moment of rest and relaxation

So-- here is the link to the the slideshow from my birthday party practice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7hxkivjrbc

We were back at it today in the Immersion. We spent the morning with a short debrief of the weekend with Douglas Brooks and an asana practice that incorporated lots of binding poses. Here is the sequence:

AMV

AMS

Uttanasana

Prasarita paddotanasana

Sirsasana

Surya namaskar A

Surya Namaskar B

Handstand

Pinca

Vira 1

Vira 2

Hands clasped behind back, forward bent vira 1

Clasped parsvakonasana

Parsva utthita hasta padangushtasana

Clasped parsvakonasana to clasped uttanasan to clasped parsva utthita padnagusthasana, etc.

Maricyasana 1

Utkatasana

Revolved utkatasana

Anjanyeasana

Revolved parsvakonasana

Revolved parsvakonasana with clasp

Revolved utthita hasta padangiusthasana

Clasped revolved parsvakonasana to BOP

Maricyasana 3

Pasasana

Supta virasana

Setu bandhasana

Sarvangasana

Sarvangasana to setu bandasana

Parsva sarvangasana

savasana

It was a great day for me.

I am dealing with a bacterial infection in the bursa of my elbow. So I started taking some antibiotics for that yesterday and while I think they are helping they do make me feel a bit off center. At lunch we went to Darren's chiropractor for an adjustment which was fantastic. We spent the afternoon talking anatomy of the shoulders and then worked some on sarvangasana , sarvangasana to setu bandhasana and a brief glimpse at parsva sarvangasana.

All right then. That is it for now. I am going to watch a movie and let me mind turn off for a little while. More tomorrow.