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Workshop with Marios

Prasarita PadottanasanaThis past Saturday, Marios Argiros taught a yoga workshop in Southbourne. (Only about a 5 minute walk from my house!) His teaching was very clear and challenged me to work with my legs with more awareness and much more action.

The concepts he presented were familiar– I’ve heard it from all the teachers I’ve had the pleasure of studying with– but his presentation was slightly different which gave me another way to feel the actions of keeping the hamstrings broad and the hips compact. Some of the imagery he presented was that the femur heads are like dials that you rotate up on the front and down on the back while maintaining the broadness of the back thigh. Just once he used the instruction “spin faster!” meaning increase the “dialing” action of the femur head, but hearing it that way made it feel much more dynamic. Even with the most basic actions I feel like I’ve “learned,” there is always more to do and feel. Just changing the verb in an instruction can shift the awareness completely.

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Beginner Class on 29th April: More Standing Poses!

SwastikasanaSwastikasana (cross-legs pose)
Parvatasana in SwastikasanaParvatasana in Swastikasana (upward inter-locked fingers in cross-legs pose)
Adho Mukha VirasanaAdho Mukha Virasana (downward facing hero pose
Ardha UttanasanaArdha Uttanasana (half intense stretch pose) – hands at the wall
TadasanaTadasana (mountain pose)
Urdhva HastasanaUrdhva Hastasana in Tadasana (upward arms in mountain pose)
UtkatasanaUtkatasana (fierce pose)
gomukhasana armsGomukhasana arms in Tadasana (cow face pose arms in mountain pose)
Virabhadrasana IIVirabhadrasana II (warrior II pose)
Utthita TrikonasanaUtthita Trikonasana (extended triangle pose)
Utthita ParsvakonasanaUtthita Parsvakonasana (extended side angle pose)
vimanasanaVimanasana (airplane pose)
ParsvottanasanaParsvottanasana (sideways intense stretch pose) – concave spine, hands on waist
Adho Mukha SvanasanaAdho Mukha Svanasana (downward facing dog pose) – hands to a chair
chair BharadvajasanaBharadvajasana (twist named for a sage, Bharadvaja) – seated on a chair
SavasanaSavasana (corpse pose) – legs on chair

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What We Practiced in the Beginner Class

This is the sequence I taught in the beginner class on Monday, 22nd April.

SwastikasanaSwastikasana (cross-legs pose)

Parvatasana in SwastikasanaUrdhva Baddhanguliasana in Swastikasana (upward interlocked fingers in cross-legs pose)

AdhoMukhaVirasanaAdho Mukha Virasana (downward facing hero pose)

TadasanaTadasana (mountain pose)

Urdhva HastasanaUrdhva Hastasana (upward arms pose)

UtkatasanaUtkatasana (fierce pose)

Photo Mar 15, 3 49 55 PMUtthita Hasta Padasana (extended arms and legs pose)

Photo Mar 15, 3 50 05 PMParsva Hasta Padasana (sideways arms and legs pose)

Virabhadrasana IIVirabhadrasana II (warrior II pose)

TrikonasanaUtthita Trikonasana (extended triangle pose)

Parsvottanasana phase 1Parsvottanasana – turn only (sideways intense stretch pose)

ardha uttanasanaArdha Uttanasana – hands at wall (half intense stretch pose)

Dandasana2Dandasana (staff pose)

VajrasanaVajrasana (thunderbolt pose)

Urdhva Prasarita Padasana 90Urdhva Prasarita Padasana – legs up the wall (upward extending legs pose)

SavasanaSavasana – trunk on support (corpse pose)