{"id":57,"date":"2012-10-22T16:50:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T16:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2012-10-22T16:50:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T16:50:44","slug":"reflective-asana-pranayama-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/reflective-asana-pranayama-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflective Asana & Pranayama 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflective Asana and Pranayama 6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Standings\/Forward Extensions\/Pranayama)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBody breath and Mind in Perfect Oneness\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Concepts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBody as a container for the breath\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Virasana (find personal support\/review last week)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sitting<\/strong> \u00a0(Touch\/Breathe\/Resonance)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Preliminary Udiyyana Banda<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Asana<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Cat\/Cow -> \u201cPointer\u201d pose (mild Udiyyana Banda action in stomach)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dandasana (thighs down, lift chest, passive abdomen<\/span><\/p>\n

Konasana<\/span><\/p>\n

Paripurna Navasana<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolster\/belt support<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolster\/drop belt<\/span><\/p>\n

Without bolster (full pose with variations of belt support)<\/span><\/p>\n

AMS (find belly\/chest action). Chest to thighs, Hips up, thighs back (to deepen<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 abdomen)-> Plank (3x)<\/span><\/p>\n

Bent leg (lunge) exercise<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kneeling on one leg, one leg forward, open front of rear thigh (hands on<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 blocks)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Variation: raise arms (kneeling Virabhadrasana I)<\/span><\/p>\n

Standing (stepping back from blocks)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Virabhadrasana I<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Parsvottanasana (to blocks, then deepen)<\/span><\/p>\n

Adho Mukha Svanasana (hands on blocks, then w\/o)<\/span><\/p>\n

Tadasana\/Utthanasana<\/span><\/p>\n

Padangusthasana (with belt as needed)<\/span><\/p>\n

Surya Namaskar (repeat 2-3x)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tadasana<\/span><\/p>\n

Urdhva Hastasana<\/span><\/p>\n

Utkasana<\/span><\/p>\n

Utthanasana, (step back to \u2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

Lunge (as in Virabhadrasana I\/Lunge exercise above), (step other leg back to\u2026)<\/span><\/p>\n

Adho Mukha Svanasana, (forward to..)<\/span><\/p>\n

Uttanasana,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Urdhva Hastasana, Tadasana<\/span><\/p>\n

Virabhadrasana I<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/em>Transition & Pranayama<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rope Sirsasana (observe abdomen\/breath profile\/compare to Udiyyana Banda)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Panjarasana\/\u201dBishimasana\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 @ wood blocks, 2 bolsters, blankets for block cushioning\/adjustment<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ujayyi I<\/span><\/p>\n

Pranayama\/Savasana Set-Up<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ujayyi 2 (extend exhalation; compare to shallower \u201cmeditation\u201d breath\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n

Savasana\/Close<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Om Shantih Shantih Shantih<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBody breath and mind in perfect oneness<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I send my heart along with this bell\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Reflective Asana and Pranayama 6 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Standings\/Forward Extensions\/Pranayama) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBody breath and Mind in Perfect Oneness\u201d Concepts \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBody as a container for the breath\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Virasana (find personal support\/review last week) Sitting \u00a0(Touch\/Breathe\/Resonance) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Preliminary Udiyyana Banda Asana … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meredithwwatts.com\/yogablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}