Whee!

Oh my goodness did I have fun the other morning. After the usual closing sequence with Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow), the instructor had us come to the wall, headwise, perpendicular. Getting into Urdhva Dhanurasana prep, our hands just a bit from a the wall, we came up into Upward Bow (or Wheel Pose), took one hands at a time to the wall behind us (terrifying first step), slowly walked our hands back up the wall until we came to standing. My body, completely not used to moving in this way, was ringing. Savasana came pretty soon afterwards and I felt completely electrified and alert. Whee, indeed.

Whee!

Now for some killjoy. Don't go trying this and killing yourselves. I felt like I was going to kill myself with this and don't want anyone actually doing it. Folks with over-flexible lumbar areas (that tend to compensate for other less flexible areas) can injure themselves, folks  who wake up in the morning and feel fit as a fiddle can injure themselves. Just be careful and listen to your body. Got that? Mhm. That's what I thought.

1. Sukhasana (Easy Pose)
2. Ajna Chakra (Third Eye) Meditation 
3. Supta Kapotanasana (Gentle Reclined Pigeon)
4. Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog Pose)
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 on the other side
6. Sun Salutations, 3 or 4 times
7. Utkatasana (Chair Pose)
8. Garundasana (Eagle Pose)
9. Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III)
10. Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I)
11. Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II)
12. Parivrtta Virabhadrasana (Revolved Warrior)
13. Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)
14. Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Triangle Pose)
15. Parsvottanasana (Intense Side Stretch Pose)
16. Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana (Standing Split Pose)
17. Matsyendrasana (Seated Twist Pose)
18. Jump to Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog Pose)
19. Repeat steps 7 through 18 on other side
20. Prasarita Padottanasana (Standing Forward Fold)
21. Come into different variations of Prasarita Padottanasana: Hands interlocked behind back, hands around shins or toe-locked, hands inbetween feet
22. Baddha Trikonasana (Bound Triangle Pose)
23. Svarga Djivasana (Bird of Paradise Pose)
24. Come out through Baddha Trikonasana and Trikonasana
25. Virabhadrasana II 
26. Repeat steps 22 through 25 other side
27. Vinyasa to floor
28. Setu Bandhasana (Bridge Pose)
29. Either repeat bridge pose twice, or come into Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow Pose)
30. If you are practicing Upward Bow pose (or Wheel Pose) do the pose coming up out against the wall (see notes above)
    
31. Paschimottanasana (Seated Foward Fold)
32. Supta Matsyendrasana (Reclined Twist Pose). Repeat other side
33. Savasana