Sequence Flashcards
Table Top
Transition: Transition onto your hands and knees
Foundation: Wrists are under your shoulders, index fingers facing forward or turned slightly outward. Knees under your hips, toes tucked or untucked, whichever feels best for you.
General Form: Gaze is between your hands.
Cat/Cow
“Cow:
Transition: IOn your next inhale: .
General Form: Drop your belly toward the floor, arch your back and lift your chest and gaze toward the sky
Cat:
Transition: Exhale
General Form: Press down through your hands, round your upper back, tuck your chin and look toward your bellow button
Other/Fluff Continue this, and welcome this as your first opportunity to link breath and movement, with each inhale expanding the chest and each exhale creating space between your shoulder blades, match the length of the inhale with the length of the exhale as you move thru cat and cow
Organic Cat Cow
After a few rounds,
General Form: Option to explore any additional movements that feel good for your body such moving your hips clockwise for two full breaths in and out
And counterclockwise for two breaths in and out, linking breath to movement.
Return to tabletop position
Revolved TT (Right)
On your inhale bend the right elbow, draw it back, and reach your hand up high to the sky,
Exhale, thread your right arm under your left, turning into yourself, and slowly lower your right shoulder and head to the mat for a twist. Take care not to dump your weight on to your shoulder and head. Walk your left hand forward, Teepee your fingertips , and point the elbow to the sky to create more space
Inhale root down into the mat, exhale go deeper into the twist
TT
Inhale, press yourself back up into tabletop.
Reverse Gate (Right)
Lift your left foot and bring it to the outside of your mat for a kickstand, back toes tucked
Foundation: Extend your right leg back, heel and toes down foot parallel to the short edge of the mat.
General Form: Inhale, Lift your right hand and sweep it forward toward the front of the room, open the chest toward the wall for Reverse gate.
Muscle Energy: inhale, press down through your left hand to make space between bottom shoulder and chin
Organic Energy: exhale, reach your right hand further forward to create a long long line from fingers to foot
TT
On your next exhale, bring the hand down to the mat and return to table top..
Revolved TT (Left)
“On your inhale bend the left elbow, draw it back, and reach your hand up high to the sky,
Exhale, thread your left arm under your right, turning into yourself, and slowly lowering your shoulder and head to the mat for a twist. Keep the hips above the knees. Walk your right hand forward, Teepee your fingertips and point the elbow toward the sky to create space
Inhale root down through the mat, exhale go deeper into the twist
TT
Inhale and press yourself back up to tabletop.
Reverse Gate (L)
Lift your right foot, and bring it to the outside of your mat for a kickstand, back toes tucked
Foundation: Extend your left leg back bring your heel and toes down, foot parallel to the short edge of the mat.
General Form: Inhale, Lift your left hand and sweep it forward toward the front of the room, and open the chest toward the wall
Muscle Energy: inhale, press down through your right hand and make space between shoulder and chin,
Organic Energy: exhale, reach your left hand further forward to create a long long line from fingers to foot
TT
On an exhale, bring the hand down, and return to table top.
Downdog
“Transition: Walk your hands 1 handprint forward, walk your knees a few inches back, tuck your toes, and on an exhale press yourself back up into downward facing dog, hips to the sky. Take a generous bend in your knees as this is our first downward facing dog
Foundation: Hands are at least shoulder width apart, index fingers pointing forward or slightly outward, weight in the fingertips and big knuckles. Feet are hip distance apart, toes pointing forward.
General Form: Turn your biceps forward to create space between your shoulders and ears. Tuck your chin slightly, ears next to biceps. Curl your bottom ribs toward your spine, gently scoop the lower belly in, and fill your lower back with your breath.
Muscle Energy: Inhale press your hands and feet firmly into the mat while slowly allowing your knees to move toward straight, heels dropping closer to the mat
Organic Energy: Exhale chest is melting towards the ground reach your hips higher to the sky,
Forward Fold
“Transition: Walk your feet towards the top of your mat for forward fold
Foundation: Feet are rooted down, and fingertips are resting on the mat on blocks
General Form: Keep as much of a bend in the knees as you need.
Muscle Energy: Inhale press down through your feet and bring hips higher to the sky
Organic Energy: Exhale, let chest and shoulders melt down closer to the ground
Halfway Lift
“Transition: Inhale, lift half way, hands pressing firmly into your shins,
General Form: neck and Spine are long,, chest is lifted, weight evening distributed through the feet
Muscle Energy: Inhale, press through your feet and bring hips higher to the sky
Organic Energy: Exhale, reach the crown of your head forward
Forward fold
Transition: Exhale, fold forward
High Mountain to Mountain
“Transition: Inhale, sweep your arms up and overhead to rise
Exhale, hands down to your side, palms facing forward for Tadasana.
Feet are firmly planted. Slight bend in the knees, Sit bones toward the heels, lower belly scooping in, bottom ribs curled in, heart lifted, neck long, gaze forward.
Inhale, feel the energy from the earth run up your legs, exhale reach the crown of your head higher to the sky”
Forward fold with shoulder stretch
Interlace your fingers behind your back, palms facing toward one another. Big inhale to fill and open up your chest, exhale, squeeze your shoulder blades together and straighten your arms
Inhale lift the hands away from your tush
Exhale, fold forward. Allow your hands to come up over head and toward the front of the room, shoulders melt slowly toward your ears
Forward fold to High Mountain
Release your hands and bring your fingertips to the ground for a forward fold.
Inhale hands overhead to rise, high mountain
Supported Back Bend
Place your palms on your lower back, finger tips pointing toward the ground
Inhale, root down thru your feet, lift your chest toward the sky
exhale Bend back to bring your shoulder blades over an imaginary shelf for this supported back bend.
With each inhale reach your chest further up to the sky
And each exhale reach shoulder blades further back
Mountain
Inhale, come up to stand, exhale release the hands down
High Mountain
Inhale lift the hands to the sky,
Crescent Moon (Right)
Grab your left wrist with your right hand. Feet are firmly planted on the ground, arms reaching high
Foundation: On your next inhale, grow one inch taller and tip over to the right for a side body stretch
General Form: Wrap your right hip forward and your left shoulder back, bring your gaze up to the sky
Muscle Energy: Inhale, press down through your feet and grow one inch longer
Organic Energy: Exhale, reach the hands further out the side
High Mountain
Inhale, return to center, arms overhead and find evenness through the feet once again
Crescent Moon (Left)
Switch hands, left hand is holding the right wrist. Feet are firmly planted on the ground
Foundation: On your next inhale, root through the feet, grow one inch taller and tip over to the left
General Form: Wrap your left hip forward and your right shoulder back, bring your gaze up to the sky
Muscle Energy: Inhale, press down through your feet and grow one inch longer
Organic Energy: Exhale, reach the hands further out the side