jumping to the right (trikonasana)

[Guest guest]

Hello bad men, bad ladies,<br>the 1-million-dollar-question?<br>Why we are

JUMPING? Lu

[Guest guest]

The bad man's answer: "Because without JUMPING, it would be no fun!"<br><br>(And

now please send me the 1 million dollars.)

[Guest guest]

SSkull is right, jumping makes it fun and

energizes the practise. One instructor said that also the

vibrations of the landing stomp makes the muscles quickly

contract and relax even more into the next

pose.<br><br>More esoteric reasons could be related to the

activation of the prana flow (note the 'pentagram' position

in which you land) and grounding yourself better.

Just guessing.<br><br>But our teachers do stress the

jumping instead of stepping, so there has to be a reason

for doing that... perhaps the first answer is the

best; let fun rule the universe!

[Guest guest]

I have never felt the jumping to and fro in the

standing sequence flows well. I noticed that kind of

jumping and posturing of the arms prior to the jump was

prominent in the Iyenga clases I went to. I wonder if there

has been cross pollination (contamination?)

[Guest guest]

I tend to agree that the esctatic "jumping" comes

over more from the Iyengar school. I engage my bandhas

so that they lift. It feels natural some days, and

not so natural others. But please tell me a graceful

Jump/lift from Prasarita Padottanasana. I almost always

resort to a little heel-toe action before.<br> Also the

Iyengar system feel the jumping is the means to create

dynamism. I must admit it is really jerky, and hard on some

knees (yours truly).

[Guest guest]

Jumping will generate more heat than stepping,

and since one of the key purposes of vinyasa is to

generate/maintain heat...jumping is preferred.<br><br>UNLESS one is

very stiff, overweight, or dealing with an injury.

Then it may be a better idea to step to the next

position rather than forcing a jump.<br><br>When I began,

I was very stiff in forward bending, and a certain

infamous yogacrim told me that jumping would help jolt the

hip joints open. I really don't believe that's

so...all I found happening was that the jumps were jolting

the vertebrae of my mid-back, which was doing me no

good whatsoever.<br><br>The jumps as performed by Lino

or Freeman are ideal. The entire movement of the

jump is important, from the deep bend of the knees to

the extension of the arms and upper body. For those

having difficulties jumping, i suggest trying to first

work on that deep knee bend from Ardho M Sv, and maybe

try hopping a short distance while fully extending

the arms thru to the 1st 2 knuckles of the hands.

Just working on that deep knee bend, if you haven't

before, will do great things for your legs.

[Guest guest]

...whoops, didn't realize that you were discussing

jumping in standing postures! I was talking about jumping

in SS vinyasa.<br><br>IMo, jumping in standing is

something I try to do carefully. I can't say I've noticed

any definite benefits or drawbacks -- expect perhaps

that the jumping lends a sharpness to moving from one

asana to the next. Whicn is important, as one of the

ideas behind this yoga is that it (IMO again) is meant

to be a seamless practice of mindfullness, and not

merely a bunch of separate asanas clumsily pieced

together.

[Guest guest]

Western school of medicine says, that repeated

bumps or jerks are good for our bones, strengthens them

and prevent osteoporosis. So there might be a point

in jumping into trikonasana. Why to the right, I

don´t know. I might be heterodox, but I jump also to

the left, depending on my actual position on the

mat.<br>Wellcome your dollars! :=)

[Guest guest]

<<Western school of medicine says, that

repeated bumps or jerks are good for our

bones>><br><br>This Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland is a real

jerker, only the vehicle turns to the inaspicious left I

believe. <br><br>It's the weight bearing. Creating earth

element with your points of contact with the ground or

when holding feet with hands and strongly resisting in

asanas helps send signals to the body to lay down fresh

tissue. BONES ARE DYNAMIC.<br> <br>One key reason straps

are employed in Iyengar methodology is to create the

earth element. You remineralize the area that gets the

pressure. Sustained pressure is therapeutic.<br><br>If your

back and knees are allright, jumping, as screwgee

says, adds heat, and baletic cleaness. And doing so

gracefully takes awareness.

[Guest guest]

Hamaka33, oh you Finnish funny people! You love

the wrong style of tango (how elegant, calm and great

is in contrast the tango from competition-dancing!),

you are doing Ashtanga-yoga like crazy, you think

Lino is your private teacher (he is so often there) -

and now you want also money from me? (By the way,

you've forgotten your credit-card-number...).

-<br><br>Okay, lets say, that jumping prevents osteoporosis,

because it strenghtens the bones (the bones are not dead,

and they need blood and oxygen). But the movement if

you looking straight forward and then jump to the

right (or left, if you prefer this direction) there is

this twisting movement in the knee-joints (even

foot-joints and hips). We can make it a little bit easier for

the joints if we (how someone recently has posted) go

a little bit deeper before jumping - but the

twisting movenemt is still there. For this I tryed not to

jump from trikonasana to the edge of the mat back

again but remaining in the middle of the mat. The

twisting is still there, but there is less pressure

especially on the left knee that you feel, if you are

jumping high AND to back to the edge of the mat again. -

You know, what I mean?... Difficult and not

satisfying. So, you see, I can't send you some money, you

don't have convinced me. Try again! Lu<br>Are the

Finnish people also smoking so much like our Danish

friends?

[Guest guest]

Servus, Lu_38_de!<br>You have your point, too, I

agree with You!(your explanation of jumping and

joints). But where on earth have You got those stereotype

ideas of funny finnish people? I happen to like the

bandoneon, try to dance in the argentinian way, I´m not in

Ashtanga-psychosis, and I don´t think Lino is our private

property.(although he is the head-teacher of the finnish ashtanga

school). I´m disappointed of not getting your money, have

to keep working, then.(and I don´t give my

cardnumers in public)<br>I don´t know danisf figures, but 2

of 5 finnish adult men smoke more or less

regularily, Is that less than in Germany?<br>Frank und frei!,

hamaka33