Yogalaties, Sesson 3
Class was being held outside in the grass today, a note on the door directing the students to the commen area.
"Good morning you three. I hope that you all are enjoying yourself. Now, with the workshop. Meaning union with the divine, yoga is a philosophy and discipline applied to the development of mind, body, and spirit. There are many disciplines of yoga emphasizing different aspects or combination of mind body spirit. Through practices of holding a variety of body positions or asanas, and the centering of the mind and breath in a meditative way, the practitioner increases body awareness, posture, flexibility of body and mind and calmness of spirit.
Please follow what I I do as best you can, and once I have shown you the pose, I will then show you an easier version.
"Good morning you three. I hope that you all are enjoying yourself. Now, with the workshop. Meaning union with the divine, yoga is a philosophy and discipline applied to the development of mind, body, and spirit. There are many disciplines of yoga emphasizing different aspects or combination of mind body spirit. Through practices of holding a variety of body positions or asanas, and the centering of the mind and breath in a meditative way, the practitioner increases body awareness, posture, flexibility of body and mind and calmness of spirit.
Please follow what I I do as best you can, and once I have shown you the pose, I will then show you an easier version.
- Sit upright in a chair or cross-legged on the floor. Make sure your spine is comfortably straight: Your chin should be parallel to the floor, your shoulders relaxed, your hands either folded in your lap or resting on your knees, your abdomen slightly tightened but not forcefully sucked in. "You should feel suspended by an invisible thread between the ground and the sky," says Bingham.
- Close your eyes and follow your breath through your nostrils down to the base of your spine. Feel your upper back lengthening, your rib cage expanding and a slight tightening of the belly. As you exhale, feel a slight contraction upward from the pubic bone to the navel to the solar plexus, as the spine and lower back flatten. The breath should be long and smooth.
- There's a natural pause of approximately two seconds after each inhale/exhale cycle. After two repetitions, try to increase that pause by another second. Repeat this cycle until you reach a maximum pace at which you are comfortable, then do 12 repetitions at your longest breath.