Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 It could be several things. I'll start with the most obvious aspect of room temp. Make sure to cut the air conditioner off when you practice. If their are other people in the house, open the window in your practice room. If you are not holding mula and uddiyana bandha(I'm sure I spelled those wrong, but too lazy to look it up) and breathing continuously throuhout the practice, you can loose heat. The actual physical poses may be getting easier for you and the heat you experianced at first may have been from sheer exertion alone. Now that the postions are coming easier, you are loosing that exertion heat. That is where concentration, bandhas and breathing come in. They will keep the heat up. Also make sure that you are practicing awareness when you do your poses. Your body and your mind should not be lazy. Everything should be involved in the practice. Dont forget the drishti. I know that in my practice, the minute I loose concentration, I loose heat. Keep your focus and you should get your heat back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 Thanks for that! I suspect that its a mixture of all aspects you mentioned. Tony... ashtanga yoga, "lashannasmall" <lashannasmall@h...> wrote: > It could be several things. I'll start with the most obvious aspect > of room temp. Make sure to cut the air conditioner off when you > practice. If their are other people in the house, open the window > in your practice room. If you are not holding mula and uddiyana > bandha(I'm sure I spelled those wrong, but too lazy to look it up) > and breathing continuously throuhout the practice, you can loose > heat. The actual physical poses may be getting easier for you and > the heat you experianced at first may have been from sheer exertion > alone. Now that the postions are coming easier, you are loosing > that exertion heat. That is where concentration, bandhas and > breathing come in. They will keep the heat up. Also make sure that > you are practicing awareness when you do your poses. Your body and > your mind should not be lazy. Everything should be involved in the > practice. Dont forget the drishti. > > I know that in my practice, the minute I loose concentration, I > loose heat. Keep your focus and you should get your heat back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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