Friday, October 5, 2012

Fifth week

Wow! It's hard to believe how fast those first weeks flew by! I am now entering my fifth week of Iyengar's prescribed yoga schedule. The asanas are as follows:

Utthita Trikonasana, Utthita Parsvakonasana, Virabhadrasana I & II, Parivrtta Trikonasana, Parsvottanasana, Prasarita Padottanasana I, Urdhva Prasarita Padasana, Paripoorna Navasana, Ardha Navasana, Salamba Sarvangasana I, Halasana, Ujjayi Pranayma for 5 min. in Savasana.
So, I missed three days in a row this week. It was our anniversary, and we were out of town celebrating, and I have a three month old, so I feel justified. Besides, now that Iyengar is adding in all these core strengtheners, it's taking longer than before to complete the sequences! But it's good, because core strengtheners are exactly what I need. How did he know that?

I have found that this sequence is very appropriate to do before bed. The forward bends make it calming, and ending with Salamba Sarvangasana, known as the Queen of asanas, is perfect.

One more week of this sequence before moving on to the next one!