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In order to have power, our body needs to move in every direction. SUNDAY WORKSHOP with Joe Hopkins - for people who train hard. Sunday 30 July 10h00 - 11h30 #muaythai #martialarts #bksiyengar #nzyoga #taekwondonz #muaythainz
SUNDAY YOGA WORKSHOP with Joe Hopkins - for martial art fighters and everyone who trains hard. Flexibility is itself a form of fitness - essential to fighting . Sunday 30 July 10h00- 11h30 Four Winds yoga 20 ponsonby terrace
The KIWI contingent! . We experienced a NEW STRUCTURE at RIMYI this month: Normally one months tuition at the institute includes one 2 hour class and a 3 hour practice slot per day x 6 days. . This time however, in our practice time, we have been given extra teaching sessions, including classes with Geeta Iyengar herself just for the foreigners. The extra sessions so far have been on: • remedial students back issue • headstand • Standing work • How to use the ropes correctly. • Backbends One day we had just finished 2 hours of backbends with Prashant Iyengar (including 2 headstands!) followed by a special session of another 2 hours intense backbends with 2 more headstands – the second headstand included dropping back into viparita dandasana. . In addition to this , and the normal schedule, we have had 2 extra sessions a week with Raya. This has included talks about guruji to intense practice including arm balances etc. . Needlesstosay Its been an exciting month, and I can't wait to be here again. . #iyanz #nzyoga #kiwisinindia #bksiyengar
It would make sense that day 2 of PRASHANT IYENGARS pranayama class would be exhalation - VILOMA II. Exhalation - full evacuation - observation is paramount, not just doing. The brain has 10 thousand million neurons each with 50,000 connections - that's the scope for investigation! Sequence: Supta baddha konasana (bolster longwise) with arm position variations Supta baddha konasana (bolster crosswise) with arm position variations Supta Virasana with arm variations Sirsasana Swatikasana Savasana (no support) Pranayama savasana . #iyengaryoga #prashantiyengar #kiwisinindia #nzyoga #pranayama #iyanz
PRASHANT IYENGAR's pranayama class: Pranayama is BREATHING CRAFTSMANSHIP. If fascination is not there then the learning stops. VILOMA I - traditionally we follow the breath vertically along the spine. Today we followed the breath from: • The posterior to the anterior • Zigzagging crossways from left to right across the chest, then right to left. • In a circular manner - clockwise then anti-clockwise • With the vowel sounds in a triangular shape: uuu(uncle), aaa(father), eee(sweet), oh(gold) then in reverse etc . There are so many permutations. . Sequence - preparing the mind, body for pranayama: Supine asana x 2 (Our choice: Supta Virasana, Supta Baddha Konasana, Supta Matsyasana etc) Salamba Sirsasana - practising Viloma I: Seated (our choice: Virasana, swastikasana, padmasana) Pranayama savasana Seated (our choice) Savasana #pranayama #prashantiyengar #nzyoga #kiwisinindia #iyengaryoga #iyanz
A young Prashant & Geeta IYENGAR - The Iyengar siblings are some of the worlds most inspiring yoga teachers. From a young age they have taught and helped students to understand what it really is to be a yoga practitioner. #iyengaryoga #rimyi #nzyoga
Movie day at the yoga institute - a film Geeta Iyengar presented on how to use a yoga chair. To be fair most of us fell asleep .. after another intense week of yoga, a dark room and a cold marble floor put us to sleep haha! #sleepingonthejob #rimyi #tiredyogis #yogaprops #iyengaryoga @yogaartsnz
SUNITA IYENGAR's ladies class: pranayama week at RIMYI. . The asana sequence was to prepare the diaphragm for pranayama. They were practiced with the diaphragmatic band fully open - no hardening forward of the lumbar - reaching all frontiers. . HALASANA was practiced with the spine resting back on the hands. This allowed the pressure to come off the lungs, to help quieten the mind. . Adho mukha svanasana Uttanasana Parsarita paddottanasana Adho mukha vrksasana Sirsasana Janu sirsasana Paschimottamasana Halasana (like urdhva paschimottanasana) Sarvangasana Pranayama savasana - UJJAYI Seated swastikasana - VILOMA Savasana - no supports #iyengaryoga #nzyoga #pranayama #yogaprops #rimyi @yogaartsnz
ROPE SERIES - to finish - setu bhandasana. As per Geeta Iyengar's directive. . #rope #iyengaryoga #nzyoga #rimyi #geetaiyengar #setubhandasana
ROPE SERIES - stick figures and guidelines. As per Geeta Iyengar's directive. . #rope #iyengaryoga #nzyoga #rimyi #geetaiyengar
ROPE SERIES - rope 6 As per Geeta Iyengar's directive. . #rope #iyengaryoga #nzyoga #rimyi #geetaiyengar
ROPE SERIES - rope 5 As per Geeta Iyengar's directive. . #rope #iyengaryoga #nzyoga #rimyi #geetaiyengar