Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Share Posted February 22, 2001 do you guys take the 5 breaths in down dog during vinyasas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Share Posted February 22, 2001 only for surya A & B; not in any of the following vinyasa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2001 Report Share Posted February 23, 2001 I have only been practising for a short time, but from memory no, two deep breaths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2001 Report Share Posted February 23, 2001 Yes, in my class my teacher has us do 5 full ujjayi breaths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2001 Report Share Posted February 23, 2001 According to John Scott, you are Not supposed to stay for 5 breaths in Downward Dog when doing vinyasa: you just enter Down Dog with an exhalation, then jump out of it with an inhalation. See pages 70-71 of Scott's book "Ashtanga Yoga". It's only in the Sun Salutes that you breath in & out 5 times when staying in Downward-facing Dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2001 Report Share Posted February 23, 2001 Goodness. That is wrong! Wrong, wrong, wrong. Only exhale downdog, then jump through. <br>FBL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2001 Report Share Posted February 23, 2001 Does anyone know why the Downward facing Dog is held for five breaths in Surynamaskar-A & B? Just curious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2001 Report Share Posted February 23, 2001 That's a good question. No one has ever told me the specific reason for the 5 breaths in surya a&b downdog. However, it seems to me that in my own practice, the added time in these first 10 ardo mukhas is necessary for extending into this posture. All my connective tissue tends to travel/melt quite a distance in this initial warm-up phase of the practice, and I don't think the effect would be nearly as great if there were no 5 breath hiatus between these vinyasa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2001 Report Share Posted February 24, 2001 Why 5 breaths in Downward Dog when doing the Sun Salutes?<br><br>2 reasons come to my mind:<br><br>1. Downward Dog is one of the most beneficial postures you can do in hatha yoga.<br><br>2. In the Astanga Primary Series at least (that's the only one I practise), Downward Dog as an ASANA is not done anywhere in the sequence: it's just a vinyasa link between the postures, which you are not supposed to hold. That means the Sun Salutes are the only place where you can stay in Down Dog for a longer time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 do you guys take the 5 breaths in down dog during vinyasas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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