Ashtanga Yoga - Week 7

Tuesday was week 7 of Ashtanga class. We added in sitting postures this week, after our sun salutations and standing postures. This comes at the perfect time: shortly after the standing poses that require balancing on one leg.

Many of these sitting postures felt much like the kind of stretching that I do after running.

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We did also do some additional work going back to chaturanga, into the Warrior poses, and back to sitting as well, but I didn't see those positions shown in any easily accessible diagrams.

I enjoyed moving through these poses. The more we learn of the primary series, the more I see how comprehensive it really is.

We also worked on the shoulder stand again this week. I got into it much easier this time. (I have practiced a few times at home throughout the week.)

I'm heading to New Orleans next weekend and have been looking around for either an aerial or yoga studio near my hotel. So far, no aerial studios at all (although there is a burlesque troupe that does aerial in their performances, so they must be learning somewhere....) and a few yoga options, but none so far that I have seen that are specifically offering Ashtanga classes. Still looking, though.