Friday 6.00a Asana 1 — Week 42 (October 23, 2009)

Focus: Review and consolidate standings from Week 14 syllabus, with an emphasis on Virabhadrasana III, hip and shoulder blade actions. Keep the brain cells passive, quiet, and innocent while “intelligizing” the body to purge its tamasic ignorance, as taught by Geeta Iyengar in Pune July, 2009. See Tuesday 6.30p Intro — Week 34 (October 20, 2009) for details.

Discussion: Patanjali Yoga Sutra I.14, 17, What is Yoga Practice?
[See Thursday 9.30a Asana I — Week 34 (October 22, 2009), which also includes the path called nivrtti marga, “absence-of-agitations path.”]

1. Invocation in Swastikasana
a. Geeta Iyengar, 7-4-09 quotes.

2. Tadasana/Samasthiti
a. Paschima Baddhanguliyasana arms to take the shoulder blades down towards the tail bone and lift the sternum chest.

3. Tadasana - Urdhva Hastasana - Uttanasana (10 X)

4. Utthita Trikonasana (2 X)

5. Utthita Parsvakonasana

6. Ardha Chandrasana

7. Parsvottanasana

8. Virabhadrasana I

9. Virabhadrasana II
a. Omitted for time.

10. Virabhadrasana III

11. Parivrtta Trikonasana
a. Omitted for time.

12. Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
a. Omitted for time.

13. Prasarita Padottanasana
a. Omitted for time.

14. Uttanasana
a. Baddha Hasta arms
b. Concave
c. Extended, holding ankles
d. Hands on floor

15. Adho Mukha Svanasana

16. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana

17. Paripurna Navasana

18. Virasana (Parvatasana arms)
a. Omitted for time and emphasis.

19. Sitting poses
a. Omitted for time and emphasis.

20. Salamba Sirsasana I
a. Omitted for time

21. Sarvangasana Cycle
a. Salamba Sarvangasana I
Geeta Iyengar, 7-20-09 quotes.

b. Ekapada Sarvangasana
Geeta Iyengar, 7-20-09 quotes.

c. Parsvaikapada Sarvangasana
Geeta Iyengar, 7-20-09 quotes.

d. Halasana
Feet on chair seat.

e. Chair Karnapidasana
Omitted for time.

22. Supta Padangusthasana I
a. Omitted for time.

23. Forward Extensions
a. Omitted for time.
Dandasana
Urdhva Hasta Dandasana
Padangusthasana Dandasana
Paschimottanasana
Janu Sirsasana
Paschimottanasana

24. Savasana (5 min)
Geeta Iyengar, 7-20-09 quotes.