Spring/Summer Week #2

BREATH : Let breath flow freely in and out.

RELAX : Soften muscles; let go of mental tension

FEEL : Open to sensations & emotions going through you now.

WATCH : Observe experience closely. The pleasant and the painful.

ALLOW : Accept your experience, yourself as it is. No need to change.

Seated

Pranayama – Benefits: Oxygenates blood, body; Stimulates Systems(circulatory, respiratory,

immune etc.); Strengthens lungs,diaphragm; Increases metabolism; “Witness Consciousness”

Sun Breath w/ anjali mudra

On Back

Open arms, shoulders & neck

Breathing Bridge

Supine Bound Angle

From Table

Half-Circle

Plank>Downward Dog(+Vasistasana)

Rag Doll

Squat>UTTANASANA > <

> Stand

Balancing:

EAGLE arms > +UTKATASANA(squat)

GARUDASANA(Eagle)

Wide leg Vinyasa:

SIDE STRETCH > JACKNIFE >

PRASRITTA PADOTTANASANA(forward fold) > WINDMILL

VIRABHADRASANA 2 – Warrior 2(arms bound behind back)

VIRABHADRASANA 2 + STANDING YOGA MUDRA

Backbends: NAVASANA(boat) (+DHANURASANA-bow)

Seated forward fold: ARDHA VIRASANA(one knee bent, foot behind)