End of year message and Asana for December 2010 & January 2011
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Hey yoginis,
Can you believe that 2010 has come to its end? This year flew by, and many different things happened. 2010 is the year that imagine* Yoga started, and we’ve slowly but surely been building our community of weekly yoga practitioners. Just seeing the improvement in everyone’s practice has been impressive already! I trust that 2011 will be an even more successful year, and that more people will be exposed to, and fall in love with, the practice of yoga.
Seeing as we have a long break at the end of December and beginning of January for the winter holidays, we will continue the same sequence for both December and January.
For these two months, we’re going to move away from the vinyasa flow a bit, and follow the hatha road. December/January’s series of asana will be based on the now well-known Bikram series, which is a series of 26 postures which are said to target every part of your body, from the skin to the internal organs. This series is usually done in heated rooms for the very popular Bikram yoga (or hot yoga), but the effects are just as evident when practiced under normal conditions. It will give us a new challenge for the new year. I hope you enjoy them!
Asana
The postures are:
| Pranayama Series (Standing Deep Breathing Pose) |
| Ardha-Chandrasana and Pada-Hastasana (Half Moon Pose and hands to Feet) |
| Utkatasana (Awkward Pose) |
| Garurasana (Eagle Pose) |
| Dandayamana-Janushirasana (Standing Head to Knee Pose) |
| Dandayamana-Dhanurasana (Standing Bow Pulling Pose) |
| Tuladandasana (Balancing Stick Pose) |
| Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Paschimotthanasana (Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose) |
| Trikanasana (Triangle Pose) |
| Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Janushirasana (Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose) |
| Tadasana (Tree Pose) |
| Padangustasana (Toe Stand Pose) |
| Savasana (Dead Body Pose) |
| Pavanamuktasana (Wind Removing Pose) |
| Sit-up |
| Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose) |
| Salabhasana (Locust Pose) |
| Poorna-Salabhasana (Full Locust Pose) |
| Dhanurasana (Bow Pose) |
| Supta-Vajrasana (Fixed Firm Pose) |
| Ardha-Kurmasana (Half Tortoise Pose) |
| Ustrasana (Camel Pose) |
| Sasangasana (Rabbit Pose) |
| Janushirasana with Paschimotthanasana (Head to Knee Pose) |
| Ardha-Matsyendrasana (Spine Twisting Pose) |
| Khapalbhati (Blowing in Firm Pose) |
We will end our lessons around the turn of the year with a short but sweet Apache blessing:
May the sun bring you new energy by day,
May the moon softly restore you by night,
May the rain wash away your worries,
May the breeze blow new strength into your being,
May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life.
To all: May you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2011. Best of luck and love.
Namaste!
Marilu
月毎に行うポーズ名をご紹介します。レッスンの状況により多少変更することがあります。
