Session 6
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22m
PROPS: 1 Block, couch, window sill, or pads
1-Upward Bow
A) Using pads to lift heels and create deeper backbend
2-Drop Back
A) Using wall to understand and work on grounding legs
B) Place block between legs and dropping back
3-Tic Tac
A) Work on crouch and spring with pads
B) Three Tic Tacs in a row
4-Final Backbend
A) Using pads to self grab ankles
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Book 1: Sutras 1.29-1.32
Talk 6
Yoga Sutras Book 1, Samadhi Pada
Sutras 1.29-1.32Recommended Reading
1- Yoga, Discipline of Freedom by Barbara Stoller Miller
Pages 37-38
Read Part One, “Overcoming Obstacles and Distractions”2- Yoga Sutra Workbook, Certainty of Freedom by Vyaas Houston
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