Thanks as always Izzy and hope you’re feeling better. Can you explain this term “vinyasa of choice!” I hear it a lot in my classes and it’s been explained a bit but I’d love to know how to practically “choose”. What am I choosing from? What’s available to me here?
Hi Sherry! Yes I can definitely explain this. So in most modern class, when a teacher is saying “take a vinyasa” it means that they want you to do the following set of poses: high plank to half-plank to updog/cobra to downward facing dog. However, “vinyasa” is an umbrella term meaning “to place in a special way.” So when I say “take any vinyasa,” I mean that students can choose their own movements to take them back to downdog! Hope that helps :)
Oh and I actually just reread the last part of your question, which is what you’re really asking! So what’s available? I usually offer modifications from the knees (half-plank from knees), or you could go to table top then cow pose then downdog. Or you could just hold high plank. Or you could skip it all together. Other advanced options would be to add a crow or a handstand or a hovering leg :)
I hope you feel better. Although this piece is specifically about teaching yoga, it strikes me as a metaphor for the same effort and ease, repetition and variation, and the honoring the past and present as a foundation while creating sustainable newness as you move towards the future that is found in nature, poetry, and the dance of life.
I am so sorry for your sore throat and am sending virtual mint tea your way.
Hope you are feeling much better soon ❤️
Thanks Sue! Already feeling better, thank you ☺️
Thanks as always Izzy and hope you’re feeling better. Can you explain this term “vinyasa of choice!” I hear it a lot in my classes and it’s been explained a bit but I’d love to know how to practically “choose”. What am I choosing from? What’s available to me here?
Hi Sherry! Yes I can definitely explain this. So in most modern class, when a teacher is saying “take a vinyasa” it means that they want you to do the following set of poses: high plank to half-plank to updog/cobra to downward facing dog. However, “vinyasa” is an umbrella term meaning “to place in a special way.” So when I say “take any vinyasa,” I mean that students can choose their own movements to take them back to downdog! Hope that helps :)
Oh and I actually just reread the last part of your question, which is what you’re really asking! So what’s available? I usually offer modifications from the knees (half-plank from knees), or you could go to table top then cow pose then downdog. Or you could just hold high plank. Or you could skip it all together. Other advanced options would be to add a crow or a handstand or a hovering leg :)
Thanks so much for your generous explanation. I look forward to seeing what I am moved to choose.
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I hope you feel better. Although this piece is specifically about teaching yoga, it strikes me as a metaphor for the same effort and ease, repetition and variation, and the honoring the past and present as a foundation while creating sustainable newness as you move towards the future that is found in nature, poetry, and the dance of life.
I am so sorry for your sore throat and am sending virtual mint tea your way.