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HI FBL,

Are you ever in DC? You could come do a workshop for us...(www.dcyoga,com)

Do you meditate?

Prema

narayan

 

funkybadlady wrote:It is obvious that neither one of these women are doing

ashtanga yoga. Neither "pose" is part of ashtanga except the

second one I think is from fourth series but she is doing it

incorrectly and from the looks of the way she is doing the pose I

highly doubt that she is able to do fourth series and if she was, I

would probably know her because there are only a few women

doing fourth series. Also the "tree" pose is a baby version of

ardhabaddhapadmottasana and is never done in Ashtanga. So

you can tell quite a bit from the photos. One would hope that if a

person says they are a teacher that they can do a pose correctly,

especially if they choose the picture to be on the first page of

their website.

 

I think it is safe to say that anyone who knows primary series

from a qualified teacher would probably be able to teach these

girls a thing or two. That is what I can tell from these pictures.

For me? There is no way I would give these women my money

to teach me. I would probably ask them if they would like a

teacher who can teach Beginning Ashtanga correctly and I would

offer my services. They look, to me, like they could use some

help.

 

FBL

 

 

ashtangayoga, "logan8erry" <logan8erry> wrote:

> senor_pinche!...i visited the link you pasted and looked on the

whole

> site for the teachers you suggested should be working on their

own

> practices...then i realised.... you made this judgement from the

> single images that flash by on the home page!!!!!

> how can you tell ANYTHING from this?

> maybe you to could use a little humbling.

>

> ashtangayoga, senor_pinche_wey <no_reply>

wrote:

> > Brianna,

> >

> > Judging by the website for your school

> >

> > http://www.eden-yoga.com/index.html

> >

> > It looks like the teachers there should be working on their

own

> > practices a bit more. Ashtanga is hard work and requires

> discipline

> > and dedication. The "if it feels good do it" school of thought

> > dooesn't really apply.

> >

> >

> > Your definition of your ashtanga power yoga class

> >

> > "Ashtanga/Power Yoga: This vigorous, aerobic style of yoga

is

> > characterized by a specific sequence of flowing poses, with

little

> or

> > no rest in between. Class begins with several rounds of

classical

> > Sun Salutations, followed by the Ashtanga "primary series" of

> poses.

> > Students should have knowledge of the basic yoga poses to

> > participate."

> >

> > is a little bit narrow. The teacher, Amanda Kelso does not

appear

> to

> > be qualified.

> >

> > Why throw in the word "ashtanga" when you are really

teaching a

> > vinayas a flow class. I hope you take the opportunity to study

> with

> > Guruji when he is in San Francisco next week. It should be a

> > humbling and enlightening experience.

> >

> > Ole!

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ashtangayoga, Brianna Politzer Stevens <

brianna@e...>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > > Hello all, and namaste!

> > > I just joined this group and am amazed at the discussion . .

.. I

> > own a small yoga studio where we teach many styles,

> > including "Ashtanga/Vinyasa Flow Yoga" which is, what I

believe you

> > are all discussing when you say "Ashtanga" yoga . . (but as

folks

> > have said here, "Ashtanga" is really a misnomer, being the

name for

> > the entire eight-limbed path of yoga . . . seven limbs of which

> have

> > nothing to do with asana, the primary series, or P. Jois).

> > > I just wanted to remind you all of something . .. It's not

> really

> > about the asanas . . . The asanas are a tool to bring you to a

> > higher level . . . . nothing more. And, in fact, hatha yoga (any

> > yoga involving movement) was developed with the specific

goal of

> > preparing and training the body and the mind for meditation. I

was

> > taught that the goal of yoga was to go inward, allow the spirit

to

> > emerge, and become one's own teacher. The poses you do

and the

> order

> > you do them in, I believe, is practically irrelevant. As long as

> your

> > students are tuning into their breath and slowly opening their

> minds

> > to a new way of thinking, they are doing yoga, and you have

done

> your

> > job as a teacher.

> > > I know that yoga has changed dramatically since its

creation over

> > 5,000 years ago . . . would you say that the yoga done by the

> > ancients was not proper or correct? Of course not. Also,

there

> have

> > been many yogis (Gandhi, for example) who have never

practiced

> asana.

> > > Do what feels good to you and your students, and you're

doing the

> > right thing . . . whether it's "pure" or not . . . once you open

> the

> > door, the light starts to come pouring in!

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what

you

> have

> > to do."

> > >

> > > --Epictetus, Greek philosopher

> > >

> > >

 

 

 

ashtanga yoga

 

 

 

 

 

 

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