[I]: Dirk, Still there? & Embellishments

[Guest guest]

OK, so I mispelled phlegm. Sorry- it's the winter

affliction that I've come to live with (I keep telling

myself I'm just "detoxing"). Stuffy/runny/phlegmy noses

are difficult to deal with in the first stages of

practice. Humidifiers have seemed to work. Anyway, has

anyone heard from Dirk? A ways back he was very

disturbed about his inability to practice...very

troubled...we were all quite worried. <br><br>BTW, the

handstand after the fierce pose in the transition poses

from standing to sitting is not simply a "flourish" as

in a tango dance (nor the one after navasana). And,

thanks laxprodoc for explaining the "leg lift" after

virbradhrasana II in those same transition poses. They are part

of the series once your arm strength, (lack of) fear

of falling over, concentration, and stability have

been established. Although I like the allegory of

ashtanga to a dance, the handstands really aren't simply

meant to be an embellishment, but a further push into

yoga. If one can't do the handstands, you can practice

the testing of your limits with bakhasana and jumping

back from your legs up on your arms, as mentioned here

previously.