TTT 12-13 Recordings

TTT 12-13 Recordings

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TTT 12-13 Recordings episodes

  • Asana Excerpt - Backbends (Clip from JB's Backbend Workshop)
    This is excerpt from the "TT- Backbends with JB". This is a shorter, smaller audio file that is useful for individuals who want to hear JB to through in detail the following asana:
    00:00:44.790 warm up sequence including modified camel.
    00:03:05.305 adho mukha svanasana
    00:03:34.590 runner's lunge
    00:04:04.777 uttanasana
    00:05:13.402 utkasana
    00:06:32.554 virabhadrasana i detailed cueing instruction
    00:11:22.283 uttanasana (counterpose)
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  • TT - Backbends with JB (May 12, 2012)

    This is a partial recording of the teacher training session 5/12/2012. Original recording did not include entire session. Due to low quality of recording, much of the discussion (questions) had to be cut. The interactive portion of the session (teaching partners) is not recorded.

    This session reviewed forward folds and introduced standing back bending postures.

    00:00:09.031 parts of the spine


    00:00:37.200 review of forward folds

    00:03:15.344 qualities of a backbend

    00:05:21.816 tips for beginners

    00:09:47.164 deepening the postures (start with simple backbends, link movement with breath, etc)

    00:11:58.000 standing backbends: examples

    00:13:28.375 short physical practice led by jb

    (warmup and standing backbends)

    00:19:29.735 uttkatasana - breaking it down

    00:23:33.700 virabhadrasana 1: breaking it down

    00:24:22.456 optimal width between legs?

    00:25:16.906 remember hips can't be perfectly square

    00:26:06.715 "step as far as you can while you can still turn your torso to your front leg"

    00:26:12.263 "sternum and navel line up with your inner right knee"

    00:26:30.257 cues for virabhadrasana

    00:26:56.962 inhale, bend front knee, engage your hamstring, heavy back heel..

    00:29:40.810 lumbar curve

    00:31:49.721 width between feet

    00:32:59.219 other things to notice for virabhadrasana

    Important points in this session:


    Forward folding increases the curve in the thoracic curve and produces a decrease in cervical/lumbar curve. Monitor the increase of this curve as other curves decrease. The relationship between primary and secondary curves in spine are reciprocal; the more you increase or decrease one, the more the other will want to do the opposite. All the curves in spine should be affected in an equal ratio

    Four possible spinal movements: flexion, extension, twisting, and side bending (lateral flexion)

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  • Partial Open Class with JB
    First 15 minutes of the class were not recorded. Recording starts at the end of a Surya Namaskara A variation (with Virabhadrasana 1). 5/7/12 Class
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  • TT - Seated Forward Folds with JT (May 5, 2012)

    Workshop on Seated Forward Folds (with tips and modifications)

    7:03 dandasana (against the wall)


    8:40 modifications for dandasana

    keep lumbar area safe by not bending forward with a rounded lower back. keep your sternum lifted. lead with the heart.

    00:14:10.061 paschimottanasana (supported)

    00:17:27.443 looking at a student's paschimottanasana

    00:23:58.957 why micro bending is important

    00:26:43.314 janu sirsasana (head to knee pose)

    00:27:57.700 tips for janu sirasana

    00:29:04.247 should i be on both sit bones?

    00:32:27.235 marichyasana 1

    00:38:24.132 virasana and vidrasana (differences and rotations)

    00:38:24.132 variations of virasana

    00:44:43.867 gomukhasana

    00:47:13.715 gomukhasana and arm variations

    General tips? Hinge at hip, anterior tilt, feel grounded at hip, don't round the upper back, watch for tight shoulders.

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  • Self Practice Workshop with JT (May 5, 2012)

    Note: This recording is simply for reference purposes and has a LOT of background noise. This may get on one's auditory nerves (literally).

    JT introduces students to a self practice, enabling students to develop a yoga practice which can then be practiced alone or during a self-practice class. "Cultivating a self practice is like a recipe for a delicious meal." (JT)

    In this workshop, he goes over the main ingredients, the steps, and the sequence. At 46:10, he starts a practical physical practice.

    General Time Markers


    14:00 Going over long-term goals and begin where you are (that day at that time)

    18:39 Warm up the whole body at the beginning (especially the spine)

    19:04 Consider the directions of mobility of the spine: flexion (bending forward), extension (bending back), side bending and twisting.

    19:55 Explaining compensation and counterposes

    46:10 Practice Starts (after this, James goes through the poses and the body of self-practice poses)

    1:29:10 Breathing

    1:36:32 Meditation Tips

    This has been edited down from the original workshop, which was 3 hours.

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  • Open Practice with JT (May 1, 2012)
    Includes intention, asana, savasana, pranayama. Longer instructions for headstand in this class. The full class is presented in this recording. I will post a smaller version of the file soon.
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About TTT 12-13 Recordings

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These recordings are lo-fi, lightly-edited lecture captures intended only for the participants in the TTT12-13.