Offer up every joy,
be awake at all moments to the news
that is always arriving
out of silence.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Physical Focus: Floor Extension & Standing Postures
What’s Inside: This class begins with a brief discussion about resistance to practice; exploring some of the reasons why we may avoid our yoga practice. We use pleasurable and easy practices to entice ourselves onto the mat, beginning with supine spinal extension and then moving into standing practices. The class is structured around a progressive development of the Sun Salutation with the insertion of increasingly more challenging standing postures, culminating in Revolved Triangle Pose. Coming full circle, we return to the floor to practice active prone back bends and hip releases, ending in a simple and brief relaxation.
Key Focus: This class is about breaking through physical inertia and mental lassitude, skillfully enticing ourselves with easy floor practices and gradually introducing more challenging standing practices. The class is intended to open, extend and invigorate.