Anusara Yoga Level 2 Syllabus

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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