workshop questions

[Guest guest]

once again, the first group in encinitas

(supposedly the Primary Series group)stopped at navasana and

the second group (supposedly the Second series group)

did the full primary series. for the folks in France,

NY and Boulder: did Guruji follow this pattern

there? did the first group ever do the full series? did

the second group ever do the Second Series? i got the

sense from talking with some of the participants that

people who flew or drove down and are staying in hotels

were a little frustrated at not doing the series they

had been told they would be doing. i personally don't

have a problem with being stopped at navasana as i am

not very good at some of the following postures.

there are a lot of folks in that group who are quite

capable though.

[Guest guest]

This is the same format we used in Boulder... by

the last two days we were doing the full primary, the

second group did the intermediate series all but on the

first day... Guruji sent some second series people into

a separate group... they went to a certain point

and then waited to do finishing postures when the

rest of the class finished up the more difficult

poses. We asked how long one should do the primary

before beginning the second series postures and Guruji

said 5 years. Then take on the intermediate series. He

says if you can not complete the primary series, you

should not do second series at all. Guess I'll be in

primary for a while... :-) Hope this helps.<br><br>Nada

[Guest guest]

yes, he did the same in boulder.<br>some people

who did the 'second<br>series' class (the whole

primary series) were<br>asked to go back to the first

series because they<br>were not ready (in his and

sharath's opinion). his stopping at navasana the<br>first

day was ok....he moves at a very fast<br>pace, and

does the vinyasa on both sides.<br>my quess is, he did

not want to over-do it for those people<br>who may

not have been ready for so much so

soon.<br>everything he did was so awesome, anyway! <br>120 (approx.)

people practicing at such a level<br>of depth and

focus!!!

[Guest guest]

leslie<br><br>You are saying people were asked to

move from the full primary series class (2nd class) to

the class up to navasana (1st class) ?<br><br>Because

that is really enlightening to be signed up to do

second series and then not be up to finishing full

first!! ( what a ReaLITY check)<br><br>Thanx for sharing.

[Guest guest]

In Boulder, the first group did through Navasana

and the 2nd group did the full 1st series. During the

second week, the 2nd group did through dwi pada in 2nd

series the first day, gradually added on poses in 2nd

series each day until the next to the last day completed

the entire 2nd series. The last day was 1st series.