mysore

[Guest guest]

Hi Skydivegirlie,

 

I recently switched from evening classes to morning Mysore practice and

have found it to be very rewarding on several levels. My teacher has

recommended that I do it every day of the week, at least M-F. We

practice from 7a-9p, for 2 hours. I have found it to be immensely more

rewarding than a led class, because we go at our own pace, and our

attention is focused internally. Once you know the series, and can do it

yourself, then, your attention during practice can turn entirely inward.

In a led class, I found my attention was split between my practice and

listening to the instructions of the teacher. Also, I find it much

harder to do yoga in the morning than evening. Getting through this

extra difficulty, for me, has produced additional rewards. That is, if

the practice is harder, then the transformative effect seems to be

greater. Plus, I have a clear mind the for whole day. It's very

difficult to get through primary series in 1.5 hours, and most led

classes I've been to have felt very rushed. In Mysore, with 2 hours to

practice, we can go much slower, be more deliberative, ensure the breath

and movement are always synchronized in the correct way, and take long

slow breaths to remain in the asanas for much longer than in a typical

led class. Because of this, I find that 2 hours of Mysore, at a slower

pace than a "rushed" 1.5 hour led class, is actually easier. At the

Mysore pace, I feel like I could continue forever, but in a led class, I

often found I couldn't wait for it to be over because I was so

exhausted. Most importantly, I found that the energy-generating effect

of Ashtanga was making it difficult for me to sleep. A typical evening

class would start at 630 or 730, and then I'd be full of energy, and

have dinner at around 10pm, which made it really hard to go to sleep at

a reasonable hour. With Mysore, I'm going to bed early, waking early,

and centered through the day. It seems to fit together so much better

than evening practice did for me. I do some evening practice too, but, I

usually do a restorative practice at 730 if I practice in the evening,

and I have a light dinner first, which doesn't seem to affect the

practice the way it does ashtanga.

 

Hope this helps ... Namaste,

 

Mitch

 

 

Message: 2

Sat, 18 Jan 2003 19:11:09 -0000

skydivegirlie

mysore

 

hi, I'd love to hear your opinion about mysore morning versus

evening classes- Im thinking of changing to do mysore practise

now that I have a solid base from classes.

how long do you practise in the morning? a full one and a half

hours? Should I aim to do it every morning or skip days? do you

prefer morning or evening? does anyone combine mornings and

evening practise?

 

thanks (:

[Guest guest]

ashtanga yoga, skydivegirlie <no_reply>

wrote:

> hi, I'd love to hear your opinion about mysore morning versus

> evening classes- Im thinking of changing to do mysore practise

> now that I have a solid base from classes.

> how long do you practise in the morning? a full one and a half

> hours? Should I aim to do it every morning or skip days? do you

> prefer morning or evening? does anyone combine mornings and

> evening practise?

>

> thanks (:

 

hi.

i have been doing a mysore practice (on my own, more or less) for

about 2 years. I love the mornings, so I get up around 3am and

practice from around 4 - 6. I do 1st or 2nd series 6 days of the

week unless it is a moon-day week. I try and honor PK Jois's advise

on taking these days off as I know my body needs the rest. I also

realize that I could get too attached to the practice (probably

alrady have in my own way). Occasionally, I will do an additional

evening practice. On the other hand, my husband who is an avid

Ashtanga person will probably never do mornings. He likes mid-

afternoon.

Just try and listen to your body and do what is better for you. I

can tell you, with the practice I am doing, my body has changed but

also, more important things are beginning to come to the surface.

It is like Jois says "Just do the practice and all is coming". I

honestly believe in what he says.

Good luck with it all.

kka

[Guest guest]

thanks kka,

I've only been practising in the morning for a week (6-8) but I'm

hooked (: Its wonderful. Wished I wasn't so completely wiped out in

the evenings though!, hopefully this will change once I'm used to my

practise a bit more.

Now if only I could convince my other half to start practicing

ashtanga all would be perfect!.

 

ashtanga yoga, kk0108_2000 <no_reply>

wrote:

> ashtanga yoga, skydivegirlie <no_reply>

> wrote:

> > hi, I'd love to hear your opinion about mysore morning versus

> > evening classes- Im thinking of changing to do mysore practise

> > now that I have a solid base from classes.

> > how long do you practise in the morning? a full one and a half

> > hours? Should I aim to do it every morning or skip days? do you

> > prefer morning or evening? does anyone combine mornings and

> > evening practise?

> >

> > thanks (:

>

> hi.

> i have been doing a mysore practice (on my own, more or less) for

> about 2 years. I love the mornings, so I get up around 3am and

> practice from around 4 - 6. I do 1st or 2nd series 6 days of the

> week unless it is a moon-day week. I try and honor PK Jois's

advise

> on taking these days off as I know my body needs the rest. I also

> realize that I could get too attached to the practice (probably

> alrady have in my own way). Occasionally, I will do an additional

> evening practice. On the other hand, my husband who is an avid

> Ashtanga person will probably never do mornings. He likes mid-

> afternoon.

> Just try and listen to your body and do what is better for you. I

> can tell you, with the practice I am doing, my body has changed but

> also, more important things are beginning to come to the

surface.

> It is like Jois says "Just do the practice and all is coming". I

> honestly believe in what he says.

> Good luck with it all.

> kka