90 min.

[Guest guest]

All,<br>It seems that as people become more and

more adept with their practice, the pace can become

more steady and also faster. When Guruji did the led

classes in New York it took generally an hour and a half,

maybe a little more because he had us in headstand for

quite a long time as well as some other finishing

poses, etc. He also waited until most people were

actually in the poses tombegin counting breaths. The

primary series video made at Yoga works led by Guruji is

one hour and 20 min. I like to practice along with

this tape because it evens out my breathing for all

poses and makes it so I am not rushing through some and

taking a long time in others. It also keeps the vinyasas

moving right along and doesn't give me time to take any

breaks. Which, by the way for the person who asked about

heart rate... keeps my heart rate quite high enough,

thank you very much. The interesting thing about moving

through the practice at an energetic pace and keeping the

breathing slow and steady(when you want to breathe fast) is

that it actually increases cardiovascular efficiency.

I'm not sure if my heart rate ever gets as high as is

does when swimming or running... <br><br>Unless I am

doing a lot of backbends and staying in headstand for a

longer time than 25 breaths, I take about 80-90 minutes

for primary series. But I am also at the point where

I can get into and out of all the poses fairly

quickly and in the beginning that is what took a lot of

time - getting into and out of poses like Marychi B

and D, supta kurmasana, garbha pindasana, (sp?) etc.

Most of the people at the mysore classes I go to also

finish in at or around 90 minutes. I wouldn't go to a

led class unless it was Guruji or a very senior

instructor. Tim's led class took 90 min. by the way, no

skipping anything.<br><br>Sometimes everyday practice is

really hard. I would be interested in hearing from

people with years of practice behind them regarding

going through periods of just not having the tapas like

you used to... I practice alone 90% of the time.

<br><br>FBL

[Guest guest]

Hi FBL and Alan (and the others),<br>yes, it is

an amazing experience to practice along this tape in

which PJ is counting 1:20 h. For me it was very rushy

and rapid, but I realize that it is only a matter of

practicing ever and ever till you feel comfortable to do it

this way. But, in this connection, someone had posted

here, that we have to breath about 45 seconds (at

minimum!) in every posture. So I tryed and it was again a

new experience, like iyengar. Pattabhi Jois himself

does not count so slowly that Richard and the others

of the video have this long time, to breath 45

seconds, it is much much fewer! - So, "how long to breath"

is the question. If I should breath with the

countings of PJ, I have to breath quickly and not in my own

rhythm (even if I believe that my breath will go faster

very soon then...). It would be interesting to compare

the time for breathing which do PJ in that video and

the time for breathing that is in the video with

Lino. Lu