The biggest learning of a yoga class

The biggest learning that a yoga class gives a student is awareness:

* Whether it is body awareness in the sense, feeling muscles you never knew existed
* Awareness of your breath...your most important, but most taken for granted life process
* Awareness of your body being made for activity, rather than cherished inactivity
* Awareness of the food that one consumes, and its impact on agitating or relaxing the body
* Awareness that we are really at peace only if we choose it, rather than reacting to every useless stimulus, which does nothing for our spiritual (meaningful growth)

Moon Salutation

The moon salutation can be understood by dividing it into 11 simple poses...
This is an elegant body exercise for the evenings, and are done with the following asanas...

1) Stitha prarthanasana
2) The Half-Moon Pose - Ardhachandra-asana (Tilt backwards till your maximum capacity)
3) HAstapadangushtasana
4) Chakrasana Namaskar
5) Adho mukho swanasana
6) Bhujangasana (break-point)
7) Adho mukho swanasana
8) Chakrasana
9) HAstapadangushtasana
10) Ardhachandra-asanaTilt backwards till your maximum capacity
11) Stitha prarthanasana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0npZhN-p9io