First yoga practice of the new year.
I really hoped that my first yoga practice of the new year would be yesterday. I had no motivation to get out of bed and do it. Stomach cramps, made me feel a bit miserable. This morning I lay in bed for about half an hour waiting for Tony to wake up all the while thinking I could be doing yoga. So in the end I dragged my lazy carcass down the stairs and did some yoga. I put on the tibetan bells music, the heater and lit the country linen candle.
So todays practice was a back bend session by Rodney Yee. I am not that great at back bends and by the end of the active work my back was beginning to ache and I was longing for a forward bend, but I followed the practice and did reclining bound angle pose and I felt great after it.
Warm up (Rodney leaves this for you to decide, today I did, 3 x Surya Namaskara A and 2 x Surya Namaskara B)
Bhujangasna (Cobra Pose)
TV Watching Pose
Arha Viransana (Half Hero Pose)
Setu Bandha Sarbangasana (Bridge Pose)
Urhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Facing Dog Pose)
Standing Drop Back
Ustrasana (Camel Pose)
Purvottanasa (Upward Plank Pose)
Dhanurasana (Bow pose)
Supta Baddha Donasana (Reclining Bound Angle Pose)
Savasana (Corpse Pose)
So todays practice was a back bend session by Rodney Yee. I am not that great at back bends and by the end of the active work my back was beginning to ache and I was longing for a forward bend, but I followed the practice and did reclining bound angle pose and I felt great after it.
Warm up (Rodney leaves this for you to decide, today I did, 3 x Surya Namaskara A and 2 x Surya Namaskara B)
Bhujangasna (Cobra Pose)
TV Watching Pose
Arha Viransana (Half Hero Pose)
Setu Bandha Sarbangasana (Bridge Pose)
Urhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Facing Dog Pose)
Standing Drop Back
Ustrasana (Camel Pose)
Purvottanasa (Upward Plank Pose)
Dhanurasana (Bow pose)
Supta Baddha Donasana (Reclining Bound Angle Pose)
Savasana (Corpse Pose)