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Good points Shiny. <br><br>A little lesson that

put things into perspective was given to me by Lino

Miele during this summer's workshop. I had hurt my

shoulder and went to talk to him about it and injuries in

general, because I've had my generous share of

them.<br><br>He told me about how things were for him when he

started the practise around 40 years old. He was very

stiff and had to go through very painful process in

which his whole muscular structure changed through the

practise. Meaning: pain, pain, injuries, and pain. Or like

he said: "left knee: two years, right knee: four

years etc.".<br><br>His pains were so intense that he

had to be carried into his room after the practise at

some point, but still he was on the mat every

morning.<br><br>Why? Why not? For me the alternative is death, not

immediate of course, if you catch my drift, the death that

walks the streets, the death that is on the plates, the

death that you drink and inhale, the spiritual death

that you accept as a norm. <br><br>Asana practise is

changing my body too and I am in pain. But it is changing

my insides too and that's why physical pain or

discomfort is irrelevant. I know that injuries are minor

setbacks if you set the perspective right. If Lino did it,

I can do it. And most importantly now I can listen

to my body & have found my spirit.<br><br>Huh, some

heavy stream of conciousness writing there, but I hope

you get the point.

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What happens to the body in learning the primary

series - to re-align the body and bring the structure

into balance - it is like a car body being

straightened out after a crash. Guruji says "some people have

to move bones." <br><br>FBL

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"He told me about how things were for him when he

started the practise around 40 years old."<br><br>This is

very inspiring. Forty years old.....did he have a

background in another physical discipline? How old is he

now?

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Prior to practicing Astanga, I trained in

Karate<br>for many years; talk about injuries (& not from

contact sparring). When you participate in any physical

practice where you're using your muscles in a way that is

outside the realm of your usual Activities of Daily

Living, on a regular basis,injuries are not uncommon.

Through daily use,we all develop mis-alignment somewhere

in our body,especially since most people favor 1

side, which is actually obvious in Yoga practice when

you experience 1 side being stronger &/or more

flexible than the other. As you develop a regular practice

that requires the level of devotion for

Yoga,experiencing discomfort is the norm; after all,how many of us

experienced anything like the intensity of the bound poses

prior to practicing Yoga? I love the benefits of

practice on a spiritual,physical, & emotional level.

Practice require patience, & learning to listen to your

body,& accept where you are. I have horribly tight

hamstrings, & there are times when I'm not able to go as far

in a pose, as I did the day before, & I focus on my

breathing & respect that this is where I am in this moment.

David Life once said that it's not about how far you an

get in a pose,it's the effort you put into getting

there, which I feel is very good teaching, especially

for beginners.

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Now Lino is 48, he started 12-13 years ago,

before he did some Kundalini yoga for 1.5-2 years.<br>

He says that he has pain in all of his body because

of the teaching. But what pain has to do with

teaching?

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Interesting discussion about pain and injuries

included in ashtanga practices. That is true in all

sports, when you go jogging, your muscles ache, you may

even break your ankle! Not to mention athletics and

gymnastics and icehockey. So the danger is there everywhere,

even in ballet. Some people also seem to be more

injury-prone than others in their "normal" avtivities: driving

the car, climbing the stairs etc. It´s not the car or

the stairs that are dangerous, it´s the way we do it.

I think everybody in this club accepts pain as a

companion in yoga exercises, my hip-joints and lower back

are still aching after last weeks sessions. But it is

not bad pain, I know that my muscles and joints are

getting more elastic, and that´s what I´m after!

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