Iyengar Yoga Level One Practice
Building strength and developing more range of motion will help you with your long-term health. The strength we have will only diminish if we are not continually aware of maintaining and building. As we age the muscles lose their power and thus range of motion can and will be affected adversely.
This class is a super way to access all the areas of the body, moving in all directions by using the power of the legs, arms, and shoulders to access the spinal muscles. The long muscles of the spine and the support in the abdominal wall give needed strength for spinal health and freedom.
Accessing the breath through the activation of your muscles and joints deepens the way you will connect to all the cells of your body, like medicine.
This sequence includes
Urdhva Hastasana in Uttanasana
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Tadasana
Urdhva Hastasana at the wall prep
Adho Mukha Svanasana with Pincha Mayurasana arms
Adho Mukha virasana
Adho Mukha Svanasana with sirsasana clasp with hands
Adho Mukha Virasana
Adho Mukha vrksasana with Pincha Mayurasana arms
Adho Mukha Virasana
Adho Mukha Vrksasana – Eka pada
Adho Mukha Virasana
Uttanasana
Utkatasana / Urdhva Hastasana
Jump Virabhadrasana 11
Uttanasana
Vimasana, Virabhadrasana 1
Tadasana
Prep for Urdhva Mukha Svanasana and Chaturanga Dandasana
Adho Mukha Svanasana, Plank Chaturanga Adho Mukha Svanasana
Repeat 3 times, last time adding Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Adho Mukha Virasana
Uttanasana
Malasana
Paripurna Navasana
Urdhva Prasarita Padasana
Baddha Konasana
Savasana
