Sunday Morning

Well, the day yesterday was certainly full. After a walk on the greenbelt and some kitcharee I went up to Breath and Body for the Immersion. We spent a lot of time exploring inversions and variations and then we made a foray into the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

We had a practice and potluck at 4:00 which was super fun. We put 43 people into the room (Desirae said that was the most people there practicing yoga ever, so that was fun.) And we had a really delightful potluck after. People made great food and we hung out for quite some time just gabbing about yoga, life and so forth. It was really a fantastic evening in so many ways. I was really moved by the whole thing. Several people asked me to post the sequence so here is a rough rendition o f it. Flow-based sequences are a little harder to capture but this gives you an idea.

The Sequence

In flow, all on one side:

Lunge with arms stretching out in front, back leg down

one-legged down dog

wildthing prep

parsvakonasana variation with arm straight up

opposite side vasisthasana

triangle pose

vinyasa and repeat with other leg leading

crescent

utkatasana

twisted lunge with quad stretch

vinyasa

From Down Dog:

Vira One

Vira Two

Reversed Vira Two

parsvakonasana

Then Vira 1,2, rev. vir 2 pasrvakonasana in flow

clasped parsvakonasana

standing pasrvautthitahasta padanguthsasana with friend holding foot and back bended

then in flow: clasped parsvakonasana, to clasped parsva utthita hasta padangusthasana, clasped 1/2 uttanasana, clasped pasrvakonasana

Then in Flow- Vira 1, Vira 2, reversed vira 2, clasped parsvakonasana to standing, etc. and back down- grab big toe and go to vasisthasana 2, vinyasa

Classic Parsvottanasana

Anjaneyasana with Quad stretch and back bend

eka pada rajakopatasana prep

eka pada rajakapotasana with arms in gomukhasana

ardha bhekasana

ardha bhekasana with other arm in up dog

danurasana

danurasana with one arm in bhekasana

bhekasana

setu bandhasana

urdhva danurasana

dwi pada viparita dandasana

eka pada rajakapotasana

backbend delight and free for all- kapinjalasana, natrajasana, kapotasana

Down Dog

Uttanasana

Down dog

child's pose

parsva adho mukha vajrasana

pascimottasana

agnisthambhasana

agnisthambhasana with twist

pascimottasana

janu sirsasana

pascimottasana

windhsield wiper pose

knees to chest

savasana

And some picture pilfered from Lisa's Facebook page!

Kelly's backbend demo

me showing off

J-Man's demo- (Jeremiah turned in his Anusara-Inspired application to the Anusara Yoga office on Friday. YAY!)

Pose of 2009

Zoe--friend, yogi, mother and mistress of music

Alexis

Kelly

natrajasana play- erica, margaret, hannah

margaret and catherine

Brigitte and Alex enjoying the food

Food, glorious food!

For a video of J-Man's demo go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uEVW5UF8-o

Oh-- and for another fun clip of me and John Friend at the Curriculum Committee Meeting, Check this out (Compliments of Amy Ippolitti): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1PaD_i_K0c

All right, then, more pictures to come soon. Time to get the day started.