Moon Days

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Alan, you are right, the moon day is the practice

time nearest the full or new moon. For instance if the

full moon is at 11pm on Thursday and you normally

practice at 6am - your moon day would be

Friday.<br><br>Guruji often stretches moon days - if it appears on

Thursday he will often call it Friday so we get a 2 day

weekend.<br><br>The moon day is probably most important for teachers

so they get a break - not only do they teach every

day, they also practice.<br><br>I appreciate that if

you only practice two days a week you dont really

need an excuse to take a day off. <br><br>As for

saturdays - who ever said these were sacred? - its one

thing to imitate what someone else does, it is quite

another to know why you are doing it. Again, the teacher

needs rest. Even if the student does not turn up to

class, the teacher has to be there. BNS Iyengar -

student of Krishnamacharya and Jois teaches every day but

moon days and festivals. Other teachers who are held

in high esteem advise practicing every day (except

during menstruation or when other duties are more

important)