Wow, I managed to get on my mat.  I worked slowly and patiently through the first series.  I did all my Surya Namaskaras in full, but I droped the vinyasa from the rest of the series.  It wasn't very fluid or meditative, but I was working on some muscle memory.  It will come.  Tomorrow, I have to try and get up a wee bit early to do my Surya ( Read more... )

My stomach is still feeling very slightly bloated and a wee bit sore.  Still when I got up i put my yoga togs on.  I went and sat on my mat, procrastinating by looking through my massage portfolio, but finally I could procrastinate no more and I started the practice.  I actually had a very focused and successful practice.  I got a good feeling of ( Read more... )

Halasana (Plow Pose)


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This is the first time I have got up and done a personal practice in a long time.  I feel energised and inspired by my yoga weekend.  This is a sequence from Yoga Journal April 2007 by Natasha Rizopolous.  It is a preparation and practice for a forearm balance.  I have not really mastered the forearm balance so this is one I need to practice.  My ( Read more... )

Just recording it, I forgot to do it at the time.

I was feeling a little slap dash this morning.  I figured it was better to get on the mat and do something rather than lie in my bed wondering why I couldn't be bothered.  So some of the positions got run into each other with out the proper repose and thought between each.  Looking back at the last time I did this practice I was having some ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

So today I spent a lot longer in poses exploring re-arranging my fluid body and making space.  Still not making itself very clear to me.

Surya Namaskara A x 5
Surya Namaskara B x 3
Trikonasana (10 breaths)
Parivrtta Trikonasana (10 breaths)
Virabhadrasana I (10 breaths)
Virabhadrasana II (10 breaths)
Active Reclined Twist (5 breaths)
Cross legged twist ( ( Read more... )

I did think about making space as our teachings from Marc Woolford, but I don't think I really acted upon it. I think I need to do a practice where I am not doing a lot of poses so I can think about the theory in the pose and then try to act upon it. I did have a bit of a mental block about it.

The Extension Practice - 40 mins

Urdvahastullola ( ( Read more... )

5 new poses today.  Yoga practice was challenging, but fun.  I practiced my chant for 5 mins after practice, after doing sound work last night I really found my voice today and even continued my chanting while loading the dishwasher and preparing my breakfast.  It turns out that Murphy is tamed by chanting, maybe he considers himself an obstacle in ( Read more... )