Yoga for Recovery Sequence

This is hot off the presses. I subbed for Winifred tonight. It was a gift to teach this class in so many ways. Without further ado, this is what we did:

-Restorative Heart Opener on Bolster with full yogic breath and letting exhales get longer than inhales, and fact-sharing about the parasympathetic nervous system

-Supta Padha Gustasana/Reclining Hand to Big Toe Pose with feet against the wall

-Roll over and press to tabletop, lots of cat/cow first together, then on own, encouraging peeps to move it side to side and linger where it feels amazing

-Easy Side Plank

-round down to extended child's

-Uttanasana, bending one knee at a time

-had peeps close eyes and roll up one vertebra at a time to tadasana, encouraged extreme slowness

-tadasana...hands in anjali mudra (flower bud mudra) a la krishnamacharya (see photo)...I LED AN OMMMMMM i'm so excited. peeps jumped right in, not shy at all. it was awesome.

-1/4 Sun Salutations x about 6? i'd planned 3 together, 3 on your own, but it seemed like guidance was still needed so i just gave simpler cues the last half.

-Lunge Salute with Crescent Lunge...lingered here low and wiggly for a long time then option to lift up into Halleluiah arms

-Sphinx to Seal

-Reverse Windshield Wiper

-Rocket Cat to Child's

-Plank to Down Dog

-repeat other side

-step forward to Uttanasana

-Squat and then come to backs

-Bridge x 2

-Restorative Twist on Bolsters

-Savasana

-Sit

-NAMASTE