I had a great time teaching in San Marcos last night. The level of engaged studentship down there is very high and it is really a delight to teach. Last night we took a trajectory through some backbending type poses with an eye toward doing sarvangasana,
it went something like this, Vajrasana, Tadasana, UH, UB, used strap on elbows to help get arms straight in UH. AM, paschima UB, used strap behind back to open chest and shoulders. AMS with strap. Vira I, front foot at wall, Vira I back foot at wall, used strap behind back to help get torso verticality and chest opening, Prasarita Padotassana I and II (with hands on hips) Salabasana variation with strap for hands to pull back, Chatushpadasana, Halasana, Sarvangasana, Savasana.
I showed Craig the staggered shoulderstand blanket set up and that seemed to help his neck. Overall, I kept my mind on sarvangasana and used that pose as a means for linking the other poses.
My plan for the castle today is similar, but I want to get to dropping over into setu bandha. So we are going to do a bit more behind the back arm work and look at parsva dhanurasana and ustrasana as well.
more on that later. blog time for the morning is up.
0 comments:
Post a Comment