Episode 15-- Open your Heart to JOY!

Namaste dear ones! Thank you so much for sharing your time with the Sunrose Yoga Podcast.  I am so grateful for you and your support.  This week's class focuses on the ultimate heart opening postures: back-bends.  This class is the first in a two part series on back bends.  Today's class emphasizes the anatomical subtleties of these postures, culminating in urdhva dhanurasana, while next week's class will turn to the energetic properties of the same postures.  Backbending postures require strength in the quadriceps, shoulders and core.  To create space in the low back (instead of compression), we draw the tailbone toward earth, while widening our pelvic bowl (spreading the outer thighs and sitting bones).  Lift the heart, while relaxing the shoulders.  Fill your heart with JOY in the postures! With love & gratitude, Kelly Please connect with me: email: sunroseyoga {at} gmail {dot} com phone: (503) 583-5299 twitter: @yoginiinthehood Thank you thank you!  Leslie, for the sweet review in iTunes! Amy for your donation! Listeners, please visit The Prana Mama, a donor to this podcast. The postures: Easy seat, anjali mudra. Bhaktasana (devotional pose). Adho mukha svanasana (downward-facing dog) to three-legged dog. Deep lunge. Ardha uttanasana- uttanasana (1/2 lifts). Anjaneyasana (crescent pose). Plank. Sphynx. Bhujangasana (cobra). Adho Mukha Svanasana. Utthita Parsvakonasana (extended lateral angle). Virabhadrasana i with garuda arms (warrior i with eagle arms). Natarajasana (dancing Shiva). Dhanurasana (bow). Eka pada kapotasana (pigeon i, ii). Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge). Urdhva dhanurasana (upward bow). **Tip: if you are fearful about upward bow, begin by backbending over an exercise ball (photos to follow). Happy baby. Savasana (pose of rest). OM! Shanti!