Padmasana

[Guest guest]

When I was doing Iyengar Yoga, I was taught to

fold my legs into Padmasana by placing the right foot

on the left thigh and the left foot on top into the

right groin, and to never forget then to repeat on the

other side, this time bending the left leg in

first.<br><br>As my hips used to be as stiff as a ramrod - from my

weight training, I guess - it took me 2 years to master

lotus sufficiently. Doing Padmasana with left leg first

& right foot on top was still a hassle

though.<br><br>To defect to Ashtanga Yoga was therefore somewhat a

relief. Since in Ashtanga, it seems, you never change

legs: you always fold your right leg in first and

that's that. Doing lotus this way really is my cup of

tea, because I don't feel obliged anymore to repeat

the posture on my weak side too.<br><br>But isn't the

ashtanga way of doing Padmasana rather one-sided? Doesn't

this lead to an imbalance in the body in the long run?

(Besides, I am a left-hander, so that imbalances aren't new

to me.)

[Guest guest]

A guy once asked about this one-sided-thing on a

class, and our teacher said that it's in the 5th series

when you do it the other way around. But I don't think

she was sure about this, because according to my idea

she herself does the 2nd or 3rd series. Hopefully

someone else can give some more accurate information..