If you want to make progress in your yoga practice, it is really important to become a yoga practitioner and to not just be a class goer.
I know it’s hard to practice on your own. That’s why I am giving you a simple sequence to get started. Once you’ve mastered all of the poses in this sequence, I’ll send you another one. Or, sign up for my Foundational Practice Class which will start in September. In that class we will follow the sequences from the back of Light on Yoga. The first sequence is the one for the first two weeks of practice and it is the one I am giving you here. This sequence is relatively short and simple. The sequences get longer and more challenging very quickly.
This sequence consists of:
Tadasana - Mountain Pose
Vrksasana - Tree Pose
Utthita Trikonasana - Extended Triangle Pose
Utthita Parsvakonasana - Extended Side Angle Pose
Virabhadrasana I - Warrior I
Virabhadrasana II _ warrior II
Parsvottanasana - Pyramid
Salamba Sarvangasana - Supported Shoulder Stand
Halasana - Plough Pose
Savasana - Corpse Pose
Hold each pose for 20 to 30 seconds on each side.
If you find it easier to follow along with a video, click here.
Take a picture of yourself in each pose and observe your pose and see if it looks like the pictures in Light on Yoga. Work carefully, perfecting each pose. In the straight leg poses, the leg should be straight. In the bent leg poses, the leg should be bent 90 degrees: thigh parallel to the floor and shin perpendicular. Learn to see yourself objectively.
Let me know if you try this and how it goes.
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