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Stabilize your chair! Belt the top back to the back rung and your chair won't fold. We used it for Pincha Mayurasana with the chair turned around, back legs to the wall, front of seat pressing our thoracic in. Also good for chair Dhanurasana prep. Thanks to Emilie Rogers for the tip! #IyengarYoga #YogaWithProps

Use a chair to level the hips in Parivrtta Trikonasna; prop the legs against blocks at the wall (so your head won't hit); keep equal pressure on both hips as you rotate. Press the back leg's hip forward from the heel; pull the front leg's hip back from the big toe base joint. #IyengarYoga #YogaWithProps #ParivrttaTrikonasana

Standing pose week: back to the basics. Even the weight in the feet; most of us need to press more through the back foot's outer heel and the front foot's big toe base joint. Externally rotate the front leg and suck its hip toward the back heel (the point Devon's making here). Eject the torso away from the hips and rotate the chest toward the ceiling. To complete the pose, lift the top arm. #IyengarYoga #Trikonasana

Beautiful hip and groin opener in Laurie Blakeney's workshop today. We started with feet on a bolster, knees bent, then brought one leg into Ardha Ananda Balasana like Laurie's left leg here. Repeat with no bolster. Start with feet on floor, knees bent; bring one leg into Ardha Ananda Balasana; straighten the other leg up toward ceiling, then slowly extend it toward floor. Reach through the heel. #IyengarYoga

Patricia Walden shared a memory of Guruji during today's online celebration. She was in Paschimottanasana; he stood behind her, put his hands on her thoracic, pressed hard, and asked what she felt. "I feel my heart, and I am silent," she answered. Draw the thoracic in strongly enough to open the heart in this pose. #IyengarYoga #Paschimottanasana

"Be willing to be humble and patient and grateful in your practice." Thank you for the gentle reminder, Peggy Kelley. #IyengarYoga

Parsvottanasana is a delicious, calming, grounding pose. Keep the pelvis level (pull the front leg's hip back; from the back leg's heel, press forward through its hip), keep weight in the back leg, and take time in the concave phase to extend the torso fully before allowing it to drape forward. #IyengarYoga #Parsvottanasana

Press the big toe base joint and entire horseshoe shape of the standing foot's heel; descend the lifted leg's hip but lift from its sitz bone to the heel. Extend both legs. Find your stability in body, mind, breath. #IyengarYoga #UtthitaHastaPadangusthasana

Pincha Mayurasana prep: Explore all 3 hand positions--palms down, toward block, then up. Feel how palms up opens the shoulder blades. Work to keep the thumbs on the ground in the palms up position. Try with the head hanging like this, then with the head up. Notice the differences in the back and shoulder blades. #IyengarYoga #PinchaMayurasana

Balancing poses help us balance--body, mind, and spirit. Standing leg: Press the big toe base joint; pull the hip intensely toward the lifted foot. Lifted leg: Lift from the inner thigh; extend. Then find your balance. #IyengarYoga #ArdhaChandrasana