Home again, home again


Well, it’s back to the grind, if you can call this a grind. After almost three weeks of traveling between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, I am in the Midwest again, where the temperatures just feel more like home. I guess I don’t feel 100% if I can’t see my breath when I step out the door.

It was an incredible trip, with monkeys, volcanoes, lakes, oceans, and more papaya than otherwise thought humanly possible. And the best part?: Coming home, which is always how it seems to be.

I have a feeling that as memories and rememberances trickle in, I’ll be writing about experiences, making tropical references, for a bit. In the meantime, though, a sequence from a class I took in Samara, Costa Rica

Home again, home again

The class was an evening class on the shores of Samara Beach. Yoga to the sound of ocean waves… not a bad deal. As you go through the sequence, imagine the sounds of the ocean in the background, and a view of the moon rising over.

  1. Sukhasana (Easy Pose)
  2. Head and neck rolls
  3. Seated side stretches, taking arm above head towards opposite direction (either resting other arm on hand or forearm)
  4. Seated neck stretches, walking arm out by the side and taking head and neck in opposite direction. Repeat other side
  5. Table
  6. Balance in table, extending opposing arm and leg in a straight line. Repeat other side
  7. Garbasana (Child’s Pose)
  8. Anantasana (Eternal One’s Pose). Repeat other side
  9. Table pose. Cat/cow spine in table
  10. Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog Pose)
  11. Pedal feet and knees to warm up legs
  12. Step right foot forward to outside of right hand for hip opener
  13. Repeat steps 10-12 on other side
  14. Garbasana
  15. Come forward onto stomach
  16. Ardha Navasana (Half Boat Pose), lifting opposite arm and leg, stretching in opposing directions. Repeat other side
  17. Navasana (Boat Pose) Note: In some styles of yoga, boat is a different pose, which is a seated balancing and core strengthening pose.
  18. Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)
  19. Garbasana
  20. Cat/cow spine in table pose
  21. Adho Mukha Svanasana
  22. Tadasana (Mountain Pose)
  23. Natarajasana (Dancer’s Pose). Repeat other side
  24. Vrkasana (Tree Pose). Repeat other side
  25. Uttanasana (Standing Forward Fold)
  26. Vinyasa to floor
  27. Chaturanga Dandasana (Four Limbed Staff Pose)
  28. Vasisthasana (Side Plank)
  29. Repeat steps 27 and 28 on other side
  30. Garbasana
  31. Sarvangasana (Shoulder stand). Hold for one minute
  32. Halasana (Plow Pose)
  33. Setu Bandhasana (Bridge Pose)
  34. Supta Matsyendrasana (Reclined Twist). Repeat other side
  35. Savasana
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