"Your greatness is measured by your gifts, not by what you have."

Good Morning!!
Namaskar

Practice began this morning at 5:25am.
I started off with 3 half sun salutations (surya namaskara) followed by 3 full sun salutation - each 4 breaths using warrior breath technique (ujjayi pranayama).

(It's been 5 weeks since little Ava was born, taking it slow).

Next, I practiced headstand (Salamba Sirsasana) for 36 breaths.

"Regular and precise practice of Sirsasana develops the body, disciplines the mind and widens the horizons of the spirit. One becomes balanced and self-reliant in pain and pleasure, loss and gain, shame and fame and defeat and victory." B.K.S. Iyengar

To follow came shoulder stand (Salamba Sarvangasana) for 25 breaths,

25 breaths in plow pose (Halasana),

5 breaths in Lotus- shoulder-stand (Urdhva Padmasana in Sarvangasana),

5 breaths in embryo (Pindasana Sarvangasana),

5 breaths in Fish pose (Matsyasana),

extended legs out in front for only one count

(abs are incredibly weak after baby delivery )

Corpse pose (Savasana) 5 minutes

Alternate-Nostril breathing (Nadi Sodana)

- 8 rounds/three times with one minute resting in between rounds.

The practice finished with sitting in meditation

(Siddhasana) - (intended 20 minutes: actual 5 - interruptions do happen - THE IMPOTANT PART IS TO SET AN INTENTION...AND LET THE DIVINE GUIDE YOU TO FOLLOW THAT HIGHEST INTENTION KNOWING THAT WE ALWAYS GET WHAT THE SOUL NEEDS AND NOT WHAT THE EGO WANTS!! :D)

'As a grain of salt thrown into water unites and becomes one with it, a like union between the Mind and the Atman is Samadhi.'
(Iyengar's definition of Samadhi = A state in which the aspirant is one with the object of his meditation, the Supreme Spirit pervading the universe, where there is a feeling of unutterable joy and peace.)
Atman means the Self and the supreme Soul.

Blessings with your day!!
May the GREAT GURU guide you!
Om