yoga
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Baileybaby on January 12, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1st step of anusara yoga | open to grace |
| 2nd step of anusara yoga | muscle energy |
| 3rd step of anusara yoga | inner spiral |
| 4th step of anusara yoga | outer spiral |
| 5th step of anusara yoga | organic extension |
| when do the 5 principles follow? | expansion and contraction |
| 4 points of foundation in hands | index finger mound, thumb mound, pinky moundm and outer heel of hand |
| 4 points of feets | big toe mound, inner heel, little toe mound, and outer heel |
| yoga | to yoke, create an experience of deeper relationship between one thing and another |
| surya namaskar | sun salutations. 12 poses |
| 1. tadasana | standing pose |
| 2. parvatanasana | standing with arms stretching over your head |
| 3. uttanasana | forward bend |
| 4. ardha uttanasana | half forward bend stretching you chest forward from forward bend position |
| 5. right leg lunge | . |
| 6. plank pose | push up pose |
| 7. chaturanga | lowering the push up position til you are a few in. from the floor |
| 8. bhujangasana | cobra pose, baby back bend on stomach |
| 9. adho mukha svanasana | downward facing dog hands and feet on floor with hips lifting up and back |
| 10. left foot lunge | .. |
| 11. uttanasana again | .. |
| 12. tadasana | to finish |
| on highest level we do yoga to: | 1. recognize our essential nature is not separate from the divine. 2. we want to celebrate or express the joy of this nkowing by responding to life in a way that offers more beauty to the world and every1 |
| aligning the body is a... | reflection of our deepest desire to align with the divine |
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