Asana outside Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh

I call this Parivritta Kapotasana. What do you call it?

yoga and intuition

The best yoga classes happen when I let my body and spirit instinctively get into one asana after the next. I don't consciously plan the succession of asanas, but simply let the body with its rhythmic breathing engaging the spirit, flow from one asana to the next.

I realize I am letting my intuition guide me from pose to pose, rather than dictating the poses with my rational mind. In this way, I feel more wedded to my spirit. 

My students also flow in the lulling rhythm of breath moving body and mind in a gentle dance.  Yes, that's what my yoga practice feels like--a dance. I let the mood of the hour carry me. Last night when I was teaching my class, we moved from paschimottasana to twisiting and folding in ardhapadmasana to ardhamatsyendrasana. Then from adhomukha, to plank, to bujung, to adho, to virabhadrasana, to standing split, to uttanasana, to vrikshasana, to natarajasana.

All I know is at the end of the yoga dance, I feel invigorated and balanced.