Theme: Spring Props Needed: mat, strap, blocks ... - Curvy Yoga

fill your arms with the white and pink flowers,with their honeyed heaviness, their lush trembling,their eagernessto be wild and perfect for a moment, before they arenothing, forever?Intention: Our goal in this class is to accept our wildness and our perfection in thismoment.Opening: Reclined extended butterfly over bolster with blanket under the head andperhaps blanket under each arm Offer blocks under knees. Pranayama--complete yogicbreath, same wavelength breath (perhaps teaching extended exhalation or holdsdepending on the level of the class).Note: I will do the opening pose and teach breath and then, while students are in reclinedextended butterfly, I would read the poem and set the intention for the class.Warm Up--Seated: I will offer both easy pose and a supported hero pose (block or twoblocks and a blanket, maybe a blanket under the knee) as seated options for this series.Neck CirclesShoulder CirclesEagle Arms Modified (arm wrap, or 1/2 wrap with extension)Wrist Stretch, hands up and downCow Face Arms with BeltFull shoulder ROM with belt.Full Twist, both sidesNotes: We may have been taught not to accept our wild, perfect lives and/or bodies, soI'll talk about opening through the upper body and letting ourselves take up space in theworld. Perhaps draw links between blooming and some of the hand/arm movements byusing metaphoric language of opening.Warm Up-Hands and Knees: Offer padding under knees and wedge for wrists.Cat/Cow, focus on linking movement with breath.Extended Table, opposite arms and legs lifted, navel drawn to spineChild's PoseNote: Bend our bright bodies. Child's pose is the tightly furled pose held before opening.We can return to this pose anytime we need in order to rejuvenate so that we can blossom.

Standing: Backbending, unwinding, swaying focus.Mountain PoseSide BendsWide legged Standing Forward Bend with Swaying and Side LungesDownward Dog to Plank to Upward Dog with bolster beneath the body for support--Spend a lot of time within this, holding the poses, working on breath, opening ateach moment in the pose.Extended Leg Downward Dog towards Wild Thing (just the opening with knee bent andlower body twisting or all the way to Wild Thing depending on class level)Cool Down:From down dog to child's pose to belly.Cobra Kriya--moving with breath into cobra 1, 2, and finally 3, with a longer hold inhighest level of cobra for each student. Focus on letting the chest open throughthe upper arms.Locust, L leg, R leg, opposite arms and legs, both legs, V legs, arms and legsBridge Kriya--flowing movements through bridge 1, 2, and 3. Then, supported bridge orsupported bridge with legs raised. Long hold.Knees to Chest (extended wind relieving and 1/2 happy baby if time)Windshield WipersReclined TwistSavasanna--metaphoric focus on sinking down to rise upThe class is slow moving and strength building with a focus on building strength. Theposes are adaptable to all levels, and we aren't spending too much time in any one state,so there won't be physical exhaustion that could cause injury. Each pose can be modified,and many of them can be done with multiple prop support suggestions. The theme of theclass asks students to accept themselves as perfect just as they are, ants and all.