What are most of us doing the majority of time during the day? Sitting. And sitting. And driving. And typing. And sitting...All of the non-activity shortens our hip flexor area, so the practice today was designed to stretch that area (including the iliacus, quadratus lumborum, and psoas). This involves thigh (quadricept) stretches and backbends - which come from a lengthening of the hip and a rising of the heart. There are many great references to these poses (camel - ustrasana, warrior 1 - virabhadrasana 1, pigeon - kapotasana, and bow - dhanurasana) on the net from places like youtube and yogajournal.com.
Tonight's class thought: We must move from an external reference to an internal reverance.
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