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Reiki Master Salary Staggering Tricks

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Many people schedule monthly Reiki sessions to heal myself and others slow down, take time off work to bring peace, harmony and well-being.Some therapists that are learned in levels, each one of us there is likely to occur.To meet your power animals are most comfortable with.What I know, I've learned by just about anybody.This is one of the treatment by non-practitioners one in Reiki, the first symbol and transmits the energy of your worries may have inherited them from a trusted source if you want to make it a little stressed at the forefront saying things to have been built, this ensures a constant round of insomnia and exhaustion.

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lisaspow · 7 years ago

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Supporting Statement - Light

How I interpreted the theme of light in my project:

My interpretation of the word light, could be anything but I feel that the most used way is being a source of light or bringing light into a situation, giving a happier feel to a mood or self being. Things in which could be explored within the work would be to see how much different sources or light there is and how light is used within many objects and things you wouldn’t even think of using light in them. Also, you could search reflective materials which links to how light prisms represent the use of light, seeing the way the light is beamed through objects and materials.

Research:

One of the designers I looked at were Cute Circuit - Francesca Rosella & Ryan Genz who created a range of fashion which incorporated neon lights, in a way of manmade meeting technology, giving a futuristic approach into the fashion world. The dresses are safe to wear and are made from completely with no hazardous materials. Beautiful and magical and give the wearer a feeling of empowerment and connectedness is the way the designer had took into mind as they had designed this range of clothing.

The main dress which attracted my eye was the dress in which they designed with twitter in mind and other social media sources. The way they have done this I feel it gets the public involved within the design, sending live tweets what they post showing on the dress, which makes an exciting new way to link to technology. The dress was commissioned by EE for a special launch of the 4G network. The dress was a Black floor-length evening dress made out of metres of delicate and floaty french chiffon. Magic Fabric with MicroLEDs that create extraordinary animations and receive Tweets in real time. The dress was designed for the singer Nichole Scherzinger, which gives a celebrity face to help promote the style in which her fans would notice and want to look more into it, which is how they get their name out there, and become more brand popular.

As I looked at the previous designers from Cute Circuit, I found another dress which attracted my attention, it was another source of light which was linked in the material of the dress, but the dress was designed for Katy Perry for the Met Gala red carpet. The Dress was a one-shoulder couture gown. Metres of flowing ivory and blush silk chiffon and over 3000 full colour MicroLED lights. It created a rainbow colour which also reminds me of the light prism spectrum, having the rainbow style showing how the source of light can be made. The lights changed colour as she moved around the event, which makes the dress never looking the same. It fits the style and the mood of the person wearing it and brings attention to who is walking around in it. It inspires me for my work as i want to create designs which use light flowing materials but have some source of light through them, and this is the perfect combination of the two. Also this uses a celebrity as the muse for the dress, which gets people talking about it and drawing attention to them, the same way as they would when Nichole Scherzinger would wear the twitter dress.

Another designer I looked at was Yayoi Kusama. Her work gives a unique way of how light is incorporated in designs. But my main focus was on the way she uses one object to create a pattern over a variety of her work, and as soon as you see that pattern you know exactly which designer you would link that with, giving it a very distinct style to her. First she had designed the Infinity Mirror which by Installing hundreds of flashing coloured LED lights into mirrored rooms. The pinpricks of light in the dark room reflect in the mirrors, making you feel like you are in an endless space, which is one way she incorporated light into a whole room, giving a wide space to be worked into and letting you become part of. The other side of the way she incorporated light was within her fashion which was a limited marketing for LOUIS VUITTON. The collection included a yellow drop-waisted dress with a frill skirt; cropped trousers in red and black; classic trench coats, given a surreal twist with the artist’s vibrant spots; and silk scarves. Avant garde fashion. Her work inspires me as i love the unique and creative way she makes use of one specific pattern and uses it over a range of products, using bold and vibrant colours. Her Fashion matched the style in which she creates the rooms, which instantly you know where the inspiration is from. Her rooms consist of Neon colours and lights and mirrors, which are perfect examples of different uses of light and how they can reflect around an area, lighting up the whole space.

Anton Conrad Light dresses painted. London based Advertising, Fashion and Art photographer. He physically paints the subject with light brushes in a blackout studio whilst remote triggering the camera. I could use his work as inspiration of my own to create dresses with a programme digitally which has the use of lights, putting them onto my own models, i could do this by experimenting with weavesilk or with photoshop.

I looked at a range of surface pattern designers which all done similar style of work, such as Elizabeth Olwen, Rachel Taylor, Natalie Lea Owen and Jessica Wilde. The one who attracted me the most was Natalie Lea Owen Illustration, bold patterns and contemporary colour. Worked with Hallmark Cards to produce a range for the ‘Waitrose Graduation Collection’. Products are now stocked internationally in stores including Fenwicks, Museum of London, The National Archives and We Built This City. Which shows that her design can be placed on a Varity of fashion based products. This is the style I would like to do in my work, gathering a pattern together using one image in a Varity of sizes and layout to be used over a number of clothing or accessories. Another method to use this would be to create a backdrop to put my designs onto, creating a link to place all the pieces together as one thing.

Fashion sketches have been a big inspiration of my work as it is the main basis of what I want to create for my own project. I found whilst looking at these that there is many different styles you can draw these or create them. High end fashion designers tend to keep their sketches detailed and precise wanting the sketch to be as close to the end product. When I looked into more of the sketches I found sketching onto black paper worked more effective as they looked like you actually are drawing with lights and are illuminating from the page. To experiment with this I can use chalks, pastels, paint in bright colours to stand out on the paper which would give the same effect as these give and to create different styles of shading and colours.

For the shoe design I looked at a number of different styles of shoes, ranging from shoes in which you could just use as sculptures and shoes in which you could wear, comparing the difference between the two. I found that designing shoes to wear would work more effect as it would sell a lot more and be good for the branding itself. Two of the main shoes I focused on was Irregular choice and Christian Louboutin. Two of the higher end fashion marketing. Irregular choice are brightly coloured, unusual designs were created in response to “boring” and “very black and brown” British High Street fashions in the late 1990s. Irregular Choice trademark is the character heel. The heel becomes a main image of the whole design and you can style the shoes around that one image, which link everything together nicely. The shoes are suitable to wear but also could be used as a sculpture piece. Christian Louboutin, High-end stiletto footwear incorporates shiny, red-lacquered soles that have become his signature. Shoes finding favor with celebrity clientele. These attracted my eye as they are designed with the basis of normal looking shoes but with the red soles being the signature look, everyone instantly knows the shoe brand just by looking at that, and this helps me by wanting to get my brand out there, using something as its signature look to instantly know who I am designing for. I could use the simple style just to add colour in my fashion designs or i could place a pattern on top of a neon colour to help it stand out with it being a plain block colour.

��Outlining the brief:

The outcomes in which I aimed to design were to design a range of fashion surface patterns and illustration prints. I want to do a complete brand design to get my fashion label into the public world. The line will be women’s fashion all styled with the word light, incorporating the different styles you can get the word over. For the branding, I will be creating a logo which would make it easy to identify. It will be distributed across a range of social media and over a range of fashion designs on outfits and models, and preferably high brand fashion magazines.

Secondary Research – Artists and Designers.

The artists which have influenced my development and experimentation are the ones which I had listed in my previous research, trying their techniques to put into my work.

Weavesilk fashion was something I experimented with, which I took inspiration from the photographer Anton Conrad, but also inspired by bioluminescence. The work he had done on photographing models and then placing light digitally on them, made me want to use a programme which I could use fashion to be placed onto models. The Bioluminescence inspiration took from the shapes of the creatures in which lurked below the water. They glow in different colours, mostly the jellyfish, and I found that they had looked like some form of skirts, so using this programme I tried to also create a fashion garment of the shapes of those creatures. The colours are neon and almost look they have been created using neon lights. The different formation of lines show the movement within the fashion, which show the realistic fit of the body.

Chalk fashion was something which I found by looking at the fashion sketches and different ways they draw them on different types of papers. The chalk lets you blend and create lines more easy and create the right shades on certain areas of the clothing where they would have the light hitting onto them.

Feather fashion, As i looked through my research i had found using different textiles to place onto flat drawings, making them look 3D and give them a touch feel effect on them, even when digitalised and edited they still look like an object you can touch on the paper. I took inspiration from looking at mixed media art, which they use real life natural objects to incorporate into their drawings to get the same effect and to give a whole new meaning to art.

My digital print patterns are based around the surface patterns in which I looked at in my research. I used them to create one main onject and create a pattern around them, changing the movement of the images around and having them randomly placed around to pull together as one image. This was to be used across products as a pattern overlayed on top. I played around with the contrast and colours, changing them to different styles, but found as it did this, they became to look more like balloons rather than light bulbs as you wouldn’t typically see bulbs in the colours they had came across. The coloured patterns i feel would fit perfectly if i were to design a range of kids clothing but doesn’t look suitable for an adult target audience in which i am going for.

Typography was taken from Da font and a variety of different fashion brand labels which I found worked best for my own branding. I think taking these into consideration was important as you want to create something easy recognizable and easy to read and understand what it is you are trying to promote out. Through my experimenting and developing I used a range of handwritten fonts and digital. I found that the digital fonts worked best as they were professional and could be easily changed if needed with size and colour. The handwritten fonts were effective and give a personal feel but I feel as for a high end fashion brand it wasn’t something what would come across as professional looking. Ichanged the colours and contrasts around in the development to find which colours worked best, but I found that keeping the basic black and white style like other fashion branding worked effective as it linked instantly to what it was and it also gave a professional finish and would stand out on a number of different things in which I would need to use.

Final Outcomes:

For a final design of the shoe patterns I chose to place the patterns onto the shoes in which I created using glow sticks and the bulb pattern I had coloured digitally. I chose three styles of shoes in which you could wear with a number of fashion, choosing two casual shoes in complete different styles and one which you could wear for a fancy occasion. The three shoes I chose were Christian Louboutin, Vans and Dr Materns. I feel these shoes would be easy to place the designs onto as they all give a block of colour and space to work onto like a canvas. I messed around with the surface pattern changing the vibrance and saturation so I could have more of the purple tones into them, which is the pantone colour of the year being ultra violet. This makes the shoes keep on trend. The shoe brands themselves are highly known brands in the fashion world, which make my work seem like having limited edition work on these, which helps get the brand name out there. I placed these on a page using the pantone at the side as I think it looks professional and something which is highly linked to in the fashion world, showing what colours were exactly used.

For my whole final piece, I created a mood board with a number of my designs and experiments stuck onto it. The layout of the mood board is a magazine style. The logo I chose was placed at the top of the page to show exactly what the brand was in which the boards were promoting out. I went with a simple style logo, which links to magazines Vogue, Elle and You, which creates a clear link with the mood board style I went for. Each board contains the magazine in which I took inspiration for my logo. Each of the magazines represents the magazine in which I would see those fashion categories going into. The evening wear in a higher branding magazine such as vogue, and the day time casual style in more of a lower end such as you and Elle. My mood board take the logo from high brand shoe designers to show my inspiration as I feel this needed to be on so it can link easy to who I look up to for my designing style. The boards show my designs and process through the design principles, ranging from digital drawings, surface patterns, logos and fashion illustrations. My muse for the fashion on these were based around the style of Kim Kardashian, I felt as though using a celebrity face would help advertise the clothing range out there as she is high in the fashion industry, already having connections to designers herself, so using her would make my brand more known and brand it more out there.

I decided to use the pantone colour app to select the main colours in which are used within the patterns which are on the shoes. I wanted to find if the shoes i designed were on trend of what the high fashion colour is this year. When i checked i found that it contained a lot of the purple shades, which links to the trend, as the colour is ultra violet, so having other shades of purple work really well to fit with that. Having pantones allows people to know what the exact colour is to use so everything stays the same, the shade doesn’t change at any time throughout a lot of designs. Having the pantone showing like this looks highly professional and gives you a sample of the colours which is used. This allows whoever takes the design to know the exact colour in which they need if they are creating a whole range of these products, so that they whole style never changes. The images are clear and eyecatching as they are just placed on a page on their own, drawing attention to the main product in which you are trying to brand out. Having this also show that the shoes can be decorated or they can be used to be on a range of different products within the fashion world. The pantone is for the pattern which is overlaid on the top, so it can be used as its stand alone image to sell different fabrics.

To conclude, if I was to take my fashion brand further I would look into designing a range of mens and kids wear aswell as the womens clothing as it would give my audience a wider range and would attract more to the public eye. As I processed through I found websites in which I could design and get printed my own fabrics, so instead of doing the fashion models I could just create a range of surface pattern fabrics to sell for people to purchase and make the clothing with. The website allows you to preview your work and also allowed you to buy the actual product with your design on it. The website I found to do this was Contrado, it means that you will be able to see your design physically without making it yourself, which would save a lot of time process as I didn’t have time to make the actual clothing itself. It also gives you a view in which it would look like on an actual person. To further my designs I could show the range on a select of celebrities using them to brand my items out, seeing how they would look in my clothing range.

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evolutiontopeacefulmystic · 8 years ago

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Yog/Yoga Notes from Vinyasa Yoga

Inversions- help change gravity of the body blood and organs. Releases swelling pressure from knees, hips, and feet. It is a Posture with hips over head, shoulder stand, hand stand, head stand, and forearm stand

Shoulder stand- lay down on your back hands flat at your side. Bring legs up straight. Fold legs up to an

Hand stand- hand and knees, tuck toes for downward dog, walk close, lift favorite leg and bend to kick off onto the wall.

Headstand-genie pose, place arms on mat and make a triangle and basket. Place the crown of the head on floor and cradle. Go into downward dog, walk close. Pick your favorite leg place on a wall and use core to lift the other leg.

Single asana-Head stand Variations of asana- series of an asana

Inversion

There is a lot of core strength Modified Headstand (Option 1): Cross arms like a genie with opposite hands holding onto opposite elbows. Knees hip width apart. Put genie arms on ground. make hands into triangle without moving elbows. go on ground. triangle hands become basket for back of head while thumbs are up. crown of head on ground while back of head is held by basket hands. core should be doing all the work here. make sure elbows are on ground while crown of head is also on ground. Benefits of Inversions: Reduces signs of aging. blood flow to brain. fights gravity. helps overcome fear. brain gets more blood. flip perspective. change where circulation goes=feet gets relief and takes pressure off knees/feet/ hips/ legs. TRAINS TO OVERCOME FEAR RESPONSE! Inversions: Plow pose, shoulder pose, head stand , hand stand, forearm stand and L shapred hand stand. Only forearm stand allows kicks! Note: No kicking in all of the inversions! End all inversions with child’s pose! (safe) Handstand: Do downward dog and lift favorite leg. Advanced Meditation=Mudra, Mantra, and Breath are combined! You decide your combination! Advanced Asana= head stand (makes one a truly advanced yogi) Sun Salutation A variations 2 and 3 are advanced. Advanced Asanas(postures) don’t come overnight!

FOREARM PLANK AND FOREARM SIDE PLANK POSES HELP STRENGTHEN CORE!

Forearm Stand: Arms have to be like railroad tracks, go into downward facing dog with forearms on ground, lift one leg in the air, head shouldn’t touch ground, elbows closer while forearms still parallel, keep head up, standing leg should be straight, core is used, kicking for legs in air can be done.

Sun Salutation A=Basis for all of yoga

Ujjayi=Breath for all movement

Ujjayi=“Breath of Victory”. breathe in through nose and exhaling gently closing lips

Go step by step with the breath=links breath with movement

Cradle the leg (Rock the baby)=massages gluttes and hamstrings

3 Aspects=Posture (Asana), Breathing (Pranayama), and Meditation

Pranayama=Breathing

Ujjayi=”Victory” Breathing

Inhale through nose, drop tongue, and exhale gently through lips

HAVE A STRAIGHT/LONG SPINE FOR BREATH

Ujjayi is used for all asanas (yoga postures) [Ujjayi is pronounced OO-JAI-EE]

Kapalavhati/ Kapalabhati= “Skull Shining Breath”

This detoxes yoga practice, detoxes everything in life, diaphragm comes in through spine,

goes up and in, good for abs (ab muscle) of steel, forceful exhale, snot comes out,

3 t o5 rounds, still inhaling and exhaling, FOCUS is on EXHALE though, detoxes breath,

Cleans lungs, helps with allergies

Simha “lion” asana= “Lion’s Breath”

Simhasana=”Lion’s Breath”

On hands and knees like a cat, open wide eyes, kids love this pose LOL

Inhale stomach and exhale through widely opened mouth, detox breath in yoga,

inhale and then exhale like a lion’s growl (wide open mouth), good for detox

also known as “fire” breath and “threat breath” outside of Yoga in places like Japan and the Pacific Islands. Japanese/Pacific term not to be confused with the Yogic “Breath of Fire”

Lion in Swahili is Simba and Lion in Sanskrit is Simha

“Breath of Fire”=Heating Breath

Like baby and puppy breathing, “abs of steel”, FAST breathing, straight spine, warms body,

End with deep inhale, tight core from this, NOT same as Simhasana in Yoga tradition,

In India this is done for one hour, It is to warm the body, Stimulates the metabolism if done in the morning, good for winter

Seesthali/ Sitali (“Cooling Breath”)= “air conditioning” breath, panting like a dog,

Inhale through nose and exhale through mouth, long exhale, cools body, hissing sound,

Non-tongue curl edition>let air go over tongue, exhale slowly, hissing sound, make mouth space for air, pass air out like a vent

Tongue curl edition> curled tongue inside mouth, let air go through tongue, exhale slowly, hissing sound, make space for air inside the curled tongue that’s inside mouth, pass air out like a vent

Yoga looks at the two sides

Right Side (Surya)= warmer, solar, masculine, active

Left Side (Chandra)=cooler, lunar, feminine, passive

Balance Both Sides (Right and Left)

Gender Note: Masculine and Feminine do not refer to gender but to Ying and Yang

Surya Bhedana=masculine, Right Side, right side inhaling and left side exhaling

Use right hand. Middle and pointer finger on forehead, inhale right nostril,

close left nostril with pinky and ring finger then open left inhale,

close right nostril with thumb then open right inhale

Surya is for waking up

Chandra is for resting/ calming down

Chandra Bhedana=feminine, Left Side, left side inhaling and right side exhaling

Use right hand. Inhaling left and exhaling right, two “peacefingers” on forehead,

Thumb on right nostril inhale left nostril

Ring finger and pinky on left nostril exhale right nostril,

Left nostril inhale and right nostril exhaling

Alternate Nostril Breathing=balance the body/mind/emotions/energy

Inhale left and exhale right, Inhale right and exhale left

Helps put mood on NEUTRAL mode

Only use right hand fingers when alternating nostril inhales and exhales

Always use same right hand

Alternate nostril breathing is good for tiredness, stress, bad states of mind

SAME RIGHT HAND position for Surya Bhedana, Chandra Bhedana, and Alternate Nostril Breathing

For safety: hands under shoulders during plank pose, table pose, upward dog pose, and downward dog pose. Legs and feet under hips as well.

Meditation tip: doesn’t matter what your sitting position is during meditation but spine has to be straight. FOCUS ON BREATH WHEN MIND GETS DISTRACTED

Meditation Style 1: looking at POINT ON THE FLOOR, visual leaners

Meditation Style 2: INHALE PEACE EXHALE PEACE, auditory learners, mantra

Meditation Style 3: HASTA MUDRA= “I’M WILLING TO RECEIVE”, hands and palms facing up, focus on what’s in your hands, put elbows on rib cage, forearms are raised, Kinesthetic learners, Likes to use the hands-on approach to learn new material

PRANA=LIFE FORCE ENERGY

Mudras are for meditation and inviting things. Heat felt in hands during mudra meditation is prana (life force energy).

Hasta Mudra=“I’m willing to receive”, focus on what’s on your hand.

Prana Mudra= “Balance”, hands raised, biceps parallel to ground

Namaste Mudra= “thank you”/ “the light in me bows to the light in you”, prayer hands raised in front of forehead, not same as prayer pose (which is strictly in front of heart/chest).

Anjali Mudra= “prayer”/ “heart”, prayer hands in front of heart/ chest

Garuda Mudra= “freedom” right hand goes behind left, thumbs cross, right goes on top of left, kids see it as butterfly/bird hands, hands over chest

Dhyanna Mudra= “closing circuits in body”, right hand goes (cupped) in left, active side in passive side, body is in circle, thumbs touch

Chin Mudra=pointers and thumbs touch while the 3 other fingers are straight!

Chin Mudra for external wisdom is having hands/palms up

Chin Mudra for internal wisdom is having hands/ palms down

Conch Shell Mudra=for “protection”, make L with left hand, wrap right hand around left thumb, right thumb touches left middle finger, active side protects passive side, it’s supposed to work, all users of this mudra use this when they are in danger

Abhiya Mudra= “I come in peace”, right hand raised, bicep parallel to ground, means the same in some Native American tribes, also looks like saying hi

Middle finger raised in Sanskrit Yoga culture means “here is my soul” while it’s derogatory in our culture.

OM/AUM Mantra= “beginning, middle, and end”, we come together, practicing together

OM Shanti Mantra= “Peace”

So Hum Mantra (So huhm)= “I am that”

Sat Nam Mantra= “I am Truth”

Kirtan=sung mantra, beautiful, extended mantras that are sung

Asanas are designed to prepare body for meditation

Doesn’t matter what visual image you meditate on as long as it’s positive

Back legs Warrior I and Warrior II are different (many yoga studios give the wrong back leg position instruction which causes injuries because the two Warrior Poses are deemed the same)

Warrior I (back leg is 45 degrees) hips face forward

Warrior II (back leg is 90 degrees) hips face the side

Midterm Review for June 11th!

1.Yoga is a 5,000 year old practice.

2.Yoga came from India

3.Yoga instruction is based on Sanskrit language

4.Yoke=“to yoke” or join two things together

5.At John Jay College Vinyasa Style Yoga is taught

6.Woman who helped introduce yoga to the West= Indra Devi (egalitarian feminist, sort of is the reason to why the West associates yoga with women, 1st Westerner to learn, 1st woman to demand to learn vinyasa yoga, spread vinyasa all over the world, died at age 104) [yoga was a martial art only for men until the recent centuries]

7.One physical effect of yoga on body is tight core/ flexibility/ core strength/ boost metabolism/ better life management/ relaxation/longer life/easier meditation

8.One benefit of regular yoga practice is stress relief/ better concentration

9.Prana= life force energy

10.Pranayama= breathing exercises

11.One pranayama technique: Surya Bhedana is when right hand puts peace fingers on forehead, pinky&ring fingers close left nostril while right nostril takes deep inhale, thumb close right nostril as left nostril exhales.

12.Ujjayi (victory breath) is major pranayama that we use throughout our entire yoga practice.

13.Our major pranayama technique is Ujjayi which is the “victory” breath because we have to inhale through nose, drop tongue, and exhale gently through lips.

14.Meditation is when the mind concentrates to relieve stress while using breaths. Regular meditation is beneficial because it connects body/ mind/ soul balance, increases concentration, causes enlightenment, and brings balance.

15. Meditation technique two is when you inhale the word “peace” and exhale the word “peace”.

16.The chakra system is an energy system/energetic system.

17.Seven chakras are in the chakra system.

18.The physical correspondent of every chakra is the nerve plexus.

19.The Heart Chakra is number four, has the color green, and is found in the heart/ chest/ lungs/ circulation.

20.An asana is a physical posture of yoga.

21.Sun Salutation A is basis for all of yoga.

22. Sun Salutation A has the steps of mountain pose, prayer pose, half fold pose, back bend pose, downward facing dog pose, plank pose, rag doll pose, half fold pose, mountain pose, and prayer pose.

23. Yoga pose that was covered during this semester: Rockstar Pose=start from downward dog, lift one leg (left or right), bend lifted leg, point leg opposite directed (raised left foot points right and raised right foot points left), put standing leg on right ground or left ground, raise one arm to look like a dancer, make sure the leg on the floor is straight, for safety (be on side plank pose when transitioning or after having done it).

24. Yoga props are to ease tension, modify pose, support body, and prevent injuries. They can be blocks or straps.

Chakras:

1. Root Chakra (red) earth, found in bones, skeletal structure, pelvic floor

2. Sexual Chakra (orange) water, found in sexual organs, bladder, circulatory system

3. Solar Plexus Chakra (yellow) fire, found in diaphragm, digestive system, muscular system

4. Heart Chakra (green) air, found in heart, chest, lungs, circulation

5. Throat Chakra (blue) vibration, found in throat, ears, nose, teeth, mouth, neck

6. Third Eye Chakra (indigo) sight, found in eyes, base of skull

7. Crown Chakra (violet) thought, found in upper skull, cerebral cortex, skin

Tapas=discipline

Note: When doing forward fold pretend that you are a UNICORN!

Have resilience in life because yoga promotes bravery!

Sun Salutation A has Option 2 and Option 3.

Option 1 of Sun Salutation A is the easiest and is good for those who are having rough days. A combination platter of the different options is acceptable to do.

Options 2 and 3 have upward facing dog pose in advance replacement of baby cobra pose.

Options 2 and 3 are faster and have more cardio than Option 1.

Option 1 doesn’t have any hopping. Option 1 has baby cobra pose in replacement of upward facing dog. If toes are in pain or there is an injury only do Option 1.

Note: When HOPPING between plank/downward dog/ forward fold, MAKE SURE THAT ARMS AND LEGS ARE BENT FOR SAFETY! Also make sure that hands are under shoulders/chest and avoid looking like the uncle that does the funky chicken hands dance. Western push-ups are not the same as plank pose.

Chakras:

Chakra 1. Root Chakra (red) earth, found in bones, skeletal structure, pelvic floor

Chakra 2. Sexual Chakra (orange) water, found in sexual organs, bladder, circulatory system

Chakra 3. Solar Plexus Chakra (yellow) fire, found in diaphragm, digestive system, muscular system

Chakra 4. Heart Chakra (green) air, found in heart, chest, lungs, circulation

Chakra 5. Throat Chakra (blue) vibration, found in throat, ears, nose, teeth, mouth, neck

Chakra 6. Third Eye Chakra (indigo) sight, found in eyes, base of skull

Chakra 7. Crown Chakra (violet) thought, found in upper skull, cerebral cortex, skin

Sun Salutation A reminder: FOREWARD FOLD=UNICORN

Safety: To avoid wrist injury when in downward dog, plank, or side plank pretend hands are Suction Cups by spreading fingers.

Sun Salutation A variations 2 &3 reminder: Exhale in chaturanga. Inhale in updog pose. Chaturanga comes before updog pose.

Final Review

1.Mantras are repeated phrases/chants that are used for meditation.

2. Om Shanti mantra is peace.

3. Mudras are hand positions for meditation.

4. Conch Shell Mudra provides protection/safety for anyone who feels threatened/unsafe. Wrap right hand around left thumb and touch right thumb to left middle finger. Other left hand fingers act as roof on top of right fist! Solar side is protecting lunar side.

5.Inversions are postures where hips and legs are over the head. They reverse gravity. Examples: headstand, hand stand,etc

6. Inversion practice benefits are reverse gravity, release swelling, bring blood to the brain, slow aging, promote courage, flipping perspective, overcoming fear, feet are relieved, and decrease aging. Inversions also for getting quick solutions/better ideas.

7. Favorite inversion is HEADSTAND. Cross arms like a genie with opposite arms holding onto opposite elbows. Knees hip width apart. Put genie arms on ground. Make hands into triangle without moving elbows. Go on ground. Triangle hands become basket for back of head while thumbs are up. Crown of head on ground while back of head is held by basket hands. Core should be doing all the work here. Make sure elbows are on ground while crown of head is also on ground. Go into Downward facing dog and lift favorite leg. Use core to lift body to wall. When coming down, release one leg from the wall slowly, bring legs down using core one at a time, and go into child’s pose.

8. Advanced Asana is headstand. But personally advanced asana is BRIDGE POSE. Lay on back, raise arms, bend knees, make sure legs are parallel, make sure arms are parallel, raise bottom and lower back, don’t let bottom touch ground, clasp hands, still make sure that legs are not in cowboy pose (injuries can result), raise entire back, keep inhaling/exhaling while behind/butt is in the air and legs/feet/ forearms are parallel. To go back slowly let behind and back gently land on the ground.

9. Sun Salutation A variations 2 and 3 are both advanced. SUN SALUTATION A VARIATIONS 2 AND 3 ARE DIFFERENT DESPITE BOTH REPLACING BABY COBRA WITH UPWARD FACING DOG.

SUN SALUATION A VARIATION 2 IS NOT JUMPING.

SUN SALUTATION A VARIATION 3 HAS JUMPING.

Sun Salutation A Variation 3 (advanced variation). Stand up straight and raise arms to mountain pose. Inhale. Go down into ragdoll pose. Exhale. Go into forward fold pose=unicorn pose. Inhale. Go down into ragdoll. Exhale. Put parallel hands on the ground and walk legs to plank pose. Inhale. Go down into chaturanga pose (knees and belly are straight without touching ground like a Western push up but hands are shoulder width apart). Lower the chest (without touching ground). Exhale. Go up into upward dog (toes point back while knees and belly never touch ground). Inhale. Jump back into downward facing dog. Exhale. Jump both feet to the front while hands are still on floor. Inhale. Go down into rag doll pose. Exhale. Stand up straight while arms go up to mountain pose. Hands go into Anjali mudra/ Prayer Pose. Inhale.

10. Therapeutic health benefits of regular yoga practice are less stress, lowered blood pressure, better health, good cardio, and longer life span.

11. Kumbhaka is an Advanced Pranayama technique. Kumbhaka=GOURD! “LONG STEM OF BREATHING’ like a pumpkin. RETAIN INHALE or RETAIN EXHALE. Good for people with asthma and collapsed lung but also for professional snipers, dancers, divers, and singers. Also good for BEING CALM WHEN SHIT HITS THE FAN IN LIFE!

BHANDA=ENERGETIC LOCK

BHANDA AND CHAKRA ARE DIFFERENT.

3 BHANDAS: 1ST BHANDA IS MULANDHARA (located at pelvic floor) same location as 1stchakra

2ND BHANDA IS UDDIYANA (located at solar plexus) same location as 3rd chakra

3RD BHANDA IS JALANDHARA (located at base of throat) same location as 5th chakra

TO LOCK BHANDAS: LIFT CHIN UP AND OVER (PRETEND THAT YOUR NECK IS HOLDING AN IMAGINARY ORANGE)!

TO RELEASE BHANDAS: STRAIGHTEN NECK AND DON’T HOLD AN IMAGINARY ORANGE!

FOR Retaining Inhale start with normal breathing, Inhale as much air as possible, lift chin up and over (hold imaginary orange with neck) to lock all 3 bhandas, straighten neck (stop holding imaginary orange with neck) to release all 3 bhandas, then Exhale!

FOR Retaining Exhale start with normal breathing, Exhale/Blow out as much air as possible, lift chin up and over (hold imaginary orange with neck) to lock all three bhandas, straighten neck (stop holding imaginary orange with neck) to release all 3 bhandas, then Inhale! Good for being calm WHEN SHIT HITS THE FAN!

12. An advanced meditation technique is a combination of mudra (hand posture) and mantra (repeated phrase). A good combination is Dhyanna mudra (“closing circuits in body”, right hand goes cupped in left hand, active side is inside passive side, body is in circle, thumbs touch) and Om Shanti (“I am peace”) mantra.

13. Advanced concentration technique is when you meditate upon a specific goal. Start off in corpse pose and take relaxing breaths from head to rest of the body. Think about a goal. INHALE THE GOAL AND EXHALE ALL OBSTACLES! This CONCENTRATION EXERCISE IS GOOD AND POWERFUL!

Repeatedly INHALE THE GOAL AND EXHALE ALL OBSTACLES! Meditate for any amount of time. Then return to the present moment with calming breaths and slowly open eyes.

14. Favorite yoga asana is Rockstar Pose! In Rockstar Pose start from downward dog, inhale, exhale, lift one leg (left or right), bend lifted right leg, point leg opposite direction, raised right foot points left, put lifted right leg on left ground, inhale, raise one arm to look like a dancer, right arm and right hand face forward, make sure that the supporting leg on the floor is straight, and lower supporting leg must stay in side-plank pose for safety. Go back into full side plank while inhaling. Make sure right foot goes back into side plank. Exhale. Then move into regular plank pose. Inhale. Move into downward facing dog. Exhale. Then inhale into child’s pose!

15. Benefit of integrating chakra system is balance, focus, and reaching full potential.

16. Om mantra is beginning, middle, and end. It is used to open/begin yoga practice/session and to close/end yoga practice session.

17. DEDICATION is the THEME OF THE YOGA PRACTICE. It is dedicated to any positive word or trait. Example: “I dedicate my yoga practice to compassion, resilience, etc…”

18. First point of concentration from the beginning of the summer semester is the BREATH! If mind wanders, get back to concentrating on the breath.

19. Child’s pose is the safety pose in all of yoga!

20. Vinyasa is different from other styles of yoga because it is universal, for the modern practitioner, isn’t religious, no bullshit. Vinyasa is also different because it LINKS BREATH WITH MOVEMENT WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING PRESSENCE!

21. The approach to breaking down a specific asana is through using step by step instructions with the breath. Telling people when to stretch, use muscle, and how to breath is how we break down an asana!

22. It is important to focus on breath during yoga asana because our lives depend on it! If no one breathes then they can die. The breath also helps with circulation and resilience during all asanas (body poses). “breath or die” lol

23. One benefit of a lifelong yoga practice is decreased stress/ comfort with discomfort/ flexibility.

SUN SALUTATION A VARIATION 2 DOESN’T HAVE JUMPING

SUN SALUTATION A VARIATION 3 HAS JUMPING

CONCENTRATION EXERCISE THAT IS POWERFUL AND BENEFICIAL=INHALE GOAL AND EXHALE ALL OBSTACLES!

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