Re:Travel

[Guest guest]

Hey Everyone,<br>No one has commented on how they

deal with travel and practice. Any comments? Anybody

been bold enough to suryanamaskar in the airplane

aisles? Airports? Underground stations?<br><br>That's a

big fish Thomas. <br><br>FBL

[Guest guest]

Fish go for what glitters. <br><br>Well, most of

the time travelling means skipping the practice. But,

if I manage to pull myself together, I try one of

the Short Forms in David Swenson´s Practice Manual in

the hotel room. Or at least some Surya Namaskars and

Savasana. <br><br>If I can´t get proper food, I do not eat

at all. I think this is still better than eating the

stuff you can get on a plane. <br><br>Let us not make

fools of ourselves in the public by practising in the

subway. It seems to be sufficient what we do on this

board ...

[Guest guest]

Ahahahaha..the last bit..how hilarious! Just the thought of seeing someone doing

poses on the subway makes me want to roll on the floor laughing.

[Guest guest]

Hi funky Lady,<br><br>I know these problems quite

well. Food is only one aspect. To eat nothing at all

doesn't seem the best if your travel/holiday takes longer

than 24 hours. But try to get something good to eat

for example on corse where they seem to eat and drink

white bread, cheese and red wine most of the

time.<br><br>Another aspect is space: usually hotel rooms are very

small.<br>Last year I was on corse already with my family. We

had a little cottage and I tried to practise in the

morning on the terrace. The first I had an audience of

about 3 the next day about 5 persons (although I have

to confess that watching didn't seem to be a

pleasure). After three days I stopped and went swimming

instead.<br><br>After this year's holiday (august) I will report

whether I managed to do it longer than 3

days.<br><br>Dirk

[Guest guest]

Hello Dirk,<br><br>Funny post, I laughed a lot,

thank you.<br><br>With "corse" you mean the French

island of Corsica, don't you? I usually holiday on the

Italian side in summer, on Elba - that's an island near

the coast of Tuscany. I know the space problem

myself, because when I am there, I'm confined to

exercising in the bedroom, which is the only place where I

am sure I can practise undisturbed. The bedroom

actually is not very large, and my practising space

consists of a narrow "corridor" between the bed and the

cupboard. Impossible to do all those asanas in which you

are required to spread your legs sideways, e.g. supta

konasana, supta padangusthasana and the like. In such

situations, or when I am in a hotel room stuffed with

furniture, I do nothing but short forms anyway. It's not the

ideal thing, but I guess it's better than giving up the

daily yoga routine altogether.<br><br>As a matter of

fact, I started doing Astanga yoga last summer when I

was on holiday on Elba (the years before I did

Iyengarism in the same bedroom trying to cope with the same

space problems). The heat was killing. I did nothing

but surya namaskaras A & B between my bed and

cupboard, though in a modified fashion: instead of

"flowing" from one vinyasa movement to the next, I did it

the crim way, holding just *every* posture of the sun

salutes for 5 breaths, not only downward-facing dog. I

sweated my guts out, it was like standing under a shower.