Personal Practice Day 8

Either I'm really bored with everyday activities or I'm really excited about yoga these days! Today, I had two yoga practices.

The first was on my own during lunch (well, more like 1pm). I spent about an hour just going through asanas, trying to connect them flowing from one to another as elegantly as I could. I tried to tackle all the trouble spots.

1. vajrasana for mobilizing the body, namely quads, shoulders, upper back
2. salabhasana (locust) for strengthening the back.
3. uttanasana (forward fold)
4. chaturanga dandasana
5. adho mukha svanasana
6. lunge
7. virabhadrasana II
8. trikonasana
9. lunge
10. adho mukha svanasana
- repeat flow
11. side plank
12. side plank on forearms, side crunch with top forearm. 8 repetitions on each side.
13. pigeon
14. child's pose
15. mandukasana
16. danurasana
- recline
17. supta pachimottanasana
18. saravangasana
19. supta badda konasana
20. dwi pada pitham
21. navasana
22. balancing forward fold
23. jathara parivrtti (reclined twist)
24. savasana

Then at 7:30, I attended Wayo's Hatha Star class, which I have been going to off and on. He did trikonasana in symmetry because there was someone in class with sacrum issues. Standing in straddle, reach one arm up and lean over the opposite side. This gives the same oblique stretch that trikonasana gives. Then he used an asymmetrical child's pose to isolate each side. Standing at hands and knees, bring one side's hand and knee back 3 inches, then fold down, feel the stretch on that side. Repeat on the other side. That was pleasantly new!