Guest guest Posted September 7, 2000 Report Share Posted September 7, 2000 I'm working with the primary series, but I only do up to navasana, then stop. So, I'm wondering what parts of the closing sequence I should do after that? I can't do padmasana, not to mention lotus in shoulderstand. Half lotus just seems too awkward in this posture. Scales posture is also very difficult if I'm just in half lotus, also. Can anyone offer advice regarding the "correct" way to modify the closing sequence? (I can do headstand and shoulderstand) <br>thanks<br>drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2000 Report Share Posted September 7, 2000 in the workshop, we stopped at navasana almost every day. we then did the full finishing sequence, starting with 3 back bends. there's plenty of folks in the class who don't do padmasana. all i can say is do the best alternative you can. swenson's book is good at illustrating alternative postures that help people approach the correct position. having only done this for 3 months, i've not been able to do a lot of the postures very well. the thing that has helped me the most, especially evident this last two weeks, is the frequency of practice. doing it daily makes a huge difference in whether or not i make progress or just stay in place. in this respect, SPW is spot on. do your practice..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2000 Report Share Posted September 8, 2000 namaste okrgrl<br><br> I totally agree with you. When I was starting out, I thought taking a day off in between would make me stronger, just like lifting weights.(hurry, hurry, hurry!) But after much experimentation, I found that the only way to truly progress was to surrender to daily devoted pracatice. Working through the tightness and muscle pain in the practice works better than avoiding it. This, I believe, is one of the lessons of ashtanga yoga. Facing it with courage and breathing deep through it all. Many of my teachers have preached "pain is a lesson."<br><br>I have to be disciplined about taking off one day a week, because I have also done too much, and that has not been good, either. (detach..detach...detach...) You can always do more puja on the days off, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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