Episode 12: Level 1 Class at the Center for Yoga, 75 min

I'm back in Los Angeles! Happy to be back and at the same time wanting just as much to be back with my family. I came back to my incredible students whose faces and passion make it all worth it :)

My theme this week had to do with one of my favorite podcasts, "The Bitterest Pill." If you want to hear the whole thing, which I truly suggest you do, you must go to thebitterestpill.com and check out episode #85, it's amazing.

Another podcast that I mention is Fitness Rocks. This podcast is by Dr. Monte, who is sooooo passionate about health and wellness it's really worth listening to. He gives you the facts about physiology, nutrition, studies that are being conducted or have been conducted about fat, food, diseases, you name it. Be informed! Fitness truly rocks.

Oh yes, the yoga blankets, check out some of these sites:

http://www.yogaaccessories.com/YogaBlankets.asp

http://www.yogaprops.net/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=yp&Category_Code=1_3_blankets

The Sequence

hands and knees

Adho Mukha Svanasana/Downward Facing Dog

Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana into lunge/one legged down dog into lunge

Uttanasana

Ardha Uttanasana into Uttanasana x 3/ Lengthening forward and bowing back into forward bend

Arm Salutations x 3

Half Sun Salutes x 3

Sun Salutation with lunge

Sun Salutation with Crescent Pose

Child's Pose

Downward Facing Dog exercise with the blanket x 2

Sun Salutation with muscular energy focus

Tree Pose x 2 (the 2nd time is with eyes closed)

Malasana/Squat

Pigeon Prep

Ardha Bhekasana

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana x 2 /Bridge Pose

Eka Pada Setu Bandha Sarvangasana/One legged Bridge Pose

Supta Padangustasana

easy twist

Savasana