Monday 9:30a Intro: Week 5 (Feb 2, 2009)

4 students – 1 new student;

1.) Tadasana / Samasthiti (2x)
Tada = mountain, Asana = posture
Sama = same, Sthiti = stable

— Second time with brick between upper thighs to get the lift;

2.) Urdhva Baddhanguilyasana
Urdhva = upward, Baddha = bound, Guily = fingers

3.) Utthita Trikonasana (2x)
Utthita = extended, Tri = three, Kona = angle

4.) Rope 1

— At the wall, open the chest;

— Student with L eye twitch, KD pulling rope harness at shoulders while in Rope 1, eye twitch greatly reduced; twitch returned after coming out of the pose;

5.) Rope Utkatasana
Utkata = mighty, powerful

6.) Setubandha Sarvangasana (3x)
Setu = bridge, Bandha = formation, Sarvanga = entire body

— Toes at wall, buttocks close to heels, belt around ankles, blanket under head & upper arms; lift hips up, taking tailbone towards the backs of the knees;

— Clasp hands under buttocks and extend knuckles towards wall, roll from side to side to get on top of the upper arms, then grab belt and pull to bring shoulder blades into back body;

7.) Adho Mukha Svanasana (3x)
Adho = downward, Mukha = face, Svana = dog

—Third time, brick between thighs as in 2nd Tadasana;

8.) Viparita Karani
Viparita = reverse; Karani = process