Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 FBL writes <<Yoga - especially ashtanga yoga - can only heal if the student trusts the practice and studies the correct method>><br><br>Funny, Jois states in Yoga Mala that there are some postures that are incorrect for certain individuals.<br><br>I'm in touch with an individual whom Guruji has "adjusted" the practice for their specific needs. <br><br>So, hmmmm, if you can't go to Mysore, rather than become paralyzed with assumptions about what is correct practice one had better use their experiential knowledge. <br><br>Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote a famous essay "Self-Reliance" and it addresses these quandries. <br><br>GL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2001 Report Share Posted December 21, 2001 Also, one is never going to achieve difficult poses unless one attempts and practices them, obviously. So, how do the purists build the strength to even attempt new asanas without doing developmental work & exercises ? Of course the series itself is developmental, one pose leads on to another, but supplemental exercise and strengthening/flexibility work is also necessary, IMHO.<br><br>No, the 'you've got to stick to the series sequence or you're not doing proper ashtanga' argument just doesn't make sense for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2001 Report Share Posted December 21, 2001 ooohh, i think i disagree about doing supplemental strength/flexibility work. i see people doing warm-up stretches before they start practice, but aren't ten suryanamaskars enough to warm you? i hear of people lifting weights to improve their practice, but aren't handstands and jumpbacks and arm-balancing poses strength-building, too? or is it that they just want to show up and be able to do these poses without falling on their asses for awhile first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2001 Report Share Posted December 21, 2001 I have been weightlifting for about 5 years now and doing yoga for a year and a half and in my opinion an even balance of yoga, weightlifting, and running keeps the body, flexible, strong, and fit. When I began doing yoga I advanced quickly because I already had plenty of strength. I also do a full body stretch a couple times a day and before yoga. Some ansanas are great for stretching but they just don't do what a full body stretch can. Again, this is only my opinion and what works best for me may not be for everyone.<br><br>namaste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2001 Report Share Posted December 21, 2001 well, that's great if you're strong from lifting and can advance quickly, but i think there are subtle advantages to advancing the hard way just by doing the pose--call it character building, for those of us who need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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