Abhyasa and the Practice of Orienting Towards the Positive: Teaching Gentle Yoga: Maui Yoga Shala: Wailea, Hi: November 19, 2017

You are brave than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and more loved than you know - A. A. Milne

Our class was inspired by the yoga sutra 1.13  tatra sthitau yatnah abyhasa - practice is the effort of orienting towards the positive, and we gave special interest in opening the shoulders and the heart. Here is our sequence:

Heart opening over the bolster

Windshield wipers over bolster

 Sukasana side bending

Cat and Cow

Table twist

Downdog

Uttanasana

Uttithatadasaana

Tadasana

Shoulder shrugs

Internal and external should exploration

Neck stretch with internal shoulder rotation

Tadasana

Gratitude meditation

Second metatarsil alignment

Uttanasana

Low lunge sequence

Tadasana

Uttanasana

Lunge

Twist

Warrior II dance

Downdog

Other side

Tadasana

A.A. Milne “you are braver than you believe, you are stronger than you seem, you are smarter than you think, you are loved more than  you know”.

Dancer’s Pose

Childs pose

Sutra 1.13

Eye of the Needle

Easy Twist

Supported Savasana

Sit

Namaste