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Sequence for Kurmasana
Courtesy of: Intermediate Junior II Level Practice March 2018 Sequence created and modeled by Waraporn (Pom) Cayeiro, Intermediate Junior II, Miami, FL Waraporn (Pom) Cayeiro graduated as a physical therapist in her native Thailand. In 2007, she moved to Miami and started teaching yoga. She was trained at the Yoga Vidya Gurukul (Nasik, India), and then travelled to Pune three times to study at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI). While at RIMYI, she found her passion to help others with the traditional Iyengar method of yoga. Her mentor and teachers are Dean Lerner, Rebecca Lerner, James Murphy, Lois Steinberg and Colleen Gallagher. She is Co-Director of Miami Beach Iyengar Yoga Center since 2014. Sequence for Kurmasana Approximate Time: 90 minutes Props required: 1 mat, 1 bolster, 1 strap, 4 blankets Adho Mukha Svanasana • Press the hands into the floor and straighten your arms. Downward Facing Dog Pose • Roll your inner upper arms out and move the shoulder blade in toward the front chest and up toward the buttocks. • Press the front of your ankles, shins, and thighs back. • Extend the calves toward the heels and extend from the back of the knees toward the buttocks. • Lift the buttock bones upward. • Stretch from the outer hips down toward the outer heels. 1 Padahastasana • From Uttanasana, place the hands under the feet. Hands to Feet Pose • Stretch both legs fully extended. • Spread the buttock bones and lengthen the spine. • Lengthen the armpits towards the elbows, and from the elbows to the hands. • Pull the hands up, while pressing the feet downward towards the floor. -
Glossary of Asana Terms & Basic Sanskrit Terms Sanskrit to English
Glossary of Asana Terms & Basic Sanskrit Terms Sanskrit to English Sanskrit Asana Name English Asana Name A Adho Mukha Svanasana Downward-Facing Dog Pose Anjaneyasana Low Lunge Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana Half Bound Lotus Posterior Intense Extension Pose Ardha Padmasana Half Lotus Pose Ardha Chandrasana Half Moon Pose Ardha Navasana Half Boat Pose Ardha Salabhasana Half Locust Post Ashva Sanchalasana High Lunge Pose B Baddha Konasana Bound Ankle Pose Baddhanguliasana Bound Arm Pose Balasana Child’s Pose Bharadvajasana 1 Pose dedicated to the Sage Bharadvajasana Bhujangasana Cobra Pose Bidalasana Cat/Cow Pose C Chaturanga Dandasana Four Limb Staff Pose D Dandasana Staff Pose Dolphin Asana Dolphin Pose E Elbow Dog Asana Elbow Dog Pose G Garudasana Eagle Pose Gomukhasana - standing variation–arms only Cow Face Pose H Halasana Plow Pose Horse Asana Horse Pose J Janu Sirsasana Head to Knee Pose Jathara Parivartanasana 1 Revolved Stomach Pose 1 K Kurmasana Tortoise Pose L Lunge with External Rotation Lunge with External Rotation M Maha Mudrasana Noble Closure Pose Maricyasana III Pose dedicated to the Sage Maricyasana Matsyasana Fish Pose P Padmasana Lotus Pose Padottanasana Parighasana Gate Pose Paripurna Navasana Full Boat Pose Paripurna Salabhasana Full Locust Pose Parivritta Parsvakonasana Revolved Lateral Side Angle Pose Parivritta Trikonasana Revolved Triangle Pose Parsvakonasana Lateral Side Angle Pose Parsvottanasana Lateral Intense Extension Pose Paschimottanasana Posterior Extension Pose Phalakasana Plank Pose Prasarita Padottanasana -
Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series
Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series Sun Salutation A Samasthiti Urdhva Uttanasana Chaturanga Dandasana Urdhva Mukha Adho Mukha Uttanasana Urdhva Samasthiti Namashkar A B Savan asana Savan asana B A Namashkar asana asana Sun Salutation B Samasthiti Utkatasana Uttanasana Chaturanga Dandasana Urdhva Mukha Adho Mukha Virabhadrasana Chaturanga Dandasana A B Savan asana Savan asana A Urdhva Mukha Adho Mukha Uttanasana Uttanasana Utkatasana Samasthiti Savan asana Savan asana B A 1 Standing Sequence Padangusth Padahasth Uttihita Parivrtta Utthita Parivrtta asana asana Trikonasana Trikonasana Parsvakonasana Parsvakonasana Prasarita Padottanasana Parsvottanasana A B C D Utthita Hasta Pasangusthasana Ardha Baddha Utkatasana Virabhadrasana A B D Padmottan A B asana 2 Seated Sequence Dandasana Passchimottanasana Purvattanasana A B C Ardha Baddha Triang Mukha Ek Janu Sirsasana Padma Paschimottan Pada Paschimottan A B C asana asana Marichyasana Navasana Bhujapidasana A B C D 3 Kurmasana Supta Kurmasana Garbha Kukkutasana Pindasana Baddha Konasana Upavishta Konasana Supta Konasana A B C A B A B Supta Parsvasahita Ubhaya Urdhva Mukha Setu Bandhasana A B Padangusth Paschimattan asana asana 4 Finishing Sequence Urdhva Paschmattanasana Salamba Halasana Karnapidasana Dhanurasana Sarvangasana Urdhva Pindasana Mathsyasana Uttana Padasana Sirsasana Urdhva Padmasana Dansasana Baddha Yoga Mudra Padmasana Utpluthih Savasana Padmasana 5 Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series Samasthiti Urdhva Uttanasana Chaturanga Dandasana Urdhva Mukha Adho Mukha Uttanasana Urdhva Samasthiti Namash- -
Intermediate Junior Level 2 Practice Sequence
Intermediate Junior Level 2 Practice Sequence Candidates will keep their own time. With the exception of the inversions the times given are meant to serve as a general guide for the overall timing. No Asanas Description 1 Uttanasana 2 Adho Mukha Svanasana 3 Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana with and without support, see LOY pl. 21–23 4 Ardha Chandrasana 5 Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana 6 Uttanasana 7 Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana both hands to floor 8 Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana final 9 Adho Mukha Vrkasana hands forward 10 Salamba Sirsasana 7 minutes 11 Parsva Sirsasana 30 seconds each side 12 Eka Pada Sirsasana 30 seconds each side, see LOY pl. 208 and 209 13 Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana hold foot from behind, belt if needed, see LOY pl135 14 Padmasana 15 Parvatasana in Padmasana 16 Tolasana 17 Matsyasana 18 Marichyasana III final 19 Malasana II holding heels, head down, see LOY pl. 322 20 Upavistha Konasana final 21 Ubhaya Padangusthasana 22 Akarna Dhanurasana I see LOY pl. 173 23 Kurmasana stage I, arms extended sideways see LOY pl. 361–364 24 Dandasana transition 25 Lolasana 26 Eka Hasta Bhujasana 27 Dwi Hasta Bhujasana 28 Purvottanasana 29 Bhekasana 30 Urdhva Dhanurasana 2 x from two bolsters, and 2 x from the floor 31 Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana over chair, feet on floor, bent elbows hold front legs of chair 32 Adho Mukha Svanasana transition pose 33 Salamba Sarvangasana I 6 minutes 34 Salamba Sarvangsasana II 1minute 35 Eka Pada Sarvangasana 30 seconds each side 36 Halasana 3 minutes With permission from BKSIYAA. Assessment practices © 2017 IYFSE - 1 - No Asanas Description 37 Urdhva Prasarita Padasana see LOY pl. -
Iyengar Yogavishadra B.N.S Iyengar (March 2006) (March 2006)
Vinyasa Ashtanga Yoga Vinyasa Ashtanga Yoga as taught by as taught by Yogavishadra B.N.S Iyengar Yogavishadra B.N.S Iyengar (March 2006) (March 2006) © AshtangaYoga.info © AshtangaYoga.info ~ Do as much as you can. ~ ~ Supta Kurmasana is the turtle that pulls its head and limbs into its house. The back gets so strong that an elephant (B.N.S.(B.N.S. IYENGAR)IYENGAR) can stand on it. ~ (B.N.S(B.N.S .. IYENGAR)IYENGAR) Primary Series (the first series of Vinyasa Ashtanga Yoga) Part 1 / 2 Primary Series (the first series of Vinyasa Ashtanga Yoga) Part 2 / 2 Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana A Utthita Parsvasahita Utthita Hasta Padan. B C Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana Bhuja Pindasana A* Bhuja Pindasana B Kurmasana Supta Kurmasana Garba Pindasana A Utkatasana Virabatrasana A Virabatrasana B Dandasana Pashimottanasana A Garba Pindasana B* ( roll 9 x, 360 ο clockwise ) Kukkutasana Baddha Konasana A Baddha Konasana B Baddha Konasana C Purvottanasana Pashimottanasana B Purvottanasana lift up* Ardha Baddha Padma Pashimottanasana Upavistha Konasana A Upavistha Konasana B Supta Konasana roll up* touch down* Triang Mukha Eka Pada Pashimottan. Janu Sirsasana A Janu Sirsasana B Janu Sirsasana C Marichyasana A lift up* Supta Padangusthasana A Supta Parsvasahita Supta Padangusthasana B Ubhaya Padangusthasana Marichyasana B Marichyasana C Marichyasana D repeat 3-5 x {Navasana lift up* } roll back* change hands*, roll up Urdhva Muka Pashimottanasana Supta Parivrita Padangustasana Setu Bandhasana ~ Don't take more food than you can digest! First you perfect one Asana, then you learn the next one. ~ ~ Setu Bandhasana is the bridge between humanity and divinity. -
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
Om / Vande Gurunam charanaravinde / Sandarshita svatmasukuvabodhe / Nishreyase NaradaYoga ASHTANGA VINYASA YOGA jangalikayamane / Samsara halahala Integrale Yogaschule mohashantyai / Abahu Purushakaram / Ralph Otto Primary Series - Yoga Chikitsa (Yoga therapy) Shankhacakrsi dahrinam / Sahasra sirasam www.naradayoga.com Opening Mantra svetam / Pranamami patanjalim / Om Suryanamaskara A - 9 Vinyasas - 5 Times 1.IN Urdhva 2. EX Uttanasana 3. IN Uttanasana B 4. EX Chaturanga 5. IN Urdhva Mukha 6. EX Adho Mukha 7. IN Uttanasana B 8. EX Uttanasana 9. IN Urdhva EX Samasthitihi Vrikasana Dandasana Shvanasana Shvanasana Vrikasana Suryanamaskara B - 17 Vinyasas - 5 Times 1. IN Utkatasana 2. EX Uttanasana 3. IN Uttanasana B 4. EX Chaturanga 5. IN Urdhva Mukha 6. EX Adho Mukha 7. IN Virabhadrasana 8. EX Chaturanga 9. IN Urdhva Mukha 10. EX Adho Mukha 11. IN Virabhadrasana Dandasana Shvanasana Shvanasana Dandasana Shvanasana Shvanasana 12. EX Chaturanga 13. IN Urdhva Mukha 14. EX Adho Mukha 15. IN Uttanasana B 16. EX Uttanasana 17. IN Utkatasana EX Samasthitihi Dandasana Shvanasana Fundamental Asanas Padangusthasana Padahastasana Utthita Trikonasana Paravritta Utthita Paravritta Prasarita Prasarita Prasarita Prasarita Parshvottanasana Trikonasana Pasvakonasana Pasvakonasana Padottanasana A Padottanasana B Padottanasana C Padottanasana D Primary Series - Yoga Chikitsa Vinyasa IN EX IN IN EX Utthita Hasta Utthita Parsvasahita Padangusthasana Ardha Baddha Utkatasana Virabhadrasana A Virabhadrasana B Padmottanasana Sitting Asanas Dandasana Paschimattanasana -
Ashtanga Yoga Series
Bobbi Misiti 834 Market Street Lemoyne, PA 17043 717.443.1119 befityoga.com 1. Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series Surya Namaskar A 5x Surya Namaskar B 3x Standing Poses Padangusthasana / Padahastasana Utthita Trikonasana / Parivritta Trikonasana Utthita Parsvakonasana/Parivritta Parsvakonasan Prasarita Padottanasana A,B,C,D Parsvottanasana Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana (Surya Namaskar into) Utkatasana (Surya Namaskar into) Virabhadrasana I and II Bobbi Misiti 834 Market Street Lemoyne, PA 17043 717.443.1119 befityoga.com 2. Seated poses - Yoga Chikitsa (yoga therapy) Paschimattanasana Purvattanasana Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimattanasana Triang Mukha Eka Pada Paschimattanasana Janu Sirsasana A,B,C Marichyasana A,B,C,D Navasana Bhujapidasana Kurmasana / Supta Kurmasana Garbha Pindasana / Kukkutasana Baddha Konasana Upavistha Konasana A,B Supta Konasana Supta Padangusthasana Ubhaya Padangusthasana Urdhva Mukha Paschimattanasana Setu Bandhasana Bobbi Misiti 834 Market Street Lemoyne, PA 17043 717.443.1119 befityoga.com 3. Urdhva Dhanurasana 3x Paschimattanasana 10 breaths Closing Sarvangasana Halasana Karnapidasana Urdhva Padmasana Pindasana Mathsyasana Uttana Padasana Sirsasana Baddha Padmasana Padmasana Utputhih Take Rest! Bobbi Misiti 834 Market Street Lemoyne, PA 17043 717.443.1119 befityoga.com 1. Intermediate Series - Nadi Shodhana (nerve cleansing) Surya Namaskar A 5x Surya Namaskar B 3x Standing Poses Padangusthasana / Padahastasana Utthita Trikonasana / Parivritta Trikonasana Utthita Parsvakonasana/Parivritta Parsvakonasan -
Ashtanga List of Primary Series Postures
Ashtanga list of Primary Series postures Surya Namaskar A Surya Namaskar B STANDING POSTURES 1. Padangusthasana (big toe pose) Forward Folds 2. Pada Hastasana (hands under feet) 3. Trikonasana (triangle) 4. Parivritta Trikonasana (revolved triangle) 5. Utthita Parsvakonasana (extended side angle) The Pairs / Two sets of Twins 6. Parivritta Parsvakonasana (revolved side angle) 7. Prasarita Padottanasana (wide leg forward fold) 8. Parsvottonasana (side intense stretch) Folding again 9. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (extended hand to big toe) Front of mat 10. Ardha Baddha Padma Uttanasana (half bound lotus intense stretch) balancing postures 11. Utkatasana (fierce pose) Your first vinyasas before and after Fierce 12. Virabhadrasana I (warrior) Pose/Chair pose since the Sun Salutations... 13. Virabhadrasana II (warrior) SEATED POSTURES 14. Dandasana (staff pose) Upright, forward and backwards 15. Paschimottanasana (3 X west intense stretch) 16. Purvottanasana (east intense stretch) After Purvottanasana you enter a vinyasa storm! They are raining down on you. Jump 17. Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana backs and forwards are everywhere (half you look. bound lotus version of paschimottanasana) Forward fold and holding foot variations. 18. Trianga Mukaikapada Paschimottanasana Hip, Knee and Ankle Family : (1 leg folded back, forward fold) Flex at the hip, extend at the hip, externally rotate the hip, then internally rotate the hip... 19. Janu Sirsasana (head to knee pose) A, B & C then the Janus. Four postures with a pattern of folding and 20. Marichyasana A, B C & D twisting. Marichi = Son of Brahma Scaling the summit of the Primary series next and then coast towards Savasana 21. Navasana (boat) X5 Downward Facing Dog to boat. -
Sanskrit Glossary for Hatha
Sanskrit glossary for asana names Hatha Yoga Traditional Hatha Suryanamaskar Sanskrit English Pranamasana Prayer Pose Hasta Uttanasana Raised Arms Pose Padahastasana Hand-to-Foot Pose Ashwa Sanchalanasana Equestrian Pose Parvatasana Mountain Pose Ashtanga Namaskara Eight-Limbed Salutation Bhujangasana Cobra Pose "2 Standing asana Sanskrit English Anjaneyasana Low lunge Ardha chandrasana: Half moon pose variations Garudasana: Eagle pose Natarajasana: Lord of the dance pose Pada hastasana: Hands-to-feet pose Parivrtta baddha trikonasana: Revolved bound triangle pose Parivrtta utkatasana: Twisted chair Parivrtta uttanasana: Revolved forward fold pose Svarga Dvidasana: Bird of Paradise Pose Tadasana: Mountain pose Virabhadrasana 3: Warrior iii Vrksasana: Tree pose "3 Seated asana Sanskrit English Agnistambhasana: Fire log pose Ardha matsyendrasana: Half Lord of the fishes pose Baddha konasana: Bound angle pose Eka pada rajakapotasana: Pigeon pose Gomukhasana: Cow face pose Hanumanasana: Monkey pose Krounchasana Heron pose Malasana: Garland pose/low squat Padmasana: Lotus pose Sukhasana: Easy pose Vajrasana Thunderbolt pose "4 Twists Sanskrit English Ardha Matsyendrasana Half Lord of the fishes pose Baddha parivrtta parsvakonasana: Bound revolved side angle Baddha Parsvakonasana Bound side angle pose Pasasana Noose pose Padma Matsyendrasana Spinal twist in half lotus Parivrtta Anjaneyasana Twisted lunge pose Parivritta Ardha Chandrasana Revolved half moon pose Parivritta Trikonasana Revolved triangle pose Parivritta Sukhasana Simple twist pose -
Advanced Asanas
Yoga Teacher Training Teaching and Practicing Advanced Asanas By: Nancy Wile Yoga Education Institute © Yoga Education Institute, 2014 All rights reserved. Any unauthorized use, sharing, reproduction, or distribution of these materials by any means is strictly prohibited. Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………….. 2 Standing Postures Full Dancer (Natarajasana)…………………………………………………… 3 Standing Revolved Hand to Foot (Parivrtta Hasta Pandangusthasana)... 5 One Leg Revolved Side Angle (Eka Pada Parivrtta Parsvakonasana) … 6 Half Moon with Foot Hold (Baddha Ardha Chandrasana)………………… 8 Standing Turtle (Uttana Kurmasana)……………………………………….. 10 Folded Foot Behind Head (Ruchikasana) and Standing variation……….. 13 Rope Posture (Pasasana)……………………………………………………. 15 Arm Balances Split Leg Arm Balance………………………………………………………… 17 Peacock Hand Balance (Mayurasana)………………………………………. 19 Lotus Arm Balance (Padma Mayurasana)………………………………….. 21 Two Leg Side Arm Balance (Dwi Pada Koundinyasana)………………….. 23 Scorpion (Vrschikasana)………………………………………………………. 26 Headstand with Leg Variations (Sirsasana)…………………………………. 28 Pendant Pose (Lolasana)……………………………………………………… 30 Firefly (Tittibhasana)…………………………………………………………… 32 Lotus Lift (Kukkutasana)………………………………………………………. 34 Cross Leg Arm Balance............................................................................. 36 Crane with Straight Arms (Bakasana)……………………………………….. 38 Side Plank Postures One Leg Side Plank (Visvamitrasana)……………………………………….. 40 Side Plank with Foot Hold (Vasistasana) variation…………………………. 42 Advanced -
Yoga Teacher Training Sanskrit Words and Pronunciation
Yoga Teacher Training Sanskrit Words and Pronunciation By: Nancy Wile Yoga Education Institute © Yoga Education Institute, 2012 All rights reserved. Any unauthorized use, sharing, reproduction, or distribution of these materials by any means is strictly prohibited. Sanskrit Words and Pronunciation for Yoga Teachers Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 3 Sanskrit Sounds Using the Roman Alphabet……………………………… 4 Sanskrit Alphabet……………………………………………………………….. 7 Glossary of Sanskrit Terms Related to Yoga………………………………. 8 Sanskrit Terms of Yoga Asanas……………………………………………… Mountain (Tadasana)……………………………………………………. 11 Chair (Utkatasana)………………………………………………………. 11 Forward Fold (Uttanasana)………………………………………….…. 11 Down Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)………………………………… 11 Warrior 1 (Virabhadrasana 1)………………………………………….. 12 Warrior 2 (Virabhadrasana 2)………………………………………….. 12 Full Lunge (Alanasana)…………………………………………………. 12 Humble Warrior (Sirangushtasana)…………………………………. 12 Extended Side Angle (Utthita Parsvakonasana)…………………… 13 Triangle (Utthita Trikonasana)………………………………………… 13 Revolved Triangle (Parivrtta Trikonasana)………………………….. 13 Half Moon (Ardha Chandrasana)…………………………………….. 14 Pyramid (Parsvottanasana)……………………………………………. 14 Tree (Vrksasana)…………………….…………………………………… 14 Eagle (Garudasana)……………………………………………………… 15 King Dancer (Natarajasana)……………………………………………. 15 Standing Hand To Foot (Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana)………. 15 Warrior 3 (Virabhadrasana 3)…………………………………………… 16 Hands to Feet Forward Fold (Padangusthasana)…………………… 16 Standing Straddle Forward Fold (Prasarita -
Ashtanga Yoga Benefits
Bobbi Misiti 2201 Market Street Camp Hill, PA 17011 717.443.1119 befityoga.com Ashtanga Yoga Benefits . It is not just the asana that detoxify the body, it is the heat, the sequencing, the breathing and the bandhas combined with the asana that create quite an extraordinary therapeutic system. The actual practice of learning and doing Ashtanga Yoga is therapy—the breathing, sweating, stretching, rearranging, realigning, squeezing and soaking, purifying, and transforming. It cleans out the system, destressing and detoxing as it assists the body in its ability to heal itself and maintain a strong and healthy immune system. POSE BENEFITS Warm up body, connect breathing and moving synchronicity, improve Sun Salutes blood flow to/around spine Begin the opening/stretching process in the body. Help us to connect Standing poses to grounding while lengthening in to pose. They strengthen back, hips, and legs and help to realign the skeletal system Bring awareness too spinal alignment. Improves posture. Helps Dandasana prepare the back for forward bending. Massages abdominal organs and stimulates circulation and digestion. Paschimattanasana Eliminates fat around the stomach and removes excess gas. Has a calming efect on body and mind. Purvottanasana Counter pose to paschimattansana. Stretches chest area “opening heart”, strengthens back of body and wrists. Benefits the liver and the spleen. (The liver controls fat digestion and Ardha Baddha Padma aids in metabolism, the spleen purifies our blood and keeps the Paschimattanasana immune system healthy.) Gastric problems and constipation are also relieved with this pose. Triang Mukhaekapada This pose helps reduce body fat, water retention, swollen thighs, piles, Paschimattanasana and sciatica.