It's Sunday, but I had to work (luckily from at home), and have been quite tired. The practice was also extreemly hard and I asked myself several times why am I actually doing it. I mean, I could have laid and watched TV or whatever... Not that i have a TV, but...
So, back to the practice. It starts with making your theme (for me it was my shoulders) and some pranayama (10-10-10-10 ratio) in sitting, and the holding after the exhale is with holding Uddiyana. Then we continue with forward bend in baddha konasana and some twists. Actually the twists were a big theme in this class, including some more advanced asanas. Then of course Dolphin (I still can't touch down with my heels here), followed by abdominals. Now it seems like this with variations is the typical beginning of a Forrest Yoga class. They are followed by Agni Sara, side stretch in forward bend and standing forward bend with neck traction (which I ADORE, it's great for releasing the neck, I could stay hours in this position). Then we heat up with Sun Salutations, B-Series and standing poses. OMG! I guess this was really the most challenging part - long holding of Warrior II, while working on the shoulders, Reverse Warrior, Interlock Warrior, Ostrich, Head to Ankle, Twisting Warrior, Twisting Warrior with interlock - all of these with one leg before coming into Pigeon and Standing Tortoise and then repeating with the other leg. And this is not all - we continue with balancing poses. After Standing Pigeon follow Forearm Balance (I did the beginner version of Dolphin on the wall), Forearm Balance in Straddle (I skiped it and just relaxed in Balasana), Scissors (I had difficulties here even lifting only the front leg, but hey, it's also a beginning). Next is again series of twists - Twisting Half Squat, Half twisting Vine, Pashasana, and then, to top it all off - twists and arm balances combined - Side Crow and Twisting Scissors. After this one would be very happy to lay down, but we are still not ready to relax - Leg behind head and Yoganidra are done before we finally release the back with Twisted Root spinal twist and relax in Savasana.
Yes, I do understand why this class is called "Strength". ;-) But the truth is that after all this hard work, laying down in Savasana feels pretty good and I'm sure that I will do this class again. I was only wondering if I would be able to sqeeze this whole class once monthly. The classes are 2 hours long, which is a lot of time, when you're making overtime at the office and commuting... And they are designed so, that each class builds upon the work done in the previous one, so they should be really done in a row. We'll see.
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