AT ALL (ashtvakra thread)

[Guest guest]

<<I am still trying to figure out how it

looks like to drop into astavakrasana from

handstand.>><br><br>Discussion of advanced postures is the pornography of

ashtanga yoga. Let us indulge for a bit!<br><br>In third

series, and in the old advanced A series, there is both

an ashtavakrasana A, in which you approach the

posture from handstand or from a three-point headstand,

and an ashtavakrasana B, in which you jump from down

dog directly into the posture.<br><br>The drop from

handstand into ashta A is not so bad, provided you can

first jump reliably into handstand, which is tough to

get. To get a feel for it you might jump from down dog

as in ashta B. I find that easier and I think others

will, too. Of course you should first get comfortable

with ashtavakrasana A using an Iynegar

approach.<br><br>Alternatively, to avoid practicing postures out of sequence and

being labeled a yoga criminal, you could just acquire

Swenson's 2nd/3rd series tape, or his advanced A/B series.

In the latter tape he and his friends show various

levels of vinyasic flourish in the arm

balances.<br><br>In my experience no single one of these arm balances

is a killer, provided you are comfortable in various

types of headstands. Doing all ten of them in sequence

however, even without the handstand options, really tests

one's ability to balance efficiently and thus conserve

strength. I have tried and failed -- for now -- to climb

that particular wall.<br><br>Reforming

Criminal,<br>Homer

[Guest guest]

What you've just described scares the hell outta this newbie to

yoga..omg..LOL!!!!<br><br>Robin M.

[Guest guest]

OK, I'm embarassed to have ask this, but: what

does LOL mean? I've seen it all over and I know the

question has been raised on this board before, but either

we never got an answer or I just don't

remember.<br><br>Homer

[Guest guest]

Oh..it just means "laughs out loud" is all...<br><br>Robin M.