moon days

[Guest guest]

Everybody is posting about moon days.<br>But.

Could anybody tell me what happened whith it?<br>May I

stop practicing in the morning of the new moon or it

the morning just after?<br>Have anybody some

information about fasting cicles with the

moon?<br>Thanks<br><br>Peace and love

[Guest guest]

At the schools I practice at and in Mysore it is

traditional to not practice on the day of, not the day before

or the day after.<br><br>I don't know about fasting

and moon cycles.<br><br>I do know that Ashtanga is a

perfect system. It is the means and not the end. Perhaps

yoga will help with lifting your weights (and hiking

and riding bikes and everything else), but lifting

weights will not help your yoga. Practice everyday and

your body will come to a perfect balance, among other

things. It is not necessary to do anything else but yoga

to make your yoga better. It is not a race, but a

process of becoming. It is not about results it is about

the steady process. Stiffness in muscles is part of

the process of opening up and detoxification. Pain is

a messenger and needs to be listened to. Do your

practice and all is coming. How simple can it

get?<br><br>Turmeric is great instead of NSAID's

[Guest guest]

Great post funybadlady... Regarding fasting, I

asked Sharath when he was in Boulder about fasting...

he recommends only fasting twice a month... 11 days

after a new moon and 11 days after a full moon. And

yes, you still practice even though no food is taken

in on that day. He calls this day Ekadasi (11th

day)... Peace all.<br><br>Nada

[Guest guest]

I'm told (by a senior,

certificate-on-the-wall-signed-by-gurji astanga teacher) that guruji is

sometimes

flexible in his respect of the the moon days. For example,

if the moon day is actually a saturday, guruji might

call it sunday.