So, after one week of doing Iyengar's schedule, I am here to report back to you. I will admit that I missed two days, which I think is pretty good, considering. I am very glad I decided to undertake this; I feel better every day.

Iyengar's first two weeks of yoga conditioning contains mostly standing asanas. You start with tadasana, then vrksasana, then trikonasana, parsvakonasa, Warrior I and II, then parsvottanasana. I found this sequence interesting because it does not follow the logical flow one would develop for a vinyasa class. Intuitively, I would clump Warrior II, parsvakonasana, and trikonasana together in that order, then Warrior I and parsvottanasana. This way, the practitioner would work with a body of asanas that all focus on similar alignment, thus minimizing the chance for injury when switching back and forth between asanas with different alignment. However, I do see (and I felt) the benefit of mixing up the asanas in the way that Iyengar did. It forces you to be ever deeper in the moment, and to leave each asana completely before moving on to the next one. It also gives the benefit of a more complete practice in that you have the opportunity to start each asana from the ground up, as you have to change your foot positioning every time.

I must admit, I switched up the order of things a couple of times while practicing the asanas this week. I did what I mentioned above, as I was trained to teach in the vinyasana style.

I am looking forward to one more week of this collection of asanas, then on to the next one!