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HDC Active Yoga: The Merchati Salutation
As an active lifestyle company we are committed to encouraging our team to stay active and fit. Earlier in the year, a number of our team expressed interest in having a Hanson Dodge Yoga class. As it turns out, in addition to my Project Management background, I am also a yoga instructor. So, in March of this year, I offered to teach an onsite class – our HDC Active Yoga program.
A small group of our team members have been joining me on Thursdays at noon to practice Hatha yoga. We welcome anyone who wants to join, whether it is a staff member or client visiting for the day. Some days we concentrate on loosening up, some days it is about stress relief; other times, it is mental and physical relaxation.
We practice many yoga asana (poses) and many traditional flows, including the sun salutations and the moon salutations. Flows in yoga are a series of asana that are done one after another in succession with the intent of creating a physical effect.
As we progressed we wanted to occasionally have a class that was energizing and helped us gather our strength. As a guide, I created what I call the “Merchati Salutation,” after the Sanskrit word “merchati” which means “gather strength.” The Merchati Salutation is a series of 37 asana using many of the warrior poses.
We all feel that this flow is very energizing and wanted to share it with you so that you can benefit from the energizing effects off this yoga flow.
Here is the Merchati Salutation.
Start with your right Side:
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Back to the Future Part II video 1-Mountain, 2-Forward Fold, 3-Warrior I, 4-Warrior II, 5-Reverse Warrior, 6-Warior II, 7-Side Angle, 8-Warrior II, 9-Revolved Side Angle, 10-Warrior II, 11-Side Angle, 12-Bound Warrior, 13-Warrior II, 14-Warrior I, 15-Warrior III, 16-Mountain, 17-Upward Hand, 18-Standing Prayer
Switch to your left Side:
19-Mountain, 20-Forward Fold, 21-Warrior I, 22-Warrior II, 23-Reverse Warrior, 24-Warior II, 25-Side Angle,26-Warrior II, 27-Revolved Side Angle, 28-Warrior II, 29-Side Angle, 30-Bound Warrior, 31-Warrior II, 32-Warrior I, 33-Warrior III, 34-Mountain, 35-Upward Hand, 36-Standing Prayer, 37-Mountain
Once you have done your warm-up and stretching, try the Merchati Salutation in your yoga practice.
We hope that you find that it helps you gather strength for the work you have to do, as it does for us.
– Walter Bloch, HDC Yoga Instructor download 13: Game of Death dvd
(Special thanks to Bill Grainger for his beautiful freeware, Yogafont.)