60 - 90 Mins
Receiving Quietness and Support From the Wall: Prone Positions
These set of sessions facing the wall calming effect on the nervous system. They are also meant as preparation and orientation for the classical prone positions that are greatly beneficial for respiratory health. In this session, we integrate the abdominal engagement (introduced in the previous session), as we explore a few prone positions.
This can be practiced as a stand-alone session, but we recommend that you do it as part of the Short Course Receiving Quietness and Support from the Wall.
Level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate, Gentle
Duration: 70 mins.
Props needed: a few blankets/ bolster, yoga strap, a chair (preferably a backless yoga chair) access to a wall
Tag words: 70mins adho mukha svanasana adho mukha virasana calm parivrtta adho mukha virasana prone prone savasana props respiratory health Stress trikonasana upavistha konasana virabhadrasana II wall
In the Iyengar tradition, we often make use of the wall. Mr. Iyengar referred to the wall as a teacher. And there is indeed a lot we can learn from the wall. Not only does it provide unconditional support and stability, it also provides an objective frame of reference which gives us valuable feedback. In this (and the related set of sessions), we turn to face the blank expanse of the wall for its calming effect on the nervous system. These set of sessions facing the wall are also meant as preparation and orientation for the classical prone positions that are greatly beneficial for respiratory health, along with their calming effect on the nervous system.
In this session, we integrate the abdominal engagement introduced in the previous session) as we explore a few prone positions
