Those who are inward-focused and often struggle to summon enough energy to get through the day, tend to be very calm and grounded and a little bit of stress doesn’t shake them in the least. For you, stress builds slowly and cumulatively and you eventually experience it as a tremendous weight that pulls you down. Stress is more likely to make you feel depressed rather than anxious. Like water and earth, you are drawn ever downward when under stress, and it can seem almost impossible to lift yourself up, either physically or emotionally. For you, movement is an essential part of reducing stress and depression; it forces you out of inertia, gets energy flowing, and allows you to begin releasing the weight of the stress you are carrying. Along with movement, heart facing downward poses may be particularly helpful because your heart is so strongly connected to the earth. The following videos are generally most supportive to people who fall into this category.
To understand Two Full Halves with a Centerpiece, view the following video. Both the first Full Half and the Centerpiece are from Down Dog and the second Full Half is from Forward Fold. The halves are complementary and all 3 sequences are leading to the peak posture of Big Toe, 1st and 2nd variations.
Now that we have a working knowledge of all 3 principles that make up the Fundamental Formula, the next step is to break down postures into 2 categories. These categories are open hip and squared hip. Placing them into these categories allows one to work with postures that are aligned anatomically and energetically and supplies the base from which we create mini sequences that are then used to create all types of classes and all formats of rotation on the mat. In this workshop, we will be focusing solely on linear format. Modules 3 through 7 will take these same categories and utilize them in mandala patterns.
To gain a feel for working from different points on front and back, and how to work off the top of the mat, practice them in Foundations Class 2. (Note: the written version of Foundations Class 2 is included in the Module 3 Principle 1 Written Classes download.)
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