Saturday, August 17, 2013

Exorcism in Pune

This morning Dana and I did our usual routine, got up, had coffee, Face Time with our families back home, went for a walk, bought fruit, got ready and went to class.  We got a great spot today, moving closer to the platform by one row. 

Typically Saturday is taught by Geeta, but you just really never know so best to be prepared and open for anything.  Today we were greeted to Raya.  He is a very experienced yoga practitioner and teacher at the Institute, who is young, handsome, and well spoken. He began class as usual with the invocation.  Raya then made the announcement that today he would just be calling out the names with very little instruction, a more reflective practice to basically show them you have been listening to what Geeta has been saying in these women's classes.  This sequence is one of those that really makes you wonder if you will make it through class alive after the 1st 30 minutes, but of course you will because they would never ask you do something they knew you could not accomplish.  We were sweating, not just a little sweat, I mean I had sweat dripping down my face during Sirsasana and that was in the first 20 minutes.  After he called out the Sanskrit name to the pose he would look at his watch and hold us there from 30-1minute for standing poses and longer for the inversions. Dana and I think it must have been 7-10 minutes for Sirsasana and at least 10 or longer for Sarvangasana.  Stephanie Quirk was walking around looking at people making small adjustments, two other teachers were on the platform doing the poses with us. It really felt like community during these two hours.  Everyone working hard, listening, breathing together, doing the yoga.  Very little talking except from Raya or Stephanie.  

I will just list the sequence as best as I can below. It is very long and was difficult to get straight, but I think Dana and I got most of it. The list may not seem cohesive at 1st glance, but in the moment working the points Geetaji has been making it all comes together. I am recording some of the sequences here, not to copy and think I am anywhere near this teaching level.  Just to merely put them down and try to remember how truly happy and content I felt during and after. I am and will always be in awe of this amazing teaching here in India.

AMSvanasana
AMVrksasana
Padangustasana-concave back
Uttanasana
Vira I x 2
Paschima Namaskarasana
Sirsasana-10 min
AMSvanasana to Urdvha Mukha Svanasana x 3
Salabasana
AMSvanasana
Makrasana
Dhanurasana x 2
Urdvha Mukha Svanasana
Makrasana
Dhanurasana
Ustrasana x 2
Salabasana
Ustrasana
Urdvha Dhanurasana x 2
Dwi Pada Vipariti Dandasana x 2
Urdvha Dhanurasana
Chakrasana (I believe this is the spelling, lift head off the floor from Dwi Pada)
Eka Pada Vipariti Dandasana-keep lifted leg bent and in towards chest x 2
Vira I
Uttanasana 
Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana
Parsvottanasana
Parivrtta Trikonasana
Parsvottanasana
Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
Prasarita Padottanasana
Uttanasana with legs as wide as mat-turning to right leg holding on with both hands repeat on the left
Paschimottanasana 
Malasana
Janusirsasana x 2
Maricyasana x 2
Triang Mukaiekapada Paschimottanasana x 2
Paschimottanasana
AMVirasana
Virasana with twist
Baddhakonasana with twist
Upavistha Konasana with twist
Paschimottanasana
Upavistha Konasana-Parsva
Tadasana
AMVrksasana
Sarvangasana
Halasana
Karnipidasana
Savasana


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