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Harold and the Purple Crayon Sequence Podcast Notes (9/6/21)


Moon Salutation

-mountain

Stand straight and tall. Lift the bone in the center of your chest up like the

peak of a mountain and raise your heart to shine over it like the sun peaking

over the mountain. Move your arms to form the sides of the mountain. Be

strong like a mountain.


- crescent moon

Stand in Mountain pose and reach the arms up over head. Interlace the

fingers and as your reach up towards the ceiling bend towards the right side

of the body like the crescent moon you see in the sky.


- horse stance

Stand in Star pose and bring your hands in front of you. Bend your knees till

they are over your ankles.

- star

Start in Mountain pose and jump your feet wide so your feet are as wide as

your hands.


- triangle

Stand straight and tall. Lift the bone in the center of your chest up like the

peak of a mountain and raise your heart to shine over it like the sun peaking

over the mountain. Move your arms to form the sides of the mountain. Be

strong like a mountain.


- extended side

From Star pose turn to face the right. Reach your arms over your head. Then

take your arms to the floor as you stretch and lengthen your sides evenly

over your front leg.


- low lunge

From Table Top take a leg and extend it till the foot is under the knee. Then

take the back knee back till there is an extension in the hip. Bring the arms

up over head.


- side lunge

From Wide legged forward bend bend your knee right knee over that leg

and straighten your left leg. Repeat on the left side.


- low lunge

From Table Top take a leg and extend it till the foot is under the knee. Then

take the back knee back till there is an extension in the hip. Bring the arms

up over head.


- extended side

From Star pose turn to face the right. Reach your arms over your head. Then

take your arms to the floor as you stretch and lengthen your sides evenly

over your front leg.


- triangle

Stand straight and tall. Lift the bone in the center of your chest up like the

peak of a mountain and raise your heart to shine over it like the sun peaking

over the mountain. Move your arms to form the sides of the mountain. Be

strong like a mountain.


- star

Start in Mountain pose and jump your feet wide so your feet are as wide as

your hands.


- horse stance

Stand in Star pose and bring your hands in front of you. Bend your knees till

they are over your ankles.

- crescent moon

Stand in Mountain pose and reach the arms up over head. Interlace the

fingers and as your reach up towards the ceiling bend towards the right side

of the body like the crescent moon you see in the sky.


- mountain

Stand straight and tall. Lift the bone in the center of your chest up like the

peak of a mountain and raise your heart to shine over it like the sun peaking

over the mountain. Move your arms to form the sides of the mountain. Be

strong like a mountain.


1/2 Moon

From standing jump your feet wide and bend at the waist sideways, brining one arm to the floor. As the arm comes to the floor let the opposite foot start to float up like the moon. Feel a little curve in your body from your head to your foot just like a curve in a half-moon.


Bridge

Lay in Rest pose. Bend your knees towards your sacrum and lift your hips as high into the air as you can. Now place your palms under your hips and your elbows on the floor to keep your hips lifted. Slowly extend your legs straight. Your body now has become a bridge that starts from your head and ends at your toes.


Reclined Twist

Lay down in Rest pose and bring your knees to your chest. Extend your arms out to the side in line with your shoulders. Keeping your legs bent, roll your hips to the right, back to center, and then to the left.


Tree

From mountain pose, lift your right foot to the inside of your left thigh. Lift both arms straight to the sky like branches of a tree.


Draw Apples in Tree

From mountain pose, lift your right foot to the inside of your left thigh. Lift both arms straight to the sky like branches of a tree.


Dragon Pose

From Table top bring a leg forward in between your hands. Slide the back knee away from the hips till you feel a stretch in the front hip and thigh.


Rolling Ball

Sit in Staff pose and bend your knees keeping your feet flat on the floor. Hug your knees and lift your feet off the floor so you are balancing on your sit bones. Roll back till your sacrum lifts off the ground and roll back up to put your feet back on the floor. Repeat as many times as you would like.


Boat

Sit in Staff pose and bend your legs. Lift your feet off the ground and place your arms next to your legs. Now balance like a boat.


1/2 Moon

From standing jump your feet wide and bend at the waist sideways, brining one arm to the floor. As the arm comes to the floor let the opposite foot start to float up like the moon. Feel a little curve in your body from your head to your foot just like a curve in a half-moon.


Criss-Cross Applesauce

Horse w/ Antlers

Stand in Star pose and bring your hands in front of you. Bend your knees till they are over your ankles.


Mountain

Stand straight and tall. Lift the bone in the center of your chest up like the peak of a mountain and raise your heart to shine over it like the sun peaking over the mountain. Move your arms to form the sides of the mountain. Be strong like a mountain.


House

From Star pose bring your arms up over your head and interlace your fingers like the roof of the house.


Seated Twist draw building

Sit in Criss-cross and take your left hand to your right thigh and your right hand behind you. Lift the torso and turn to the right. Repeat on the other side.


Hero

From tabletop bring your knees together and take your feet wide. Sit between your feet. Be like a noble hero who is sitting tall willing to sacrifice for the moral cause. /


1/2 moon

From standing jump your feet wide and bend at the waist sideways, brining one arm to the floor. As the arm comes to the floor let the opposite foot start to float up like the moon. Feel a little curve in your body from your head to your foot just like a curve in a half-moon.


Rest

Lay down on your back. Rest for 2 minutes. You can count to 100 or skip count by 2’s, or even multiply in your head as high as you can. Then turn to your right side and sit up.


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