04.01.2007 - By Hillary Rubin
As we step into spring and move forward transitioning from the
darker days to the lighter days see if you can find some personal time
to honor your process, your bod, your heart - basically your yoga.
Notice what is coming to fruition and what still in a stage of
evolution. My teachers have said to me in many ways that inside we all
have potential that is like a bija (seed), which is filled with
possibilities now take note of what the soil of your awareness is in
which these seeds are being cultivated in.
After going through my own process of teaching for 5 years and
becoming a certified Anusara teacher, I have learned that there is not
just one way to do anything that there are many ways honoring our way
of unfolding that works for each of us. When we give ourselves
permission to be, to nurture, to see where we are in the process we are
able to find ease on and off the mat.
Enjoy the beauty of spring and see in nature how each tree, bud and
blade of grass expresses itself in its own way just as you do.
Check out the interview with Damon
and for a longer class about Spring with Elsie from Elsie's Yoga Class
Sequence Level 2-3:
Sukhasana
Balasana - Extended Child Pose, Slow Transition to Downward Facing Dog
Down Dog Split - Squared Hips then take Knee to Chest and Extend Back
Plank Pose to Belly to Salambasana
Down Dog to Uttanasana - moving 1/2 fwd 3X
Urdvah Hastasana to Uttanasana
Straight Leg Lunge to Twist then Straighten Leg for Parvritta Trikonasana Variation
Vinyasa
Vira II to Reverse Warrior back through Vira II then Clasp Arms Behind
and Fold Fwd Ostrich Pose
Vinyasa
Uttanasana
Malasana - Garland Pose Take a Squat (pls place a blanket under heels if lifted)
Bakasana - Crane Pose (working core arms bent and straighten)
Uttansana
Urdvah Prasarita Eka Padasana Standing Splits to Handstand
Uttanansa
Down Dog
Straight Leg Lunge with Shoulder under Knee
Parsvottonasa Variation with Back Heel Lifted
Uttansana
Eka Pada Koundinyasana II
Balasana done Extended Childs Pose
Supta Padangustasana
Supine Twist - Grape Vine Legs
Core Work - Legs Lifted with Hands Behind Head then Lower
Knees to Chest
Savasana or Meditation
Namaste!
special thanks to elsie for her awesome pics... and to Robin from Inner Freedom