Thursday, April 14, 2011

More pictures

A before practice visit to Lululemon where the lovely lemon Ande and I had on matching tops!

Scenes from group practice:













For Brigitte who asked so nicely that the sequece be posted--This was a good old-fashioned approach to backbends which can be summed up as "stretch your quads and open your upper back":

1 minute timings:
childs pose
parsva adho mukha vajrasana
revolved childs pose
shoulder stretches on belly
eka pada bhekasana
half dog- arms out in front- life arm bones, melt heart big time
cobra
Down dog with deep upper back work
uttanasana
crescent
utkatasana

1 minutes timings in vinyasa with deep, working, major cobras and no pec-tightening chatarangas:
eprk
eprk with back bend
eprk with quad stretch
anjaneyasana
anjaneyasana with quad stretch
revolved lunge with quad stretch on forearm 
virasana with gomukhasana arms
vira 1 with gomukasana arms
parsvottanasana with gomukhasana arms
clasped prasarita paddottanasana

pinca
pinca with palms up
shiyanasana
danurasana to cobra
danurasana to danurasana/bhekasana to cobra
bhekasana to cobra

1 minute timings:
urdhva danurasana 3X
dwi pada viparita dandasana 3X
succirandrasana
Supta padangusthasana -out to the side

eprk 1, 2, 3, 4
kapinjalasana
natrajasana
kapinjalasana in urdhva danurasana

down dog
uttnasana
parsva uttanasana
childs pose
adho mukha sukhasana 2 X changing the corss of the legs
pascimotttanasana
Supta padangusthasana variation- hands interlaced behind thigh

supta tadasana

savasana

Have at it. Let me know how it goes.













7 comments:

  1. wow! was there another Brigitte there?
    I didn't ask but, I couldn't be happier to receive this gift. Thanks Christina.
    Sorry I couldn't be at practice last night but I'll be sure to make next week's.

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  2. oh, do I get to keep my pelvis off the ground initially in eprk 4?

    lightbulb moment!

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  3. thank you so much for posting, christina. I'll practice this tomorrow afternoon :)

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  4. Good to see that I'm not the only one whose sit bones will not descend in EPRK # :-).

    Looks like I really missed a great practice !!!!

    btw, Gio has a great sequence specifically for approaching EPRK3...

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  5. the series you posted fits perfectly into the backbend series i've been teaching for the last two weeks. tonight's class called for a little more, and this is spot on. thanks, christina!

    kelly lowry
    yogalicious studio
    spartanburg, sc

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