Last night’s yoga class was possibly my best yet. (I really like this thing where every class I teach is my best one yet. If I keep this up, pretty soon I’ll be a yoga superstar.) I taught a sequence I came up with a few weeks ago that focuses on breath and on thighs, with the idea that poses that are tough on the thighs are an opportunity to lengthen and deepen the breath. Everyone seemed to enjoy the class even though it was hard work.
I started out by teaching ujjayi breathing (which apparently I did only partially successfully, since I ended up really confusing my husband, so I’m planning to go over it again next week in case anyone else was confused and didn’t say so). Then we went through the following sequence of postures:
- child’s pose
- thread the needle
- downward dog shifting to plank
- locust
- lifting to plank and back to downward dog
- forward fold
- 4 half salutes
- 2 classic sun salutations (low lunge the first time, high lunge the second time)
- chair pose (everyone was so excited!)
- standing sequence:
- warrior 1
- warrior 2
- radiant warrior
- side angle pose
- triangle
- standing sequence on the other side
- crane pose, transitioning directly to eagle pose
- camel
- hero
- cobbler
- seated forward fold
- bridge pose
- savasana
Everyone commented that it was both a challenging class and a really good class. I was glad that it was challenging both for my beginner and for my more experienced students.
Rox Does Yoga 