Yoga class XI
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
This class should be practised within the context of the Gunas
1/ Supta Baddha Konasana / Reclining Bound Angle Pose
2/ Adho Mukha svanasana
3/ Dandasana
4/ Pascimottanasana
5/ Balasana
6/ Savasana
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Yoga Class X
Sunday, June 10th, 2007
This session will invigorate your nervous system and flush out toxins from the body. It is suitable for anyone wishing to increase confidence and clarity. It is particularly helpful for people suffering from mild depression (not clinical) or anxiety based on fear. It is not advised for anyone post op or with a medical condition. […]
Yoga Class IX
Sunday, April 15th, 2007
This sequence involves mostly supported versions of classical yoga poses. The supports or props can be used to inform the body of alignment in each pose, can aid release into the pose and can allow the student to work into the pose within the context of the yamas
1/ Ardha Uttanasana / half-intense stretch (standing forward […]
Yoga class VIII
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Equipment: For this session, you will need a yoga mat, three single blankets (un-ribbed / un-fringed or cotton ‘yoga blankets’) or five foam yoga blocks and a single blanket.
Duration: The session will last approximately 1hr 15min (depending on Savasana duration)
NB: Terms ‘in’ and ‘out’ refer to away from or towards the mid line of the […]
Yoga class VII
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
1/ Vrksasana / tree pose
2/ Virabhadrasana II / warrior pose II
3/ Virasbhdrasana I / warrior pose I
4/ Parsvottanasana / intense side stretch
5/ Adho Mukha Svanasana / down face dog
6/ Balasana / anterior spine extension
7/ Savasana / corpse pose
asana, Vajrasati, yoga class
Yoga class VI
Friday, November 3rd, 2006
It is not uncommon for us to make the asanas really hard for ourselves just by not being fully present. Being present means being open, as the present is an ever-changing, interpenetrating set of variables and their relationships.
We are not used to being open, for multifarious reasons, most fundamentally because we are taught that that […]
Yoga class V
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
To some extent, we all respond to our environment, most of us relax by relative degrees.
This relaxation is of fundamental importance in the practice of yoga. It is not a kind of laziness and certainly it is not a loss of focus, rather that what we focus, what we bring to bear in a more […]
Yoga class IV
Saturday, July 1st, 2006
This class is designed to take into consideration summer asana practice, when one’s body feels more supple but one’s energy may be depleted.
These asanas are suitable for all abilities and are therefore to be used as an example of the kind of feel that can be useful.
Ardha halasana
Sukhasana
Supta sukhasana
Paschimottanasana on a chair
Uttanasana from wall […]
Yoga class III
Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
This class has been especially devised to open the heart. Focus on surrender throughout, holding the mind in the moment, in stillness.
Trikonasana: a lovely spring heart opener.
Parsvakonasana: continuing the theme from Trikonasana.
Prasarita Padottanasana: focus on calm and surrender through the breath.
Adho Mukha Svanasana: use a yoga brick or block to support your head.
Balasana: Quiet surrender.
Purvottansana: […]
Yoga class II
Sunday, April 23rd, 2006
In this session, we aim provide a class suitable for all wanting to move into their experience with the awakening of the year.
Sukasana
Balasana
Adho mukha svanasana
Uttanasana wall stretch
* NOTE:please note that the focus of the breath is the same, but the breath itself is likely to change, deepen, lengthen etc with each […]
Yoga class I
Sunday, March 19th, 2006
Allow 45 minutes for practice
This sequence adopts certain poses with the support of a wall or a chair. This way of practicing, for both new and experienced yogis, should inform positioning when doing the asanas without support.
Vrksasana (Facing a wall)
Chataranga Dandasana (facing wall)
Uttanasana (at wall)
Virabhadrasana 3 (at wall)
Uttanasana (from a wall to a chair)
Viparita […]
