Practice??

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I think FBL has got this one completely wrong. (I agree with her

sometimes but not this time.) I also dont mean to

sound all knowledgeble about Ashtanga but I believe that Yoga is not

a marathon run practise. Listening to the body is one of the most

important aspects of Yoga...all Yoga incl Ashtanga. Somedays, when my

body doesn't want to do it, I gain a lot just by practising some

pranayama or even doing just shavasana for an hour or more. It is a

very Western mechanistic attitude to keep pushing to reach a goal

because the baggaged mind has a concept of success and failure where

effort means success and no effort means failure. I think in Yoga

that can be counter-productive and may even put one off Yoga or cause

injuries. Listening, just listening to your body at times is also

Yoga, and can bring wonders to our practise, I think. After all when

you begin listening to your body, with your mind, and respecting what

your body wants, there you see Yoga (union) starting to happen

ALREADY!

 

Thank you all for listening...

 

ashtanga yoga, funkybadlady <no_reply>

wrote:

> Detail - in Ashtanga, you should always do your whole practice

> even on "low energy" days because this is part of how the

> practice instructs. There are certainly days when there is no

> time to do a 2 hour practice or during travel, but it is very very

> important to practice in a consistent manner even though you

> might feel "tired."

>

> It is also better to not practice to a DVD or tape, but to do what

> you remember since part of the practice is learning physical

> memory.

>

> FBL

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> ashtanga yoga, "Karen Hodge" <

> khodge@a...> wrote:

> > I like the David Swenson ones. The Short Forms is particularly

> useful for low energy days. You can get them from his website

> at www.ashtanga.net. I'm not affiliated, just a happy customer.

> >

> > --Karen

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