Posts Tagged ‘Florida’

Florida: January 21 – 22 and 24 – 26, 2020

August 10, 2020

Workshop at Miami Beach Iyengar Yoga Center

Another workshop, another Pincha Mayurasana, this time with the outer edges of the wrists pressed down into the floor.

Workshop at Community Yoga, Fernandina Beach, Florida.

Adho Mukha Svanasana with a long yoga belt. Abhijata Iyengar in her online workshop in May 2020, extolled the importance of working with props especially during the pandemic we are living through..

Adho Mukha Svanasana. This set up helps the student understand where she is stuck: when she bends forward, her lower back tends to pop out.

Uttitha Trikonasana. Correcting knock knees. It takes seven years!

Uttitha Trikonasana. Do this with a partner, and observe how much the space opens up in the pelvis. This student couldn’t be persuaded to take her legs a little further apart.

Mulabandasana, one leg at a time.

And now for six smiley faces….

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6) Use the slant board to press the heels away from the pubic bone. 

Raising the feet facilitates a greater extension through the inner thigh muscles, and therefore more mobility in the hip joints.

Chair supported Sirsasana.

This is important: Press the shins against the wall, and the toes toward the floor.

Roll the outer elbows in.

© 2020 Bobby Clennell

Fernandina Beach: October 21 – 23, 2016.

May 9, 2017

Workshop at Community Yoga, Fernandina Beach, Florida.

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I got a nice warm welcome.

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Baddangullyasana in Sukhasana.  Raise the arm-bones and simultaneously “fix” the inner deltoids and trapezium muscles onto the shoulder girdle.

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Sukhasana, with forward extension to the side.

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Parivritta Parsvakonasana on a chair. This powerful twist strengthens the lumbar spine.

© 2017 Bobby Clennell.

Delray Beach: October 18 – 19, 2016.

April 25, 2017

Workshop at Iyengar Yoga Center of the Palm Beaches. Delray Beach, Florida.

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A strong hip opener in Sirsasana. Align your sacrum and pubic bone. Maintaining a perfect square, pull the outer femur bones into the hip sockets.

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Nirlamba Sarvangasana with arms above head. Align back and front ribs so they are both perpendicular to the floor.

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From Chair Sarvangasana, Nirlamba Sarvangasana to the wall. From Nirlamba Sarvangasana, drop your knees to either side of the forehead (Karnapidasana).

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Exotic birds are a common sight in Florida…

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….and looking up is equally magical.

© 2017 Bobby Clennell