Sandhurst Yoga Class on Microsoft Sway

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Article about Iyengar in theguardian.com

BBC article about BKS Iyengar (on his death Aug 2014)

Forward Bend Sequence

Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose)

Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand)

Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend)

Tadasana (Mountain Pose)

Vrksasana (Tree Pose)

Utthita Trikonasana (Extended Triangle Pose)

Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend)

Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose)

Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Triangle Pose)

Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon Pose)

Parsvottanasana (Intense Side Stretch Pose)

Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend)

*Sirsasana (Headstand)

Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand)

*Eka Pada Sarvangasana (One-Legged Shouderstand)

*Parsvaika Pada Sarvangasana (One Leg to Side Shoulderstand)

Halasana (Plow Pose)

Upavistha Konasana (Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend)

Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose)

Janu Sirsasana (Head-to-Knee Pose)

*Ardha Padma Paschimottanasana (Half-Lotus Seated Forward Bend)

*Triang Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana (Three-Limbed Forward Bend)

Marichyasana I (Pose Dedicated to the Sage Marichi,I)

Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)

Jathara Parivartanasana (Supine Twist or Revolved Abdomen Pose)

Savasana (Corpse Pose)

Reference: YogaJournal.com

Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence

Do our emotions control us? Or do we control our emotions?

Emotions are our automated physical responses to our environment. Sometimes they are useful, sometimes not.

While practicing your yoga postures be aware of your emotional responses and take a mental step back from them.

Breathe; relax; watch; allow, and observe your emotions with equanimity and calmness.

From a detached perspective sample the temperature, texture, colour and sound of the emotion.

Allow some distance between the stimulus and your response.

References: 1) Kripalu yoga school. 2) New Scientist 2nd Jan 2016: Control Yourself.

Zero Gravity Yoga

Somewhere between Iyengar and Cirque du Soleil?

Now

We commonly think there are three kinds of time: the past, the present and the future. We often guide our actions on the basis of regret for our past actions and missed opportunities, or from concern for our future well-being. The problem with living for the future is that the future never arrives. It doesn’t exist except as an invented concept. There is only NOW. Now extends in all places and at all times. The past does not really exist, either. Now, the present, is the only time there is, the only time there has ever been, the only time there ever will be.

This is why it is so absurdly easy to gain enlightenment -- the infinite light is already here, now, within the grasp of each of us. Nothing more is required than ceasing the attempt to live in the past or the future.

The Sun is always shining; we have only to stop identifying with the clouds passing in front of it to be free.

[From Ascension, MSI]