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The yoga of Patanjali offers us Yoga Sutras including the 8 limbs of yoga. Within these 8 limbs are the Yamas (social inter-action with others) and Niyamas
(inter-action we have with ourselves). There are 5 Yamas and 5 Niyamas
making them kinda like the 10 commandments of Yoga. For this class I
focused on 3 of the Niyamas - Tapas (effort), Svadhyaya (self-study) ,
and Ishvara Pranidhana (surrender to the divine). In life we mostly do,
effort and forget to feel the connection to something bigger - when we
take time to reflect or study we can see where we are with both. In
yoga effort is important to get to the mat keep your arms strong in
down dog but to leave space to soften even surrender to this greater
energy. Through self-study on and off the mat using scriptures or any
books that take you deeper one can see there tendency and make a choice
to see balance of these actions.
Sanskrit: Chin mudra or Om mudra
Sequence Level 2 :
Downward facing dog with split and twist
Straight leg lunge
Down Dog
Uttanasana
Urdvah Hastasana
Shoulder opener hands clasped behind back then fold fwd to Uttanasana
Plank to Vinyasa
Crescent Pose
Vinyasa
Utthita Parsvakonasana - Stage one, full pose or bounded variation-
Vinyasa going thru Chattarunga back through to Down Dog
Trikonasana
Prasarita Padottonasana - hands clasped
Uttanasana
Malasana - (garland) to Bakasana - crane also known as crow 
then back to Malasana
Uttanasana
Samasthiti
Vinyasa
Plank to Vashistasana - 
Down Dog
Parsvottonasana to Parvritta Parsvottonasana (w/blocks or not)
Down Dog
Vashistasana - second stage leg lifted or with tree pose legs- 
Down Dog
Eka Pada Rajakapostasana - pigeon prep then to a Twisted variation 
Down Dog
Anjanasana Thigh Stretch - 
Setubhanda - bridge pose
Urdvah Dhanurasana 3X - with choice of eka pada (one foot) and eka hasta (one hand) for #3
Supine Twist
Baddha Konasana
Triangamukha Paschimottonasana
Sukasana
Meditation
Savasana
Namaste!
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