Teaching Yoga: Day 10. Resourcing the Fossil Fuels in the Belly. June 26, 2010.

Day 10: Saturday

We gathered from 1:00 to 5:00pm

I had a plan.  I had a plan to sequence towards meditation in the interest of again showing how one might structure an asana class for a successful sit.  I also wanted to look at headstand and cobra because there were some questions.

I arrived feeling like we were going to practice, but got moved to circle instead.   And we ended up in a discussion that went longer and farther than I thought it might.  This meant that we took a break at 2:30 and then when we came back at 3:00, everyone was flat.  

I teach 2 classes on Saturday morning, so maybe it was me who was exhausted.  And its always useful for "things to go wrong".

Discussion
- The mission of Lulu Bandha’s
- The purpose of connecting to the inner guidance
- Some reading materials
- Answering of various questions including:
-- How to work with another person energetically without taking it on
-- How to weave talking points into a class
-- How to approach privates
-- Questions about Yoga Therapy

Break at 2:30
Gather at 3:00

Practice
Watering the Sacrum Restorative
Spinal Twisting with Blanket between Legs (waking up the belly)
Happy Baby
Supine Baddha Konasana

Transition to Sitting
Sukhasana with Brick Under 3rd Eye (Switch Legs and Repeat Other Side)

Janu Sirsasana Twist without Hands (Both Sides)

Sukhasana Belly Tugging and Digging and Foreward Folding (Both Sides)

Sukhasana with Traction Spinal Twist
Sukhasana with Slumpy Swami

(The hope here was to get connected to the resources deep within the belly)

Christina’s World Both Side

Upavishta Konasana

Pigeon to Supine Marichyasana 3
Childs
Repeat Other Side

Backbending Play on a Bolster with Straps.  This was a dismal failure which proved fun and useful and probably helpful to witness and see.

4 part Baddha Konasana Restorative @ Wall towards Savasana with Feet on Wall
(hope was that some might catch the energy at the muladhara)

Circling OM
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