Guest guest Posted October 12, 2000 Report Share Posted October 12, 2000 I hear often about not practicing on certain moon days and taking 3 days rest for menses....blah blah blah.....can somebody clarify the moon days? <br><br><br><br>Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2000 Report Share Posted October 12, 2000 According to Indian astrology you should not undertake any action when there is a conjunction of planets.<br><br>At new moon and full moon the earth sun and moon line up. According to Pattabhi Jois (quoting scriptures), if you injure yourself on a moon day it will take a long time to heal. <br><br>It is a well known fact that fluids are affected by the magnetic/gravitational pull of the moon (and other planets). When the sun and moon line up together this effect is hightened. One clear demonstration of this is the effect on high tides.<br><br>The body is over 90% water - so it would follow that our organism is strongly affected by these cycles - most women could tell you that when a period falls on the full moon, it is heavier. Anyone who works in a mental hospital can tell you about the increased activity at these times.<br><br>The waxing moon as it approaches full has an increased energizing (and increasingly disturbing) effect on the psyche. The waning moon as it approaches new is accompanied by a waning physical energy. The two nodes where there is a transition of energy are potentially dangerous.<br><br>If you consider this all a load of mumbo jumbo - just enjoy the fact that you get a couple of days holiday thrown in. This is certainly what I enjoy most about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2000 Report Share Posted October 12, 2000 So, this month practice should not be done on the 13th (full) and on the 27th (new)? What was the reference made to not practicing on Saturday by Sun?<br><br>I apologize for my denseness....just trying to get this all straight as I attempt to build a solid practice. The teacher (perhaps criminal) that I currently practice with does not teach much in the way of history/tradition/philosophy, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2000 Report Share Posted October 12, 2000 <<What was the reference made to not practicing on Saturday by Sun?>><br><br>in the ashtanga system, practice is not done on saturday. it is effectively a set day of rest. several posts over the last few months have moade the point, however, that nothing is engraved in stone. if you want or need to practice on saturday, do it. if you want to see if there is an effect of practicing oor not on moon days, try it both ways for a couple of months each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2000 Report Share Posted October 13, 2000 Guy said:<br><br><<It is a well known fact that fluids are affected by the magnetic/gravitational pull of the moon (and other planets). When the sun and moon line up<br>together this effect is hightened. One clear demonstration of this is the effect on high tides.<br><br>The body is over 90% water - so it would follow that our organism is strongly affected by these cycles .. >><br><br>I've taught the occaisional astronomy course, so here's the lowdown on tides.<br><br>The fact that the ocean is affected by the alignment of sun and moon (resulting in what we call spring tides and neap tides) has to do with its size in comparison with its distance from the sun and moon. When an object is so big that it covers the earth, then different parts of it will behave differently because the parts are at significantly different angles in relation to the sun and moon. However, small bodies of water (such as the fluids in one's body) are essentially not affected in this way, since the change in direction of graviational pull from the sun/moon, as you travel the foot or two across your body, is negligible.<br><br>Movement of fluids in our body is essentially affected only by our everyday actions (walking, whatever)and by the graviational pull of the earth, not by any celestial body.<br><br>I imagine that even if the cycles of the moon have some influence on our behavior, then it's our beliefs about the moon, and not the moon itself, that are at work on us.<br><br>Neverthless I skip moon days and am headed out right now to a weekend conference in which the keynote address is "Essential Astrology for Historians of Mathematics." I'll let you know if we discuss anyhthing Vedic.<br><br>Enjoy the two-day break, friends.<br><br>Peace and Good,<br>Homer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2000 Report Share Posted October 13, 2000 Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, gon GO ON... you lot. Admit it. You can dress it all up in as much mumbo jumbo as you like but the bottom line is you skip yer yoga on mood days cos you're all a bunch of lazy ********. <br><br>Any old excuse eh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2000 Report Share Posted October 13, 2000 For mood days read moon days. Obviously the mood days are when the lazy ******* women bottle out of their yoga practice cos they've got the painters in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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