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Dworkis has surely done a lot of work, and his

creds as a senior iyendar teacher should stand for

something..<br><br>Yet I can't help but think his whole approach could

be vastly simplified in the context of astanga (or

any other hatha yoga style).<br><br>That is, just

keep within the fundamentals of alignment, and do what

feels relatively comfortable without going into the

"redzone" of straining the ligaments.<br><br>It is helpful

to point out that only a percentage of western folks

are ever going to be able to master even 2nd series,

let alone get through advanced A with such gems as

mulabhandasana.<br><br>It's fun to aim for getting into the challenging

asanas, and it's true that devotion to daily practice

does make the "impossible" often possible.<br><br>But

by the same token, we are not going to reach Sarat's

level. Except in our dreams.<br><br>But so what? Nothing

much comes from awesome postures anyway; certainly not

cosmic liberation or kundalini or any of those other

assumptions.

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"Yet I can't help but think his whole approach

could be vastly simplified in the context of astanga

(or any other hatha yoga style). That is, just keep

within the fundamentals of alignment, and do what feels

relatively comfortable without going into the "redzone" of

straining the ligaments."<br><br>Very true. That's mainly

why I mention him here so often. Its not that I think

lots of people should stop practicing Ashtanga and

practice "ExTension yoga" instead, but that Ashtanga can

be practiced more safely with the application of the

principles he teaches. In fact I think you can study all

kinds of approaches to yoga and physical discipline

from the perspective of Ashtanga. I don't mean so you

can make up your own yoga by combining lots of things

together (although that may be OK too) but just that you

can learn a lot from studying Iyengar, for instance,

that will apply to the practice of

Ashtanga.<br><br>Sam's book Recovery Yoga is specifically for people who

are injured or disabled or in recovery from surgery.

His ExTension Yoga is a program that is based on

breaking down the sun salutation. His main deal seems to

be that people should be healing and not hurting

themselves with the practice of yoga. He pulled some lower

back muscles long ago and had a knee injury also, both

resulting from "yoga practice". And of course we have all

heard numerous stories of yoga injuries. I just think

he has a lot to say that no one else is explaining.

He developed MS a few years ago and has had to

relearn a lot of his own stuff, such as that anyone can

practice yoga.<br><br><a href=http://www.extensionyoga.com

target=new>http://www.extensionyoga.com</a>

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Points well taken. Thinking about all this, I

realize that what I know about my personal limits and

potential in this yoga was sometimes learned the hard way,

that is, through injury. Perhaps Dworkis' expo can

help others.

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