Saturday, March 18, 2017
This will be the first time I've hit my mat in nearly a week. Daylights saving time, as much as I adore the sun-setting at a later time, I have been waking up as late as 7:00am this past work week (waaaaaaay too late to get in a practice).
Now that it's Saturday morning, I'm going to shower up, hit my mat for a full practice.....
Saturday, March 18, 2017 (Part II)
Post practice, I have to say that I'm feeling good. No, there was no trance-like state that I was able to put myself into with this mornings practice but I moved strongly and fluidly through my prescribed series of Asana (physical poses).
I realize that I've never given a detailed description of my flow. I've included
1. Sun Salute A (Vinyasa A). A great video and description here. I typically do 4 of these Sun Salutes and move onto Sun Salute B.
2. Sun Salute B (Vinyasa B). Video and description here. I typically do 2 of these Sun Salutes. They're longer and, by the time I finish with one, I've typically got enough head built up in my body to have sweat dripping off of me; this can happen as quickly as 5 minutes into a strong practice. These are challenging Sun Salutes because you're aching to open your mouth and inhale deeply but, per the practice, you continue breathing, in a controlled fashion, through your nose only.
3. Padangusthasana and Padahastasana are next.
These poses are the first Asanas after you're warmed up. They're both forwards bends that help you focus on your posture and alignment. They cannot be beat for helping digestion and elimination as your abdomen is drawn in, inverted, and pressed up against your thighs, helping to push matter around in your digestive tract.
4. Marichysasna C. After Padagusthasana and Padahasthasana I move into a seated series. Maricyasana C is the first seated pose and is the only twist that I have incorporated into my practice. It has always been one of my favorite poses as it feels good to remain in and just let your, "breath do the work". You literally can twist deeper and deeper after each breath as your expanding ribcage stretches and contracts; you're creating more room to move into.
This will be the first time I've hit my mat in nearly a week. Daylights saving time, as much as I adore the sun-setting at a later time, I have been waking up as late as 7:00am this past work week (waaaaaaay too late to get in a practice).
Now that it's Saturday morning, I'm going to shower up, hit my mat for a full practice.....
Saturday, March 18, 2017 (Part II)
Post practice, I have to say that I'm feeling good. No, there was no trance-like state that I was able to put myself into with this mornings practice but I moved strongly and fluidly through my prescribed series of Asana (physical poses).
I realize that I've never given a detailed description of my flow. I've included
1. Sun Salute A (Vinyasa A). A great video and description here. I typically do 4 of these Sun Salutes and move onto Sun Salute B.
2. Sun Salute B (Vinyasa B). Video and description here. I typically do 2 of these Sun Salutes. They're longer and, by the time I finish with one, I've typically got enough head built up in my body to have sweat dripping off of me; this can happen as quickly as 5 minutes into a strong practice. These are challenging Sun Salutes because you're aching to open your mouth and inhale deeply but, per the practice, you continue breathing, in a controlled fashion, through your nose only.
3. Padangusthasana and Padahastasana are next.
These poses are the first Asanas after you're warmed up. They're both forwards bends that help you focus on your posture and alignment. They cannot be beat for helping digestion and elimination as your abdomen is drawn in, inverted, and pressed up against your thighs, helping to push matter around in your digestive tract.
4. Marichysasna C. After Padagusthasana and Padahasthasana I move into a seated series. Maricyasana C is the first seated pose and is the only twist that I have incorporated into my practice. It has always been one of my favorite poses as it feels good to remain in and just let your, "breath do the work". You literally can twist deeper and deeper after each breath as your expanding ribcage stretches and contracts; you're creating more room to move into.
5. I typically finish with backbend serires before moving into Savasana. This includes Urdva Dhanurasana (typically a series of 3).
I'm going to shower up and enjoy my Saturday.
Namaste
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