Australian_Yoga_Journal_October_2017

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october 2017

yogajournal.com.au

PHOTOS: CAVEMAN COLLECTIVE; MODEL: EOIN FINN; GROOMING: MEGAN RAY; CLOTHING: MODEL’S OWN

1 Eka Pada Adho Mukha

SvanasanaOne-Legged Downward-

Facing Dog Pose

Come to Downward-Facing Dog Pose and hold

for 5 breaths, making any movements you need

to settle into the pose. Then, on an inhale, root

down through your hands and lengthen your

right leg toward the sky Press through your

e

2 High Lunge, variation

Step your right foot forward between your

hands and come into High Lunge. Keeping your

shoulders square and your hips level, focus on

the stretch in your left hip flexor. Either reach

both arms up or, if it feels safe for your joints,

deepen the hip-flexor stretch by taking your

right hand to your outer left thigh. Stay here,

3 Parivrtta Trikonasana

Revolved Triangle Pose

From High Lunge, straighten your right leg and,

on an exhalation, bring your left hand to the

floor inside your right foot. Then, twist from

your torso as you press your outer right hip

back, which should intensify the stretch of the

gluteus medius and iliotibial (IT) band. Keep

your left toes active to help elongate your spine.

Stay here, breathing deeply, for 45 seconds.

4 Parsvottanasana

Intense Side Stretch Pose

Bring your hands to either side of your right

foot, which should be facing forward. On

an inhalation, lengthen your spine. On an

exhalation, fold forward from your hip joints

while reaching out through the crown of your

head. Stay here for 45 seconds, breathing

tension out of your hamstrings.

WHEN WE PRAC

YOGA,we have

to play with opp

example, we lea

root down into

in order to rise u

the sky, or to em

breath in order

fullness of that v

can also use ou

to embrace the opposing

concepts of peace and

possibility. After all, peace

is a feeling of being in

harmony with the world

exactly as it is, whereas

possibility implies that

there is something we’d

like to attain.

Learning to hold bot

peace and possibility in

our hearts can help us

balance the art of activel

creating with letting go

and trusting the process

It means we can be

OK with life unfolding,

rather than getting

caught up in controlling

it (and experiencing the

resulting frenzied, anxio

expectation).

I created this sequen

while I was in Baja, feelin

both peace and possibili

in my heart. I felt light and

grounded, present and

hopeful. To me, the peak

posture in this flow—

Grasshopper Pose—

represents these qualities.

The sequence leading up

to it helps open the hips

and oblique muscles,

while also developing

hand balance.

Aho

HOME PRACTICE

your practice

By Eoin Finn

OUR PRO Teacher and model Eoin Finn is a yogi, surfer, eco-activist, and founder of Blissology, a yoga system that promotes reverence

for nature as the foundation for happiness. Learn more at blissology.com.

fi nd peace and possibility