Class on Impermanence

Setting the theme/tone: 

Pema Chodron:

"Nothing is static/fixes, all that is fleeting and impermanent is the first mark of existence.  It is the ordinary state of affairs.  Everything is a process.  Everything, every tree, every blade of grass, all the animals, insects, human beings, buildings, the animate and the inanimate is always changing, moment to moment."

Pranayama: activating kundalini & with Sufi grinds, finish with 3 rounds of Om

Asana:

-Sun A x 5 with backbends from Tadasana & toes touching head from updog

-5x Sun B

1) Butterfly Flow: Mudra bend, crouching eagle to low lunge with a twist, cresent, reverse warrior, WII, extended side angle, reverse triangle, triangle, twisted triangle, star with backbend, temple and backwards.

2) Twisted Flow: Mudra bend, crouching eagle to arda chandrasana, leg out to the side, chaprasana, twisted half moon, step back into twisted lunge, vashitsthasana, step forward & up into crescent lung. Other side.

3) Hip Openers: Mudra bend, crouching eagle to twisted lunge, reverse birds of paradise, extended side angle with a bind, birds of paradise, runners lunge, 1/2 pigeon - hold a long time. Other side.

1.  Mandala Flow: Mudra bend, crouching eagle, WII, reverse with an exclamation, temple pulse, prasaritta with option for headstand, hip opener with option for arm balance, extended side angle to the back, WII with reverse & exclamation, temple pulse, prasaritta with option to bind into half moon on right side, vinyasa, right side 2xs, left side 2xs

-Warm down with plow, shoulder stand, fish pose & spinal twist

Meditation: Re-read Pema Chodron & talk about the fluctuations in life & relate them to fluctuations in the mind.  Draw their attention to their mind.  

Sing: “Answer” from Sarah McLachlin.