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SweatyYaya is a blog created to help Yoga St. Louis Intro students with building a home practice. SweatyYaya is a memorable mispronunciation of the Sanskrit word: svadhyaya. Svadhyaya is the practice of self-study and is one of the niyamas (observances) presented in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Saturday 8.30a Asana 1 — Week 44 (October 31, 2009)

Focus: Maintain the shape of the supported supine torso when sitting up in pranayama to both keep the mind calm and facilitate the flow of prana. Learning the actions in a wide variety of asanas indirectly teaches how to adjust in Savasana, Swastikasana, and pranayama. Based on the teachings of Geeta Iyengar’s 7-2-09 pranayama class. See Light on Pranayama for more details

1. Invocation in Swastikasana
a. Geeta Iyengar, 7-4-09 quotes. See Tuesday 6.30p Intro — Week 34 (October 20, 2009) for details.

2. Savasana on blanket support
a. Geeta Iyengar 7-2-09 pranayama class quotes. See Monday 6.30p Asana 1 — Week 40 (October 26, 2009) for details.

3. Ujjayi II on blanket support

4. Ujjayi III on blanket support

5. Ujjayi VI

6. Savasana on blanket support

7. Bahya Viloma II on blanket support

8. Savasana

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