Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 Hey screwgee,<br>you can't really talk this way about the sanctified pratice! (They will devide you into 8 (ashtanga-)parts! Lu<br>PS you must be a charlatane indeed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 I think the traditional way of learning 2nd -- adding on 1 new posture of 2nd to the end of 1st -- makes sense up to a point. It's certainly a good way to learn the 1st few asanas of 2nd. <br><br>The thing is, once you get to where you've added on more than a few asanas to the end of 1st, it all gets to be a bit too much to do every day. I prefer to keep my daily practice to 2 hours, and I try to gauge my time in the practice to allow time -- and energy -- for at least 12 urdhva dhanurasanas. It'd be nice if I were a Superman with unlimited stamina, but I simply couldn't perform a series and a half 6 days a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 <<It'd be nice if I were a Superman with unlimited stamina, but I simply couldn't perform a series and a half 6 days a<br> week. >><br><br>You would only be doing a series and a half 5 days a week for you should only do Primary on Friday. Only criminals like yoga works students in LA do intermediate postures on Fridays.<br><br>Senor,<br><br>Ole! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 did you consider that if you can't do it then you are not ready? so who cares if you can't do it now? and for madonnaashtanga who brought this up, if you can't bind in the mari's then you should NOT be moving along, and your TEACHER is the criminal not you who are just a willing participant. Your ego may be telling you how nice it is to be told you are advanced student, right? If you can't bind in mari what on earth would a teacher be telling you to move on? it's ridiculous.<br><br>crowjuice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2001 Report Share Posted June 8, 2001 ""did you consider that if you can't do it then you are not ready?""<br><br>Hmmm, kind of circular illogic there. You (or at least I) learn a given asana by attempting it. If we only did the postures we could already do, we wouldn't progress too much. You seem to imply one should not attempt the second series unless one can already do the postures in the second series. How many people who attempt the second series could do pasasana before they tried any of the rest of the series? How many stopped at pasasana until they "had it down"? Doubtful that many have. Also doubt most people stop at utthita hasta padangustasana until they master it before moving on in the first series. Perhaps you are one of the exceptions to my presumptions.<br><br>As for a teacher who allows a student or a class to proceed beyond a posture that they are fully competent in, I'm sure that you are aware that guruji does give led classes. He does ask students who can't do the eka pada sirsasana series to move to the back but beyond that, he allows students to move thru the class as best they can, at least to my experience. The mysore approach to an asana class or practice is not the only one available for astanga students and teachers. <br>Enough of the non-originality with the "criminal" <br>labels. Leave that need to label others that we don't know to that phrase's originator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2001 Report Share Posted June 10, 2001 Just an observation on your post...if focusing on moving along in the series, and you're running out of prana, you don't need 12 urdva dhanuranasa's. Increase your # of breaths per each. I'd say 3x is plenty. Of course if you want to hang out and understand the essense of the posture do 1 for 50. Try to drive off your heels and relax the rest of your foot. The longer you stay in the position, the longer you'll be able to run checks through each part of your anatomy, tighten here, relax there, more prana in that section... I know you understand.<br><br>Yours in yoga, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2001 Report Share Posted June 11, 2001 Thanx for the feedback. Today I doubled the # of breaths in UD and focusses on driving off the heels. Made a definite difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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