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Introductory Asana

Training to teach Iyengar Yoga at Introductory Level

You are required to have reached a high standard in the following asanas.

List of Postures to be Assessed – Level 1
(Important asanas are in bold face and will be seen again at the next level (Introductory Level 2) 
for the Assessors to make sure the practice is maintained.)
1. Tadasana
2. Gomukhasana (arms only)
3. Utkatasana
4. Vrksasana 5. Utthita Trikonasana
6. Virabhadrasana II
7. Utthita Parsvakonasana
8. Virabhadrasana I
9. Ardha Chandrasana 10. Parighasana
11. Parsvottanasana (arms down, head up) 12. Prasarita Padottanasana (concave back, head up)
13. Uttanasana (concave back)
14. Padangusthasana
15. Padahastasana
16. Adho Mukha Svanasana (support – for hands or heels)
17. Dandasana
18. Siddhasana
19 .Virasana
20. Parvatasana
21. Triang Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana
22. Marichyasana I (twist only)
23. Malasana 1 (a) (with or without wall support for back)
24. Malasana 1 (b) (heels on rolled blanket)
25. Bharadvajasana I (turning, without holding the upper arm)
26. Chatushpadasana  (see Yoga a Gem for Women pl. 102 and cf. LOY pl. 258)
27. Salamba Sarvangasana
28. Halasana (legs on stool, feet on floor in own practice)
29. Karnapidasana
30. Supta Konasana
31. Setubandha Sarvangasana (on a brick/blocks)
32. Urdhva Prasarita Padasana (90° only)
33. Savasana (on bolster with eye band, observing the normal in breath and out breath)
Pranayama for Level 1 syllabus (not assessed)
34. Ujjayi (stage I and II)
35.  Viloma (stage I and II) List of Postures to be Assessed – Level 2
(Important asanas are in bold face, and will be seen again at the next level (Junior Intermediate Level 1) 
for the Assessors to make sure the practice is maintained; those in italics are carried over from Introductory Level 1).
 1. Tadasana
2. Utthita Parsvakonasana
3. Parivrtta Trikonasana
4. Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
5. Virabhadrasana III (from a good Virabhadrasana I)
6. Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana
7. Parighasana
8. Garudasana
9. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana I (with belt, leg forwards, heel support – wall or ledge)
10. Parsvottanasana (hands in namaste if possible)
11. Prasarita Padottanasana 1 (final pose)
12. Uttanasana (final pose)
13. Salamba Sirsasana (against a wall)/Rope Sirsasana
14. Supta Virasana (supported and non-supported)
15. Adho Mukha Svanasana (any appropriate support)
16. Chaturanga Dandasana
17. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
18. Bhujangasana
19. Dhanurasana
20. Salabhasana and Makarasana
21. Ustrasana
22. Urdhva Dhanurasana I (from chair or stool)
23. Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana (trunk supported on chair with edge of chair under shoulder blades –
feet to wall, legs parallel to the floor)
24. Bharadvajasana I (final pose)
25. Bharadvajasana II
26. Marichyasana III (twist – opposite bent elbow over the bent knee)
27. Ardha Matsyendrasana I (preparatory learning to sit on the foot, wall/foot support)
28. Malasana 1 (heels down, arms gripping wall/column)
29. Baddha Konasana (forwards as much as possible - give margin if difficult)
30. Upavistha Konasana (sitting straight)
31. Janu Sirsasana
32. Marichyasana I (bend forward with hands and arms entwined)
33. Paschimottanasana (Ugrasana/Brahmacharyasana)
34. Paripurna Navasana
35. Ardha Navasana
36. Salamba Sarvangasana (5 minutes)
37. Halasana (toes on floor, 3 minutes)
38. Eka Pada Sarvangasana
39. Parsvaika Pada Sarvangasana (as far as possible)
40. Parsva Halasana
41. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Uttana Mayurasana with support – i.e. lifting from the ground,
hands in back, feet on wall/brick/stool, see Yoga a Gem for Women, pls. 97/98)
42. Supta Padangusthasana I and II
43. Supta Baddha Konasana
44. Savasana (eye band, normal inhalation and deep exhalation) 
Pranayama for Level 2 syllabus (not assessed)
45. Ujjayi (stages III and IV)
46. Viloma (stage III)
47. Bhramari

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