back on the mat

So, first things first--the big news over here in Erinland is that I will be teaching the 4:30 hot vinyasa class at the new Charm City Yoga studio in Federal Hill starting April 4!!! Huzzah!!! I am so excited! :)

I've been mucking through a bout of the lazies for the last week. I haven't made it to the yoga studio since last Wednesday, and I have been a big grouchyface because of it; regular yoga makes me a much nicer lady. I was determined to go tonight, but I realized that I just barely wasn't going to make it on time. I knew I still needed some yoga-ness, though, so I rolled out my mat in my chilly little office and got in a nice 1.5-hour practice! I practiced to three albums' worth of The Faint (Blank-Wave Arcade, Danse Macabre, and Wet From Birth), which isn't exactly the most yogic music out there, but it was what I was listening to, and I knew that if I started getting involved in yoga playlist construction, the asana would fall by the wayside. :) Now, let's see if I can remember what I practiced:

started with pranayama! go me!
-dhirga breath for a little bit
-nadi shodana, 1:1, with no kumbhaka
-nadi shodana, 1:3:2, with internal kumbhaka only
-nadi shodana, 1:1:1:1, with kumbhaka on puraka and rechaka
-couple of rounds of nadi shodana with no kumbhaka, just to release gradually
-kapalabhati through mouth, followed by external kumbhaka
-kapalabhati through nose, followed by internal kumbhaka
-one round of bhastrika
cat/cow
down dog
surya namaskar A (5x)
surya namaskar B (3x)
hold utkatasana at end of last surya B
ardha chandrasana (the side bendy one), with backbend at end
padangusthasana
padahastasana
vinyasa to down dog
that heinous plank with one leg tucked up to chest, then drawing the knee to shoulder to build arm/core strength that I hate so very very much but I make myself practice because I know it's good for me
three-legged dog with twisty-ness
anjaneyasana
that hamstring stretch doodad that goes so nicely after anjaneyasana
virabhadrasana 2
couple of vinyasas between parivrtta virabhadrasana and utthita parsvakonasana
hold utthita parsvakonasana, take bind
back to vira 2
utthita trikonasana, with arm variations for core strength
ardha chandrasana (the balancy one)
parivrtta ardha chandrasana
parsvottanasana
parivrtta trikonasana
vinyasa to down dog
repeat the whole thing on the left
vasisthasana
upavesasana/yogic squat
ardha malasana
eka pada koundinyasana 1
parsva bakasana
uttanasana
garudasana
vrksasana
prasarita padottanasana with the shoulder open-y arm variation
sirsasana
balasana
bhujangasana crunch-y things
salabhasana
dhanurasana
eka bhuja swastikasana
anahatasana
that frog variation with the knees off the mat and the shins perpendicular to the thighs and you start sitting your hips back and get massive stretchitude on the inner thighs and then you hold it there for what feels like forever (NB: learn the actual name of this pose! *g*)
virasana
supta virasana
paschimottanasana
janu sirsasana
marichyasana A
triang mukhaikapada paschimottanasana
bharadvajasana
parivrtta janu sirsasana
upavistha konasana
repeat sequence on L
baddha konasana
agni stambhasana
krounchasana
another hip opener doodad
eka pada bhujapidasana
ardha matsyendrasana
sarvangasana
halasana
karnapidasana
jathara parivartanasana
yin heart opener on block that I love so much
savasana!

And then I took a nice long salt bath. I feel yummy now. :)