Guest guest Posted March 6, 2001 Report Share Posted March 6, 2001 >> We're in Navasana for the fifth time and I'm dying. I rock from one side of my bony tailbone to the other precariously. My legs won't straighten because my injured psoas gives out. My brain is chattering away: "Why won't my legs straighten? They used to straighten. Will he see me cheating? Will he yell at me? I must try harder. I can't let him see me like this. I have to concentrate on my breath". Looking over at me, Pattabhi Jois grins and says, "One more...s_u_r_e. He always eggs us on that way - and then we do t_h_r_e_e more. But OK; for him I'll try one more time. <<<br><br>(David Life in Yoga Journal: <a href=http://files.hammock.com/~mnott/Life-article/ target=new>http://files.hammock.com/~mnott/Life-article/</a> . Thanks, tiber!!)<br><br>Now, if this is not a good piece of high drama indeed. So K.P. Jois let's you do EIGHT navasanas consecutively?? John Scott must be a wimp in comparison - he let's you repeat navasana only FIVE times (David Swenson, I think, even less).<br><br>And handstands always in between, that makes...8 handstands in all?? You don't need to have an injured psoas to let you wish you could cheat the guru. I wonder how you must feel when you come to the finishing sequence at last - still alive and kicking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2001 Report Share Posted March 7, 2001 i notice in patanali's yoga sutras no mention of masochism. as i like to say, "no pain, no ... discomfort." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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