http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2010/01/practice-journal-inversions/ Yoga as life, love, laughter. Yoga as mind, body, spirit. Yoga as play, challenge, insight. Yoga as art, music, poetry. Yoga as coming home. Mon, 24 May 2010 07:02:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2010/01/practice-journal-inversions/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 The Laughing Yogini Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:22:10 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=3354#comment-1679 Gotcha! Working on it! Gotcha! Working on it!

]]> http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2010/01/practice-journal-inversions/comment-page-1/#comment-1678 The Laughing Yogini Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:21:45 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=3354#comment-1678 Sheila, Good to hear from you! sounds like you are "in the flow" with your practice. Wonderful :-) Thanks for sharing your practice. Wondering if you are doing much yoga nidra these days? Sheila, Good to hear from you! sounds like you are “in the flow” with your practice. Wonderful Thanks for sharing your practice. Wondering if you are doing much yoga nidra these days?

]]> http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2010/01/practice-journal-inversions/comment-page-1/#comment-1673 nothingprofound Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:14:41 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=3354#comment-1673 I recommend a lot of core work to help you with your headstands. The stronger your abs and lower back are, the easier it will be to kick up and support yourself. .-= nothingprofound´s last blog ..<a href="http://wwwaphorismscom.blogspot.com/2010/01/order-you-seek-is-confusion-you-feel.html" rel="nofollow"></a> =-. I recommend a lot of core work to help you with your headstands. The stronger your abs and lower back are, the easier it will be to kick up and support yourself.
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]]> http://barefootandupsidedown.com/2010/01/practice-journal-inversions/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 Sheila Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:04:43 +0000 http://laughingyogini.com/?p=3354#comment-1668 Carolyn- I am really enjoying your recent posts on your practice. Since Christmas, I've been attending classes at a nearby studio just about every other day. These are vinyasa flow style, and typically about 80% standing. While I really enjoy the focus and pure physical challenge of this type of practice, when I return to the mat at home, I find myself wanting to spend more time in the poses. This is particularly true of inversions. In my home practice I begin with standing poses, follow with floor work, and end with the Ashtanga closing sequence: Sarvangasana (15 breaths), Halasana (8), Karnapidasana (8), Urdhva Padmasana (8), Pindasana (8), Matsyasana (legs still in padmasana, 8), Uttana Padasana (8), and finally Sirsasana (30). This format (standing-seated-inversions) works well for me. Occasionally my practice consists of one long headstand and a few minutes in padmasana. Carolyn-
I am really enjoying your recent posts on your practice. Since Christmas, I’ve been attending classes at a nearby studio just about every other day. These are vinyasa flow style, and typically about 80% standing. While I really enjoy the focus and pure physical challenge of this type of practice, when I return to the mat at home, I find myself wanting to spend more time in the poses. This is particularly true of inversions.
In my home practice I begin with standing poses, follow with floor work, and end with the Ashtanga closing sequence: Sarvangasana (15 breaths), Halasana (8), Karnapidasana (8), Urdhva Padmasana (8), Pindasana (8), Matsyasana (legs still in padmasana, 8), Uttana Padasana (8), and finally Sirsasana (30). This format (standing-seated-inversions) works well for me. Occasionally my practice consists of one long headstand and a few minutes in padmasana.

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