Stiff White Guys Yoga Saturday @ 10:45am

21 Peeps
6 New Drop Ins

Again, slow to start cuz of layout of mats and the numbers. Similar talk of play of effort and ease and the point of yoga. We know we are n the right path because our lives start to feel more meaningful and joyous no matter what is happening.

Opening
Impressing the Heart
Windshield Wiper
Tailbone Awareness
Shimmy
Supine Extended Mountain Pose

Transition to a Seat
Easy Side Bending
Side Bending for Real

Transition to Standing
Easy Uttanasana

Roll up to Standing

Lebowski Arm Circles
Shoulder Rotation Awareness
Shoulder Opening with Strap

Tadasana
3 Rounds Easy Lunge Salutes moving towards Crescent Moon

Warrior 3 Standing Sequence with Malasana

Transition to Earth

Bridge Pose x 2
Knees to Chest
Eye of the Needle on Both Sides

Easy Spinal Twist on Both Sides
Knees to Chest

Savasana

Sit

Stiff White Guys Yoga, Saturday 10:45am

8 Peeps

2 Drop Ins

Sweet group.  We focused on relaxing the zones of the parasympathetic nervous system.  

Opening

Impressing the Heart

Windshield Wiper

Rocking the Pelvis

The Shimmy

Knees to Chest

Transition to Vajrasana on 2 bricks

Shoulder Rotation Play

50s Bust Exercise

Hitchhiking Dolphin x 3

(demoed on a student today.  super effective)

Plank and Downdog Play x 2

Uttanasana

Roll up to Standing

Grounding Tadasana Action with Brick

Tadasana

3 Rounds Simple Lunge Salutes

Childs Pose

3 Locusts

Roll onto Backs

Hamstring Stretching at the Wall with Strap

Savasana

Stiff White Guy Yoga, Sunday 10:00am

7 Peeps

I read a great tweet this morning from Leslie Kaminoff as he quoted from Sonia Nelson's closing speech at the Yoga Journal Conference.

"The student in front of you is the object of the teacher's meditation. The teachings are behind you."

I LoVE this. I love the continuum it expresses and if we are not paying attention to who we are sharing with, we are blocking.

The request was for posture work. We focused on allowing the posture to be supported down through the legs and then expressed with the breath.

Opening
Impressing the Heart
Windshield Wiper
Tailbone Awareness
Shimmy
Eye of the Needle Play
Lengthening the Spine

Sukhasana with Side Bending

Uttanasana
Roll up to Standing

Grounding the Legs with Stepping Up onto A Brick
Tadasana with attention to grounding
Ujayyi Pranayama Geeking

1/4 Salutations
3 Rounds Lunge Salutes

3 Locusts
Roll onto Backs
Knees to Chest
2 Bridge Poses
Knees to Chest

Easy Spinal Twists
Savasana

SWG Sunday 10:00am

18 Peeps
2 Drop Ins

Soft and warm relaxed group. Sunday mornings are usually pretty easy. Similar cues as Saturday's Soft Vinyasa but easier.

Opening Actions
Supine Heart Opener over the Brick

Widening the Base. See the Yoga Video.
Simultaneous Opposites. See the Yoga Video.
Tuning Navel and Sacrum. See the Yoga Video.
(With extra awareness on the Sacrum)

Malasana
Standing Forward Fold
Roll up to Standing

Bound Tadasana with Shoulder Opening.
Similar to this Yoga Video.

Tadasana

Standing Poses

Wide Leg Stance with Pelvis and Tailbone Awareness with Circles
Wide Leg Forward Fold
Round up
Tadasana

Warrior 2 Dance Both Sides
Wide Leg Forward Fold
Round Up
Tadasana

Repeat Warrior 2 Dance Both Sides with Hold
Wide Leg Forward Fold
Malasana
Uttanasana
Round Up
Tadasana

Side Triangle Both Sides
Wide Leg Forward Fold
Malasana
Uttanasana
Round Up
Tadasana

Side Angle Pose Both Sides
Wide Leg Forward Fold
Malasana
Uttanasana
Round Up
Tadasana

Little Tree Pose Both Sides
Uttanasana

Tree Pose Both Sides
Uttanasana
Malasana
Transition to Earth

Windshield Wiper
Bridge Pose x 2

Easy Spinal Twist Both Sides
Knees to Chest
Savasana

SWG Saturday 10:45am

10 Peeps

Tough group. Huge range of peeps. From the young married hassled couple to the couple in their 70s who came 10 mintues late to the woman who asked that I watch her back the whole time cuz she was afriad she might injure herself and everything in between. These moments make me slow WAY down almost in an effort to calm myself. But when the elder man walked back of the path and said, "Something feels different, and it feels good," I was reminded of the purpose.


Supine Heart Opener over the Brick

Widening the Base. See the Yoga Video.
Simultaneous Opposites. See the Yoga Video.

Standing Forward Fold
Roll up to Standing

Bound Tadasana with Shoulder Opening.
Similar to this Yoga Video.

Tadasana

Transition to the Wall
Chest Opening for Breathing
Similar to this Yoga Video.

Splat and Right Angle Pose Sequence at Wall.

2 Rounds Lunge Salutes with Hamstring Stretching.

Transition to Belly.
Spinx Pose x 2 with Navel Sacrum Awareness for the Low Back
Childs Pose

Transition onto Backs
Windshield Wiper
Bridge Pose x 2

Eye of the Needle Both Sides
Easy Spinal Twist Both Sides
Knees to Chest

Savasana