Showing posts with label upper body strength. Show all posts
Showing posts with label upper body strength. Show all posts

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Stiff White Guys Yoga, Saturday 10:45am

11 Peeps

Quite a few old timers today, so that is fun.

Opening
Impressing the Heart
Windshield Wiper
Latest Eye of the Needle Opener
Hip Rotation Awareness

Sukhasana with Tailbone and Hip Understanding
Foreword Fold Both Sides
(this is hard for a lot of the guys. but if they don't taste it here, where else are the gonna?)

Uttanasana
Roll up to Standing

Rotation of Shoulder Understanding with Attention to the Shoulderblades
The Lebowski Shoulder Opener
Interlaced Hand Side to Side opener Behind the Back
Uttanasana
Roll up to Standing

Transition to Wall
Splat
Right Angle Pose
Wall Lunge
Right Angle Pose
Wall Lunge
Right Angle Pose
Uttanasana
Roll up to Standing

Demo of Shoulders in Right Angle and Down Dog

Wall Dog x 2 (with Childs Pose as Rest)

Plank
Dog
Plank
Childs

Plank
Dog
Plank
Lower to Floor and Rest

Sphinx Pose x 2
Locust x 2
Roll over onto Backs

Hamstring Stretching Using the Wall as a Prop

Savasana

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Stiff White Guys Yoga, Saturday 10:45am

11 Peeps
(Luna observed for Teacher Training)

This was a perfect class.  All the right anti-aging techniques.  Attention to the kyphotic curve of the spine,  upper body strength, lunges, balance and easy inversions.  The sequencing has been leading her for a while, but it came together just right today.

Impressing the Heart. (Supine over 2 Bricks)
Windshield Wiper.
Hamstring Stretching with a Strap.

Supine Extended Mountain Pose (Supta Utthita Tadasana)

Transition to All Fours

Easy Side Plank Both Sides
Childs Pose

Plank
Dog
Plank
Childs Pose

Plank
Dog
Easy Low Lunge
Dog
Easy Low Lunge
Dog
Crescent Moon
Dog
Crescent Moon
Dog
Childs Pose

Plank
Dog
Crescent Moon
Dog
Crescent Moon
Uttanasana
Roll up to Standing

Tadasana
Uthhita Tadasana

Establishment of Standing Leg on Brick

Easy Balance at Wall

Easy Balance in Middle of Room x 2

Uttanasna
Malasana

Transition to Earth
Windshield Wiper

Easy Bridge Pose x 2

Viparitta Karni with 2 bricks and Blanket

Supported Supine Baddha Konasana

Savasana