Let the pigeon fly

  • Created: 2023-04-25
  • Level: advanced
  • Description: this class is a level 3 and it was the base sequence for my fire classes that I taught from 2023-04-25 to 2023-05-10

  • Seated intro
  • Low crunches with blocks between knees x5 Back on the mat, scapulas lifted, fingers interlaced behind head, 90 degrees at the hips and at the knees, lower legs to skim the mat moving at the hips
  • Hold low navasana
  • Knees to chest (Apanasana), round back, roll back and forth,
  • Chair (Utkatasana)
  • Tadasana (Intention)
  • Surya namaskara A (San Salute A) - L+R
    • Step back to lunge
    • Twisted lunge
    • Extend top arm forward
    • Continue the movement with top arm, until you can join palms under front thigh
    • Modified vinyasa (check below for vinyasa sequence)
    • Lifted pigeon coming forward, before stepping in lunge
  • Surya namaskara A
    • tip-toe back from uttanasana (standing forward fold) to plank
    • modified vinyasa
    • AMS (Adho Muka Svanasana, downward facing dog)
    • warrior I and/or II (virabhadrasana I / II) or sequence of standing poses if time and tiredness allow
    • walk through and come to sitting
    • dandasana (staff pose)
    • transition to supine pose on the mat
      • dandasana -> lowering back the torso -> all the way down
      • navasana -> ardha navasana
    • bridge prep
    • progression of the following options
      1. active bridge following the breath. Add arms and crunches if possible
      2. active figure 4 twist
        • legs extended toward the ceiling
        • place selected leg in figure 4
        • lower legs opposite to leg in figure 4
        • rest on the floor the foot of the leg bent
        • extended leg lifted from the floor
      3. active figure 4 bridge
    • supine on the mat
    • lift to dandasana one vertebra at the time
    • floating dandasana play time
    • plank pose
    • modified vinyasa
    • AMS
    • progression of the following options - L+R
      • lifted pigeon
      • lifted pigeon with jump switch
      • lifted pigeon with leg raise
    • conclude surya
  • Surya namskara A in figure 4
    • perform a simple surya namaskara a with one leg in figure 4
    • do not flip toes
    • classic vinyasa
  • Surya namaskara B
    • pigeon prep pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana) restorative version if night class
  • Simple back bends
  • simple twist
  • Shavasana

  • Modified vinyasa
    • plank walks feet back
    • forearms plank
    • options:
      • dolphin
      • forearms headstand dolphine
      • forearms headstand prep
      • forearms headstand
    • forearms plank
    • plank
    • chutaranga
    • UMS (Urdhva mukha svanasana, Upward facing dog)
    • AMS (Adho mukha svanasana, Downward facing dog)

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