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"ImpliedPresence" <hmmmmmmm

>- so much so that he is

> "beyond" certain practices.... if that makes any sense at all.

 

Oh it does make perfect sense.

 

Thank you very much!

 

-Demian

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GREAT EXPLANATION! I THINK YOU NAILED IT!

Margee

>

> ImpliedPresence [sMTP:hmmmmmmm]

> Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:58 PM

> ashtanga yoga

> ashtanga yoga About Guruji doing yoga

>

> I asked David Swenson about this when I trained with him this past spring.

> He said that Guruji stopped doing asanas a while ago, but he still has the

> deepest breath you can imagine. David said [paraphrase] he thinks that

> Guruji "doesn't need" asana practice anymore... ie., his body "knows" and

> has embodied the results of years and years of physical practice... in a

> sense, he is "beyond" it.

> I'm not saying this exactly as David expressed it, so please take this

> with

> a huge grain of salt.

>

> Also, David commented on Guruji's ability to use/hold his breath. I think

> that, again, his body has assimilated the results of years of very deep

> practice in such a way that he now puts his attention and energy in to

> worshipping Shiva and serving others, esp. those who want to learn

> Ashtanga

> yoga.

>

> I felt the way you do, Demian - ie., that perhaps he was "not practicing

> what he preaches," but after hearing what David said, and after beholding

> what/who Guruji is and what he does to serve others/the earth, I believe

> he

> truly does and has practiced what he preaches - so much so that he is

> "beyond" certain practices.... if that makes any sense at all.

>

>

> > Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:33:42 -0400

> > "Demian Meyer" <dmeyer

> > K. Pattabhi Jois personal practice?

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > Has anyone ever seen K. Pattabhi Jois practice the Ashtanga series? Does

> he

> > practice them, or does he feel that practicing the asana is to cultivate

> the

> > breath, and once the breath is completely cultivated that asana practice

> is

> > no longer needed? All the pictures I have seen of him he has a bit of

> girth

> > across his midsection. It would seem that if he did the Ashtanga series

> > regularly, that he would be real lean and fit? Is this a "do as I say,

> not

> > as I do" type of thing?

> >

> > Sorry if any of this sounds insulting, but I have never met him so I am

> just

> > curious.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > -Demian

> >

>

>

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> ashtanga yoga

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