With Fall starting to show up for real with morning temperatures below 50, YHC is grateful for the indoor workout space that we have at Gumby, and wasted no time heading in from the car and getting ready. Here’s what happened:
Corpse Pose (shavasana): Meditation/Devo
TABLE TOP: Cat/Cow -> Extended Child’s Pose -> table top side bends ->
Plank -> Up Dog -> Down Dog (Walk the dog) -> Half-way Lift -> Forward Fold -> (i.e. Sun Salutations) once slowly with Q, then 2X OYO – follow breath, meet in Mountain
Mountain -> Plank -> lower through chaturanga to Up Dog and hold. (YHC talked about Up Dog pose for a long time)
Sun Salutation all the way through OYO, stopping in Mountain on 2nd time
Eagle Pose – on right leg, R arm over L. Hold 5 breaths.
Sun Salutation 1X OYO.
Eagle Pose – left leg, L arm over R. Hold 5 breaths
Step back, then lower down through Chair to sit and then lie in middle of mat.
Neck stretch: right hand under hip, left hand over head and gently pull head to left and hold 10 breaths. Push back to center. Flapjack with 10-breath hold. Push head back to center.
Roll to right then push up to Seated. Right leg straight, left leg bent with foot flat beside inner thigh. Twist left with elbow. Back straight, head last. Hold 5 breaths, try to get bit more stretch each exhale. Release with head first then back. Flapjack for 5-breath hold.
Lie down and grasp knees to chest. Rock side to side for a bit, the rock front to back getting bigger and bigger until come to feet and hands.
Plank. Once all in, Sun Salutation 2X OYO. Meet in Mountain.
Lower down through Chair to 6. Lie down. Start hip stretches with rope/strap:
Lie down for shavasana (revisit meditation)
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Announcements:
KB Clinic at Calvary Saturday @ 7:00 (free professional instruction – what? What???)
Southern Discomfort next Saturday
Prayers for safety as Tang and his brother run in a 50K race this Saturday
Moleskin:
Welcome to Area 51’s newest PAX: Snap (Jason deBuhr).
Good to see Tang back out in the gloom (looked like he didn’t get the “bring a mat not a towel” email).
This looked like a seasoned group of yogis this morning, with the only pose giving anyone trouble (well, at least me) being the Eagle Pose. Probably would have been a hilarious photo op, but the paparazzi (aka Horse Head) were fartsacking this morning, so the moment passed unrecorded.
Thanks for the excellent take-out, Tweetsie.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
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