Fourth Day - The Jois of a Digicam

[Guest guest]

Mmmm, my mat smells

good.<br><a href=http://personal.inet.fi/private/sold/cyn.jpg

target=new>http://personal.inet.fi/private/sold/cyn.jpg</a><br><br>I borrowed a

digital camera for the rest of the

week so, once I get the chance to edit the photos

you'll be seeing plenty of shots of both practise

groups. The camera can also record short quicktime movies

and I got few nice pieces of film. Especially those

77 seconds of Uth Pluthi are fun to watch, knowing

that the count went on forever after the filming had

stopped. Cruel. <br><br>I don't think I will be putting

those .mov files up anywhere, because they are very

large: From 2mb to 20mb. If some enthusiast really wants

to see them, though, just ask and we'll sort it

out.<br><br>Practise wise the day was like yesterday, sans the

journalists of course. Muscles are starting to notice the

punishment by aching a bit more every day, but the

flexibility is getting better and I think I can feel some

deep tension releasing. Not all of it tough, since

todays funny asana was Prasarita Padottasana A: The

moment I put my forhead on the mat both my soles lost

their grip on the rug and my legs sprung up like a

jack-in-a-box. So, there I was in a headstand with legs apart

and parallel to the floor. What an experience; good

for laughs at least. Too bad no-one got a picture

of that.<br><br>NOTICE! Anyone from the course

reading this: Remember that on Friday both groups start

at the same time on 7:30 with advanced people on the

front and group two in the back of the arena. Everyone

can do the primary series as far as they like or are

able to.

[Guest guest]

how did guruji adjust stiff students? was he vicious or gentle?

[Guest guest]

"advanced people on the front and group two in the back of the arena."<br>- Why

that? Better student, better place? Short distance to the guru only for the

best? (forget the rest) Lu

[Guest guest]

Thanks for reminding about the change in Fridays

schedule, it was not annouced loud enough. As a beginner in

ashtanga-yoga I´m not very happy about it :=( and hope that it

won´t be too frustrated to pay for exercise you can´t

do.<br>I´d like to see your pictures later, when this busy

week is over.

[Guest guest]

Heh, no Lu darling you got it all wrong.<br>

<br>It's not about grading the students or about that

someone is more valuable and gets to be upfront. Heck,

even Lino Miele has been practising right in the

middle of the Arena almost every day.<br><br>It is just

about practicality; if everyone does the whole primary

series together, then who are most likely do drop out of

the play earlier on? Right, the beginners, so to

avoid shuffling with the mats, disturbing other

people's concentration, and to make assisting easier for

Guruji, Saraswati, and Sharath it was organized this

way.<br><br>Yoga is about union, not discrimination :-)

[Guest guest]

"Heh, no Lu darling you got it all wrong."<br>- that's okay. - Fine boy! Lu