Catch Up Class Week 3 - Slow Flow Class

Duration: 1 hr 16 minutes

Emphasis: Continuing our series on the back, this class focusses on side-bends. After a seated and supine warm-up and a slow Sun Salutation, the long standing sequence includes a stretchy side lunge, a twisting variation of Wide Legged Forward Bend (Prasarita Padottanasana), a variation of Goddess Pose (Utkata Konasana), Warrior 2 (Virabhadrasana II), Reverse Warrior (Viparita Virabhadrasana), Triangle Pose (Trikonasana) and Side Angle Pose (Utthita Parsvakonasana). The next (shorter) sequence takes you into Side Arm Balance (Vasisthasana), a twisting variation of Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) and Gate Pose (Parighasana). There are some seated stretches such as Head-To-Knee Pose (Janu Sirsasana) and seated variation of Gate Pose (Parighasana II) that will also open the side-body. Finally some supine supported backbends will release the back and gently counterpose the side bends and forward bends that we have done.

Mat direction: Long edge of the mat facing the screen might work best.