Group Restorative Sequence

Theme: creating more internal space From Friday's afternoon session:


Supported Child's Pose (bolster under body, blanket between calves/thighs)-
Balasana or Adho Mukha Virasana


Side Laterals (bolster supporting body, block under extended arm) lying on side, knees bent, arm extended over head


Supported fish pose (bolster horizontal to mat under torso, sandbag on thighs, head support if necessary)- Supta Uttana Padasana


Supine, lying belly down on mat to neutralize, hands along body's sides or under forehead


Supported turning the belly pose, top leg bent, bottom leg straight (bolster for top leg and arm, with blanket for head if needed)- Supta Jathara Parivartanasana


Forward bend with legs crossed (sitting on blanket, blanket around ankles supporting legs, resting head and folded arms on chair)- Adho Mukha Swastikasana


Legs up the chair, lying on floor (bolster under pelvis, legs on bolster up the chair, belted thighs & eye pillow)- Viparita Karani


Supported Crow Pose (sitting on chair, legs apart with feet on floor, rolled up blanket for belly on thighs, blocks shoulder width between feet for hands to rest) fold foreward- Supta Bakasana


-- Denise McClellan