Guest guest Posted July 3, 2001 Report Share Posted July 3, 2001 How can I know for definate whether KPJ will be in Mysore if I'm planning a trip there. Such a trip takes a bit of planning and I've been told his movements are not wholly predictable.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>MrM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2001 Report Share Posted October 9, 2001 When Lino Miele started his own practice of Astanga Yoga back in the eighties, there was probably no alternative but to go to Mysore and study directly with Sri Pattabhi Jois. The hurdles to overcome at that time may be almost unimaginable today: there was no Internet, no books, no David-Swenson videos (no tapes at all), and only very few teachers--most of them in the US. Certainly today it's much easier to learn Astanga. To go to Mysore and study with Guruji is a necessity only for those who want to become teachers. But if you can't afford the trip to India--be it for financial reasons, family obligations or whatever--then it is indeed possible nowadays to find your "own Mysore" at home.<br><br>At Lino's workshop in Milan, I learnt that there are some good and perfectly able people who do hold regular Astanga classes, but who nonetheless do not appear on any official list of teachers. Since there are only very few authorised teachers here in Europe, Lino has set up his own network of assistants (he doesn't call them teachers but assistants; teachers are only the authorised ones), direct students of him all, who have his permission to offer classes of Astanga Yoga under his supervision, especially in Italy and in Finland. In Milan itself there is only one person who has his permission to pass on the method--Elena De Martin, a lovely as well as capable young lady I made acquaintance with at the workshop--and if I'd live in Milan, I have no doubt that I would go to her classes.<br><br>Most participants at the workshop probably went regularly to her classes; but I also met some who told me that they never go to any classes at all and who, like me, practise mainly on their own at home. I myself attended the course for beginners at 10 pm, and although so far I've practised only on my own, I didn't find the lessons difficult to follow; it was more or less what I have been doing all the time at home. Indeed I was thrilled when, at the end of the workshop, Lino told me that I should register with the 'advanced' classes next time. So there! Home practice *is* of use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2001 Report Share Posted October 9, 2001 ....the course for beginners was at 10 AM, of course, not 10 PM. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2001 Report Share Posted October 10, 2001 Shining Skull,<br><br>thanks for reporting so far. Seems that you enjoyed the workshop.<br>I have two further questions:<br>- Did Lino tell you about an assistant in Germany?<br>I know he gave workshops in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. Perhaps some of the teachers there are acknowledged by him.<br><br>- What is the difference between beginners and advanced class? Is advanced already intermeditate?<br><br>Regards,<br>Dirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2001 Report Share Posted October 11, 2001 Goodness gracious, shiney thingie,it's amazing how someone can change their tune so much by actually attending a class instead of just reading a book. The enlightened one tells us that now it's just fine to change the sequence of the practice if one wants to. Sure, why not insert second series postures for beginners, after all the teacher is "certified", he must know what he is doing. And, why not just forget about using non-traditional, non-sanskrit names for the asanas and in counting? Yes, this was all once 'criminal' if you bothered to pay this miscreant a bit of mind, but now it's all okie dokie, the way that it should be. I suppose if Lino or John Scott told you it was ok to practice on moon days or to give a teacher training course or do partner yoga or any of the other things you have in the past blindly castigated others for doing, that would be ok too? Because now you say it's ok, is that how your logic system goes? Any insight yet, or are you still so amazed at your own knowledge that you feel the need to attempt to educate those here who have had the temerity to use thier own minds and draw upon thier own experience and judgement in evaluating thier teachers. A service to the board? Hardly. You are instead more of an impediment, a disseminator of misinformation, disinformation and intolerance. How proud you are of yourself now that your certified teacher has deemed you worthy of doing more than a standing posture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2002 Report Share Posted January 2, 2002 read alan little's mysore diary at <a href=http://www.alanlittle.org/yoga/MysoreDiaryNov.html target=new>http://www.alanlittle.org/yoga/MysoreDiaryNov.html</a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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