ashtanga yoga ashtanga twice a day

[Guest guest]

Hi Lawrence,

Were you doing the closing sequence and then doing the second

primary series? I don't think you should. I can't find my copy of

Jois' Yoga Mala, but in it he says something to the effect that you

should not do any asanas after you have done the finishing

sequence. I think he meant any asanas until the next days

practice. In the early days in Mysore there are lots of stories of

people doing multiple series in a day, several primary or primary

then secondary, etc.. I can only assume that they went from primary

back to the beginning or on to the next one, without doing the

Finishing sequence, Surya Namaskara or even the standing series.

One thing we should keep in mind is that the primary series is what

comes after the Standing Series, it does not include the Standing

Series.

So, basically, I think your idea of continuing on to Intermediate

Series directly from Primary Series is sound. If it were me I would

do Surya Namaskara A and B, the Standing Sequence, the Primary

Series and then go from Setu Bhandhasana in the Primary to Pashasana

in the Intermediate, do as much of that series as is appropriate and

then do finishing.

Do be careful. Don't do more than you should, especially if you

have injured yourself. Remember what Swenson says. 'What is

appropriate one day may not be the next.' We do the asanas in the

moment only, yesterday and tomorrow have no part in what we do now

in our practice. Listen to your body, focus on the breath, keep the

bhandas and leave the ego off the mat.

Love and Blessing, Ed

Ps. I am relatively new to Ashtanga. I am not tempted to do two

series in a day, I don't always do the full Primary Series every day

for that matter. I am just now starting to do the Intermediate

Series. I am happy about that because there are a lot of old

friends among the asanas in the Intermediate Series.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Thanks for the comment. I think you are right about

not doing two separate practices back to back. I

always seemed very tight after closing in one

practice, then starting another. I did it that way

becuase I liked the classes, but didn't find them long

enough (they were ususally trunkated primary series, 1

1/4 hours). I'll start throwing in a "Mysore" class,

which is a 3hour open class, which gives me lots of

time to exhaust myself.

 

Because of my shoulder I've only done some very light

practictics in the past month, mostly Hatha. But now

I think I can push in Ashtanga again. It seems what

happened is that I had a muscle injury and it healed

with scar tissue, leaving me with a bit of a strange

bump. I understand that I have to have it worked out

with deep tissue massage, which is apparantly painful,

Yikes!

 

I'm glad to be confident to do Ashtanga again, and was

very pleased to have booked a spot for a Fiona Stang

workshop coming to Calgary late this month.

 

Namaste, Lawrence.

 

 

--- "edvannoy <edvannoy"

<edvannoy wrote:

> Hi Lawrence,

> Were you doing the closing sequence and then doing

> the second

> primary series? I don't think you should. I can't

> find my copy of

> Jois' Yoga Mala, but in it he says something to the

> effect that you

> should not do any asanas after you have done the

> finishing

> sequence. I think he meant any asanas until the

> next days

> practice. In the early days in Mysore there are

> lots of stories of

> people doing multiple series in a day, several

> primary or primary

> then secondary, etc.. I can only assume that they

> went from primary

> back to the beginning or on to the next one, without

> doing the

> Finishing sequence, Surya Namaskara or even the

> standing series.

> One thing we should keep in mind is that the primary

> series is what

> comes after the Standing Series, it does not include

> the Standing

> Series.

> So, basically, I think your idea of continuing on

> to Intermediate

> Series directly from Primary Series is sound. If it

> were me I would

> do Surya Namaskara A and B, the Standing Sequence,

> the Primary

> Series and then go from Setu Bhandhasana in the

> Primary to Pashasana

> in the Intermediate, do as much of that series as is

> appropriate and

> then do finishing.

> Do be careful. Don't do more than you should,

> especially if you

> have injured yourself. Remember what Swenson says.

> 'What is

> appropriate one day may not be the next.' We do the

> asanas in the

> moment only, yesterday and tomorrow have no part in

> what we do now

> in our practice. Listen to your body, focus on the

> breath, keep the

> bhandas and leave the ego off the mat.

> Love and Blessing, Ed

> Ps. I am relatively new to Ashtanga. I am not

> tempted to do two

> series in a day, I don't always do the full Primary

> Series every day

> for that matter. I am just now starting to do the

> Intermediate

> Series. I am happy about that because there are a

> lot of old

> friends among the asanas in the Intermediate Series.

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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