Facing the
long side of the mat with your arms extended, step your feet as wide apart as your wrists.
Grab the medicine ball with two hands and bring it across the body, touching it to the
left side of the mat while maintaining your seated balance.
Use your thumb and fingers to help keep your pelvis steady, as you roll your right thigh open so you can plant your right heel flat on the floor, with the foot angled about 45 degrees toward the
right side of the mat.
Externally rotate your left leg so that your left foot is parallel to the
long side of the mat, with your left heel in line with your right inner arch.
So for the last month, you've had Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh in a maize and blue wrestling singlet on one
side of the mat, crouched like a young Tom Cruise, and The Spot on the other, the two circling each other cautiously.
Here is a picture of
both sides of the mat:
How to do it: Stand and take a big step back with your right foot, turning it towards
the side of the mat.
Drop your toes to one
side of your mat.
You may lengthen your stance as you open the hips to face
the side of the mat.
About 12 spritzes covers one
side of the mat.
Step your feet further toward
each side of the mat if necessary.
Though warrior I has traditionally be taught with the heel of the front foot lined up with the arch of the back foot (like standing on a tightrope), it makes more sense for most people to separate their feet to
either side of the mat a bit more (like standing on train tracks).
Lie back onto the rolled up mat so it supports the length of your spine and your shoulder blades can rest on
either side of the mat.
Begin in Tadasana, facing the right
side of your mat.
Shift to face
the side of your mat with your weight shared between the side of your foot and your forearm and hand, your forearm should be parallel with the top of your mat, fingers active.
The top and the bottom of the mat and canvas line up, tightly framing the woman's body; to create the illusion of depth,
the sides of the mat slant in, creating a queasy sense of something awry.
One
side of the mat is cloth - covered to allow for slower but more delicate movements while the opposite surface is hard and smooth for when you want the fastest response possible.
But, instead of using spray adhesive (I was afraid it would stain the paper), I put double sided tape on the front
side of the mats and stuck the front side of the mat to the back of the paper.