CPY C1 Flashcards
INTEGRATION SERIES
INTEGRATION SERIES
Exhale - Child’s Pose
Balasana
Open knees wide and bring big toes to touch
Send your tailbone back
Reach your arms forward
Rest your forehead on the mat
Exhale - Downward Facing Dog
Adho Mukha Svasana
Step your feet hip-width distance apart
Send your hips back and up
Spread your fingers wide and press your thumbs and forefingers into the mat
Exhale - Ragdoll Pose
Uttanasana
Toe/heel your feet hip-width distance apart
Hang your torso over your thighs
Interlace your arms and grab opposite elbows
INTENTION
INTENTION
Exhale - Standing at Attention
Samasthiti
Hands to heart center
Bring focus to your intention
SUN SALUTATION - A
SURYA NAMASKAR - A
Inhale - Mountain Pose
Tadasana
Spread your toes out wide
Press all four corners of your feet into the mat
Lift your chest up
Reach your arms up and rotate palms in
Draw your shoulder blades down your back
Exhale - Standing Forward Fold
Uttanasana
Place a slight bend in your knees
Hinge from your hips and draw your tailbone up
Bring your hands to the mat
Draw your shoulders away from your ears
Inhale - Halfway Lift
Ardha Uttanasana
Shift your weight forward
Extend your tailbone back
Keep a straight back
Bring your hands beside your toes or onto your shins
Exhale - High Plank to Low Plank
Chaturanga Dandasana
HIGH
Step your feet back hips-width distance apart
Press through your heels
Engage your abdominals
Plant hands shoulder-width distance apart, with shoulders over wrists
LOW
Shift your weight forward
Send your tailbone toward your heels
Stack your elbows over your wrists and bring your elbows down to 90º
Inhale - Upward Facing Dog
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Bring the tops of our feet to the mat
Lift your knees and thighs up
Open and pull your chest forward
Straighten your arms and stack shoulders over your wrists
Spread your fingers wide and press your thumbs and forefingers into the mat
Exhale - Downward Facing Dog
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Step your feet hip-width distance apart
Send your hips back and up
Spread your fingers wide and press your thumbs and forefingers into the mat
SUN SALUTATION - B
SURYA NAMASKAR - B
Inhale - Chair Pose
Utkatasana
Bend your knees
Shift your weight into your heels
Reach your arms up and rotate palms in
Exhale - Standing Forward Fold
Uttanasana
Place a slight bend in your knees
Hinge from your hips and draw your tailbone up
Bring your hands to the mat
Inhale - Halfway Lift
Ardha Uttanasana
Shift your weight forward
Lift your chest away from your thighs
Place your fingers in line with your toes or on your shins
Exhale - High Plank to Low Plank
Chaturanga Dandasana
Step your feet back
Plant your hands shoulder-width distance apart and stack shoulders over wrists
Shift your weight forward
Engage your abdominals
Stack your elbows over your wrists and bend your elbows up to 90 degrees
Inhale - Upward Facing Dog
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Bring the tops of your feet to the mat
Press all your toes into the mat
Lift your hips
Open and pull your chest forward
Spread your fingers wide and press your thumbs and forefingers into the mat
Exhale - Downward Facing Dog
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Step your feet hip width distance apart
Send your hips back and up
Spread your fingers wide and press your thumbs and forefingers into the mat
Inhale - Warrior II
Virabhadrasana II
Spin your back heel down, 90 degrees to back of mat
Toe slighty facing forward
Lift your chest and square to the side
Reach your arms in opposite directions
Exhale - Extended Side Angle
Utthita Parsvakonasana
Maintain the placement of your feet
Lift your ribs away from your thigh
Bring your front elbow to your thigh
Reach your back arm up
Inhale - Reverse Warrior
Parivritta Virabhadrasana II
Maintain the placement of your feet
Press the outside edge of your back foot down and re-engage your back leg
Lift and keep your chest open to the side
Reach your front arm up
Place your back hand lightly on your leg
CORE STRENGTHENING SERIES
Exhale - Supta Baddha Konasana Sit-Ups
Supta Baddha Konasana Sit-Ups
Bring the souls of your feet together
Open your knees wide
Lengthen and stabilize your spine
Bring your hands behind your head and put fingers behind your ears
Keep your gaze towards the ceiling and chin off your chest
Exhale - Bicycle Sit-Ups
Bicycle Sit-Ups
Bend your right knee to a 90 degree angle
Extend your left leg forward
Bring your hands behind your head and fingers behind your ears
Engage your abdominals, lift your chest, and twist to your right
Exhale - Boat Pose
Navasana
Bring your legs to a table top position
Lift your chest and lean back
Reach arms forward and rotate palms up
Draw gaze forward or up
CRESCENT LUNGE SERIES
Inhale - Crescent Lunge
Anjaneyasana
Lift and press through your back heel
Square and level your hips forward
Draw your tailbone down and lift your chest up
Reach your arms up and rotate your palms in
Exhale - Revolving Crescent Lunge
Parivrtta Anjanyasana
Maintain the placement of your feet
Bring your hands to heart center
Engage your abdominals and hinge your torso forward
Bring your left elbow to the outside of your right thigh
Exhale - Runner’s Lunge
Bring your hands to the inside of your right knee
Toe/heel your front foot to the top corner of the mat
Bring your hands or forearms to the mat
Inhale - Side Plank
Vasisthasana
Bring your feet together
Rolls your heels to the left and stack your feet
Bring your hips in line with your heels and shoulders
Reach your right arm up and stack shoulders over wrists
Spread your fingers wide
Exhale - Prayer Twist
Parivrtta Utkatasana
Bring your left knee in line with your right
Square and level your hips forward
Bring your hands to heart center
Bring your left elbow to the outside of your right thigh
Exhale - Gorilla Pose
Padhastasana
Begin to straighten your legs
Engage your abdominals
Slide your hands, palms up, under your feet and bring your toes to your writsts
Inhale - Crow Pose
Bakasana
Squat down and bring your knees to your upper arms
Shift your weight forward and take one or both feet off the mat
Engage your abdominals
Spread your fingers wide
Gaze forward and out
BALANCING SERIES
Exhale - Eagle Pose
Garudasana
Cross your right leg over your left arm and bring your toes behind your calf - single or double wrap
Shift weight into your left heel
Draw your tailbone down and lift chest up
Cross your right arm under your left to wrap elbows and wrists then bring palms to touch
Exhale - Dancer’s Pose
Nataranjasana
Brnd your right knee and grab the inside of your foot
Lift your chest up and bend into your upper back
Reach your left arm forward and kick into your right palm
Inhale - Tree Pose
Vrksasana
Press the four corners of your left foot down and lift inner arch up
Press the sole of your right foot onto your upper left thigh above your knee
Square and level your hips forward
Bring your hands to heart center
TRIANGLE SERIES
Inhale - Warrior I
Virabhadrasana I
Spin your back heel down and in. Angle your back foot forward to a 45 degree angle
Square and level your hips forward
Press the outer edge of your back foot down and lift inner arch up
Reach your arms up and rotate palms in
Exhale - Warrior II
Virabhadrasana II
Spin your back heel down
Angle your back foot slightly forward and point your knee in the same direction as your toes
Draw your tailbone down and lengthen your spine
Reach your arms in opposite directions
Exhale - Triangle Pose
Trikonasana
Straighten your front leg
Shift your hips back and reach your torso forward
Bring your front hand down and your back hand up
Exhale - Standing Straddle Bend
Prasarita Padottanasana
Bring your feet parallel or your toes in and heels out
Hinge from your hips and draw your tailbone up
Bring your hands to the mat or outside your heels
HIP OPENER SERIES
Exhale - Half Pigeon Pose
Eka Pada Rajakapotasana
Bring your right knee outside your right wrist and work your shin parallel to the front of your mat
Draw your right hip back and your left hip forward
Rest your forehead on the mat