Black Swan: The Rise

Welcome to the final class of the Black Swan series, "The Rise". After the trials and tribulations of the Black Swan, today we rise. This will be a short class, and we start where the last class left off. Key movements include: • Starting with the sword behind the back, bringing it in and striking down. • Performing an outside flower and lifting up to the sky, rising like a warrior. • Doing an outside flower and reversing the warrior. • Striking to the other side. • Bringing the sword to the chest, tucking in the spine, and holding. • Opening into Goddess pose. • Swaying from one side to another four times. • Slicing overhead and rising. • Finishing with hands to chest. We will practice the entire sequence together multiple times, holding one breath in each posture. This is the ending of the Black Swan series.