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[Bend forward - elbows to knee] -><br />

20. Propeller Pose - (Virabhadrasana 3 – back leg bent square, Fiesta<br />

Foot with<br />

Garudasana arms -> [rewrap legs to Garudasana --> Tadasana] (R & L)<br />

21. Vrksasana -><br />

a. Foot on inner thigh – legs bent<br />

b. Side stretch – toward bent knee<br />

c. On tip-toes<br />

d. Backbend<br />

e. Dropback<br />

22. Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana<br />

a. Standing forward bend – Half-Lotus pose – hands on floor<br />

i. Bound Half-Lotus<br />

b. Handstand in Half Lotus<br />

i. Hop / bent knee<br />

ii. Press-up / straight leg<br />

c. Handstand Scorpion - Half-Lotus<br />

23. Tip-Toe pose – Half-Lotus<br />

-> Tadasana -><br />

24. Hasta Padangusthasana<br />

a. Front knee bent – hold shin, then outer edge of foot<br />

b. Straight leg (Dandasana leg) horizontal – forward plane, hold with<br />

both hands<br />

i. Bend forward, leg horizontal, chin-to-the-shin<br />

c. Roller Skate pose – holding foot with both hands, leg<br />

horizontal, squat deep<br />

-> Tadasana -><br />

25. Parsva Hasta Padangusthasana – side plane -> hips level -><br />

a. Backbend -><br />

26. Parivrtta Hasta Padangusthasana – Twist with top leg straight<br />

ahead -><br />

a. Cascade Pose – Sidestretch -><br />

27. Niralamba Eka Padasana – Leg in front - bent or straight – Pull-<br />

Up Bar Arms / PTL arms<br />

28. Natarajasana - #1 set - R & L<br />

a. Hold outer edge of Fiesta foot<br />

b. Hold on inside of ankle or inner edge of Fiesta foot<br />

c. Bend supporting knee deeply<br />

[repeat Natarajasana - #2 set - R & L ]<br />

John Friend & Vital Yoga 4

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