Day Two – Morning Asana

The morning’s theme was backbends. We’re here with just mats and blankets – no chairs – so it was urdhva danurasana the classic way. The preps was brutal. Lois Steinberg started with twists (Marichyasana 3, Bharadvajasana 1 and 2, and Ardha Matsyandrasana) followed by a series of down dog, jumping to charuranga dandasana, up dog, down dog, uttanasana, urdhva vastasana and back to down dog again – repeat, repeat, repeat – before adding in jumping from down dog to Vira 1 and then to Vira III. And that was just the prep. A dozen urdva danurasanas followed with (in Lois fashion) a barrage of instructions from “take the ankles back” to “lengthen the arms” (and many others). Then, two more back bends, adding an eka pada.

We stood on our heads (in which, for the first time, I got nauseous), our shoulders and then finally rested in savasana.

Holy smokes. I was totally toast and, after lunch, took a cozy short but much needed nap.

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