is the best way for me to renter after the last 4 days of preparation. The class draws me in and allows me to arrive. Simultaneously, everyone else is also arriving. SO there is usually a soft awkwardness. Like a first kiss. Not bad, but not totally connected.

I usually start in Lulu's which holds me and supports me. Because of the number of sign ups for my class I needed to start in a bigger venue. I put myself in the art center. Not a great venue. Public space and not sacred. So it was good practice to feel into that.

The peeps in class could not have been sweeter and it is so easy to fall in love. And several of my "hommies" were there for support. My "talking points" were off. Scattered. I did not have the "personal story" to tie it together...I was not totally connected. The class was more a way for me to connect and assist in all of our dropping into the Crib. i do not feel badly about the experience, I am open to what it is about.


Sit.
Cross Legged Forward Fold
Side Bend
(Switch Legs, other side)

Easy Side Plank Variation
All Fours
Plank
Dog
Easy Side Plank
All Fours
Cat/Dog
Childs
All Fours

Repeat Sequence Other Side

Plank
Dog

Leg Line Attention with Lunges
Sequence 1
Dog
Lunge
(repeat other side)

Vinyasa 1
Plank
Sphinx
Windshield Wiper
Rocket Cat
Plank
Dog

Sequence 2
Dog
Lunge (more details)
Hammock Pose
Lunge

Repeat Vinyasa 1

Uttanasana
Roll up to Standing

Shoulder Awareness
Swamp Monster and Cactus
Wise Guy Sequence

Tadasana
Ujayyi Pranayama

YAM

Standing Sequence 1
Sun to Lunge
Hammock
Warrior 2 Dance
Low Lunge
Crescent Moon
Pyramid Play
Lunge

Vinaysa 2
Dog
Roll to Cobra
Toe Torture
(Demo)
Roll to Cobra from Dog Again
Rocket Cat
Plank
Dog

Uttanasana
Roll to Standing
Tadasana

RAM

repeat standing seqeunce 1
repeat vinyasa 2

other side

Uttanasana
Roll to Standing
Tadasana

VAM

Standing Sequence 2
Sun to Lunge
Hammock
Horse 1
Horse 2
Squirt Prep
Malasana
Deep Low Lunge
Hamstring External Rotation Play
Lunge

Vinyasa 3
Dog
Roll into Updog
Roll back into Down Dog

Uttanasana
Roll up to Tadasana

LAM

Repeat Standing Sequence 2
But with moving all the way to squirt and front splits.
repeat Vinyasa 3

Childs Pose
Vajrasana Meditation

Transition to Supine
Windshield Wiper

Bridge x 2
Bridge with Leg Lift

Viparitta Karni
Plow
Karni Pidasana
Roll out Supine

Roll up to sitting
Baddha Konasana

Sit and Chant back up Chakras

Sit

Savasana