Getting Started: Bonus! Shoulder Opener Mandala

I was cruising You Tube looking for a something else and found this!

I wanted this for you folks getting started but couldn't find it before.

It is Shiva Rea's Shoulder Opening Manadala from Yoga Shakti. It is absolutely wonderful, and even people not that interested in yoga should click this link and see what she does. This makes a GREAT five minute break at the office when you are feeling low energy or tired in your back.

Shoulder Opening Mandala from Yoga Shakti.

Plan to have a belt or something available to help with one of the movements that won't work without something to grip between your hands. I have often just used my sweatshirt. A belt would be great, though.

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(Icon Sam wonders if Dean should check the trunk...)

Getting Started 9: Mandala Namaskar I

Crossposted at sun_salutation.

Disclaimer: I am not a yoga instructor. I don't know anything about exercise safety or fitness instruction. I'm not even an advanced practitioner of yoga. But I have come to love yoga and am completely self taught.

You know your own body best, so please respect your known health conditions and use the variations offered by instructors that are best for you. Remember to balance where you are now with where you could be in the future. There is no perfect pose.


Mandala Namaskar I

I am being very slow getting anything out for anyone who was waiting for another installment of this Getting Started thing.

But! I have been enjoying some new vinyasa stuff from a DVD I've been trying out, and stumbled on a sequence I *really* like.

I was doing the Hip Opening pre-set from Shiva Rea's Fluid Power, and she has a sequence she calls Mandala Namaskar. It's challenging, but not too advanced for anyone who can already do Suyra Namaskar B. (Surya is Sun. I’m pretty sure Mandala is Circle.)

Well, it appears that Shiva did not make this critter up (to be fair, she never said she did), but rather, I think there may be four Mandala Namaskars, just like we have Surya Namaskar A and B, plus a Great Surya Namaskar.

Kristi Bowman instructs Mandala Namaskar I.

I hope you like it!

I'll be back soon with Backbends, followed by Inversions. FEAR ME! :D

Ahem.

Namaste.