Anusara Yoga Level 2 Syllabus
Standing Poses
| 1. | Vrksasana - Half Lotus |
| 2. | Garudasana |
| 3. | Reverse Virabhadrasana II |
| 4. | Parighasana |
| 5. | Parivrtta Uttanasana |
| 6. | Parsvakonasana - a) arm underneath leg, wrist clasped b) forward bend - hands clasped behind back |
| 7. | Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana |
| 8. | Ardha Chandrachapasana |
| 9. | Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana |
| 10. | Parivrtta Ardha Chandrachapasana |
| 11. | Virabhadrasana III |
| 12. | Natarajasana - holding ankle (Baby Dancer pose) |
| 13. | Hasta Padangusthasana - a) forward bend with lifted leg horizontal b) hands on hips |
| 14. | Parivrtta Hasta Padangusthasana |
| 15. | Utkatasana |
Sitting Forward Bends and Hip-openers
| 1. | Vajrasana |
| 2. | Gomukhasana - feet separated - a) forward bend |
| 3. | Longhorn Pose |
| 4. | Padmasana |
| 5. | Eka Pada Rajakapotasana prep. - a) front foot in center, front shin in front plane b) shoulder in arch of front foot c) twisting forward bend - shoulder to knee |
| 6. | Eka Pada Gomukha Paschimottanasana |
| 7. | Omega Pose |
| 8. | Baddha Konasana with forward bend |
| 9. | Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana |
| 10. | Marichyasana II |
| 11. | Malasana I - arms in front |
| 12. | Malasana II - holding ankles |
| 13. | Malasana III - hands bound |
| 14. | Akarna Dhanurasana I |
| 15. | Akarna Dhanurasana II |
| 16. | Surya Yantrasana (Sundial pose) |
| 17. | Ubhaya Padangusthasana |
| 18. | Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana I |
| 19. | Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana II |
| 20. | Ardha Navasana |
| 21. | Hanumanasana |
Sitting Twists
| 1. | Parivrtta Virasana |
| 2. | Pasasana |
| 3. | Parivrtta Padmasana |
| 4. | Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana |
| 5. | Parivrtta Upavistha Konasana |
| 6. | Parivrtta Balasana |
Inversions
| 1. | Parsva Sirsasana |
| 2. | Parsva Sirsasana in Virasana |
| 3. | Parivrttaikapada Sirsasana |
| 4. | Eka Pada Sirsasana |
| 5. | Parsvaika Pada Sirsasana |
| 6. | Urdhva Dandasana in Sirsasana |
| 7. | Sarvangasana II - hands clasped / arms straight |
| 8. | Parsva Halasana |
| 9. | Eka Pada Sarvangasana |
| 10. | Parsvaika Pada Sarvangasana |
| 11. | Supta Konasana in Sarvangasana |
| 12. | Karna Pindasana in Sarvangasana |
| 13. | Parsva Karna Pindasana in Sarvangasana |
Backbends
| 1. | Ardha Salabhasana - one leg elevated |
| 2. | Viparita Salabhasana prep. - both legs elevated, torso down |
| 3. | Makarasana |
| 4. | Eka Pada Dhanurasana - on all-fours - a) holding opposite foot |
| 5. | Mermaid Pose I |
| 6. | Mermaid Pose II |
| 7. | Eka Pada Dhanurasana |
| 8. | Eka Hasta Ustrasana - one arm overhead |
| 9. | Eka Hasta Laghuvajrasana |
| 10. | Paryankasana |
| 11. | Matsyasana |
| 12. | Supta Vajrasana |
| 13. | Uttana Padasana |
| 14. | Anjaneyasana |
| 15. | Urdvha Eka Pada Bhekasana |
| 16. | Bhekasana |
| 17. | Rajakapotasana prep - shins vertical |
| 18. | Rajakapotasana - a) hands to knees |
| 19. | Urdhva Dhanurasana - drop-back |
| 20. | Eka Hasta Urdhva Dhanurasana - one hand to knee |
| 21. | Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana |
| 22. | Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana - a) head off the floor, knees bent b) head off the floor, legs straight c) head on the floor, legs straight |
| 23. | Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana I - a) head off the floor, knees bent b) head on the floor, legs straight |
| 24. | Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana II |
| 25. | Eka Pada in Bhekasana in Ustrasana |
| 26. | Kapotasana - a) arms straight |
| 27. | Vrischikasana I - on forearms - a) feet on chair |
| 28. | Eka Padangustha Dhanurasana |
| 29. | Padangustha Dhanurasana |
| 30. | Eka Pada Rajakapotasana I |
| 31. | Eka Pada Rajakapotasana II |
| 32. | Natarajasana - a) Teardrop pose |
Handbalancings
| 1. | Pincha Mayurasana |
| 2. | Lolasana |
| 3. | Dwi Hasta Bhujasana |
| 4. | Bujapidasana |
| 5. | Tittibhasana |
| 6. | Tolasana |
| 7. | Galavasana |
| 8. | Parsva Bakasana |
| 9. | Eka Pada Bakasana I |
| 10. | Eka Pada Bakasana II |
| 11. | Eka Pada Koundinyasana I |
| 12. | Eka Pada Koundinyasana II |
| 13. | Dwi Pada Koundinyasana |
| 14. | Eka Pada Galavasana |
| 15. | Visvamitrasana |
| 16. | Kasyapasana |
| 17. | Baby Kapinjalasana |
| 18. | Mayurasana - a) in Padmasana |
| 19. | Hamsasana - a) in Padmasana |
| 20. | Eka Hasta Mayurasana |
Supine & Miscellaneous
| 1. | Urdhva Prasarita Padasana |
| 2. | Anantasana - a) holding foot of lifted leg |
| 3. | Eka Pada Supta Virasana - a) bent knee toward chest b) lifted straight leg c) leg to side |
Restoratives
| 1. | Adho Mukha Svanasana - head supported |
| 2. | Uttanasana - head supported |
| 3. | Sirsasana - a) hanging b) head between two chairs |
| 4. | Sarvangasana - a) chair with bolsters supporting legs b) shoulders on bolster, c) feet backward to wall. |
| 5. | Halasana - a) feet to wall b) feet on chair c) legs on chair or bench |
| 6. | Viparita Karani |
| 7. | Setubandha Sarvangasana - a) blocks under sacrum and heels b) bolster horizontal across sacrum - c) cross bolsters d) bench or bolsters supporting torso and legs, shoulders on blankets |
| 8. | Supta Sukhasana - belt around legs, lying on bolsters |
| 9. | Supta Matsyasana - belt around legs, lying on bolsters - a) Ardha Padmasana |
| 10. | Supta Ardha Virasana - supported on bolsters |
| 11. | Supta Virasana - supported on bolsters |
| 12. | Supta Baddha Konasana - a) supported by length-wise bolsters b) horizontal bolsters - c) pelvis and feet elevated on bolsters |
| 13. | Supported seated forward bends - support chest, belly with blankets, bolsters; support under forehead, blocks/support under elbows |
| 14. | Dying Warrior Pose - supported with bolsters a) legs straight (Adho Mukha Parivrtta Trikonasana) |
| 15. | Balasana - supported with bolsters a) bolsters suspended between two chairs - |
| 16. | Sitting in a chair, bending forward onto the bolster. |
| 17. |
Pasasana - sitting on Setubandha bench supported with bolsters |
| 18. | Viparita Dandasana - a) over backbender b) over a chair, feet on a wall, rolled Blanket under lumbar, head on bolster |
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