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OK, I admit I've only been taught second series

for a couple of classes, and that was almost a year

ago. All I have for reference are the Swenson book and

videos, and I'm trying to update my practice.<br><br>In

Swenson, you proceed immediately from Ekapada Sirsasana C

(the one where you are supported on your hands with

free leg stuck out in front) to vinyasa. But my

original teacher, when practicing this series, would pull

herself up into Chakorasana (free leg straight up),

before jumping back. Is this the received way

now?<br><br>Does the new edition of Lino Miehle's book cover

second series?<br><br>Thanks for any

info.<br><br>Homer<br>Yoga Castaway

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Homer, I believe in his discussion paragraph for

C, Mr. Swenson discusses that particular

question.<br>Leg straight out front for that posture. The leg

pointed upward is a different posture from one of the

advanced series. Have to say though, most of the people

did do the leg up posture during the Guruji second

series workshop.

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Actually Swenson appears to be addressing the

issue of whethe rto hold the leg straight out ofr five

breaths or to hold it straight up for five breaths. The

straight up five-breath version is indeed called

Chakorasana in the third series and the old advanced A

series. My question was whether, after the five breaths

with leg straight out, you then pull up into

Chakorasana (inhale) and then jump back

(exhale).<br><br>Homer

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"Does the new edition of Lino Miehle's book cover

second series?"<br><br>Homer, yes it does. And Lino's

book omits three poses that Swenson's includes: Eka

Pada Sirsasana C, Tittibhasana D and Vrishchikasana.

So if you want to follow Lino's instructions you

won't have to worry about Eka Pada Sirsasana C at all!

Also, Lino's book does Mukta Hasta Sirsasana before

Baddha Hasta Sirsasana.

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<< Does the new edition of Lino Miele's

book cover second series? >><br><br>I don't

think teachers like Lino Miele or John Scott would EVER

publish a book or produce a video that goes beyond

Primary Series. Whereas it seems to me that it is

perfectly possible to learn Yoga Chikitsa with the help of

books/videos, I agree with Senor on Intermediate Series: to

learn Intermediate, you definitely need the assistance

of a qualified teacher - in the ideal case that

would be Sri Jois himself.

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Forget parts of my previous message. Yes, Lino Miele's book does indeed cover

Intermediate Series. But I think Lino's book is meant to be used as a reference,

not as a guide to learn from.

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>>I don't think teachers like Lino Miele or

John Scott would EVER publish a book or produce a

video that goes beyond Primary Series<br><br>Herr

Schädel, for once your careful reading of the texts is

mistaken. Lino's book (1996 edition, with forewords by

Patthabi Jois and John Scott) does cover the intermediate

series. And I thought you were going to make *such* a

good lawyer. Sigh.

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Alan Little,<br><br>Thanks for bothering to

correct me. However, I tried to correct myself in the

following post already. So maybe, although there is little

hope indeed that I will become as good an astangi as

Lino Miele is, I may at least become a good lawyer

after all?

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I'm nowhere near ready to think about

intermediate series yet, but this business of borrowing asanas

from a more advanced series as transitions also crops

up in primary series - for example after utkatasana,

where Lino Miele teaches, and John Scott in his book

describes, lifting into a bakasana-like position on the way

back. And after bhujapidasana (and supta kurmasana?)

where opening into titthibasana A before going back

seems to be the generally done thing. (Although at a

workshop I did with hm recently, Lino was teaching more of

a kind of "unwrap the legs and whip them back round

the shoulders quickly" kind of thing than an

extension into a full titthibasana). And if you can

open/lift into these positions fairly cleanly for one

breath, holding them for five is not that much more of a

big deal in my experience.<br><br>These comments not

intended to have any huge cosmic significance, just

observations.

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Sorry. I try to read to the end of things before

I reply to any message, but I don't always

succeed.<br><br>But you not only made a mistake, you also promptly

admitted you were wrong. Watch out. That's more yogic than

lawyerly.

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"Lino was teaching more of a kind of "unwrap the

legs and whip them back round the shoulders quickly"

kind of thing than an extension into a full

titthibasana). "<br><br>This makes sense to me, since in my

experience it's rather difficult to get into a good

titthibasana right out of bhuja -- but it's much easier after

kurmasana, because the arm/leg alignment is there.

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