Guest guest Posted November 11, 2003 Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 FBL, I agree with you. Here is what my instructor/fellow practitioner had to say about learning the second series. Mike ~This method sounds exactly like a condenced version of what really happens but it takes longer that a couple weeks. Yes, it is true that once one passes a certain point in 2nd they drop primary except on friday. Although, I practiced for over 3 years doing all of primary and all of 2nd. It eventually takes 3 hours with all poses and finishing. Who has 3 hours? I did, so that is what I did. Noah Williams was instructed by Tim Miller this way and Tim was taght this method by Guruji. I stick to that way because I want to have the kind I practice those guys have. Last year I split at 1st and did 2nd but for the past 2 months I practice 1st every day and do 2nd along with it 3 days a week and 3rd 2 days a week, on sunday only primary. A lot of practitoners just want to say they do 2nd (and 3rd) but don't really know that much about either because they move thru it to fast or worse have not done the work in primary. The position I am in as a leader and instructor is to help others find the right path is hard because I had no teacher per se, just my own intuition as to what the method should be. I have been lucky to have had 3 very influential mentors and the discipline (guruji's idea) itself to serve me. Here is the method I try to live by. 6 days a week less moon days and one regular day of rest, for me that is saturday. All poses in order, no exceptions, with vinyasa on both sides and the best possible manifestation of Guruji's method of the transitions. Restriction to the poses I can do well enough that they are not kicking my ass or breaking my body. That means no adding poses until I get the one I am stuck on. I am pretty critical so some poses have taken upward of 6 months. Right now I am on Purna matsyendrasana, It looks like a combo of padmasana and Mary D. It is really sick and could wreck my knees if I am not taking my time. I started it in march or april and it is getting close. The pose after it is even more insane. Not doing anything in my practice that i would not do in front of Guruji or Tim or anyone for that matter but especially those two. That is just part of my reasoning about all of this (and a increasingly small part of my practe although I do the same amount of asana). It has kept my practice goin thus far. All of us are always at a cross-roads. It is either follow the disciplne and find out what that does to warp us or it is about a lack of discipline and the lack of change that comes with that. We are choosing every second until we make a definitive descision. Once that descision has been made we find a new freedom. With that freedom comes another cross-roads but with experience we can choose with lests cost and move on as the emmerging Self. The True self is constantly emmerging and the asana practice is the chance for the True self to act out. Guruji has designed this disciplne in a way that makes the practice itself effortless over time. That effortless is balance at a low cost. That savings of cost allows for us (true self) to emmerge to a new and brilliant place beyond asana and with in asana. There are other disciplines for sure but to mix them with this one destroys both. Guruji keeps it real simple. "Do your practice all is coming". I live by that and honor that. If he had not I would not be here as I am now. For that I am grateful. Thanks for the question.~ - funkybadlady ashtanga yoga Sunday, November 09, 2003 8:55 PM ashtanga yoga Re: secondary series If you don't know the answer to this question you should not be doing intermediate series. Wait until you have a teacher. FBL ashtanga yoga, "Ana C. Sirianni" < acsirianni> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a question about incorporating the second > series into my practice. I read that you generally do > the standing asanas from the primary series and then > begin the second series from there. When you finish, > is is customary to go back and then complete the > sitting asanas from the primary series, or just go > straight into the finishing asanas. > > thanks, > ana > > > > Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam./whatsnewfree Sponsor ashtanga yoga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 just go to the finishing asanas, unless you feel like doing the sitting poses too and you have enough time. In that case it is better to do the sitting asanas first and than do the secondary series and than go to the finishing poses. jana On 8/26/04 12:00 PM, "leighbaz" <no_reply> wrote: > ashtanga yoga, "Ana C. Sirianni" > <acsirianni> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have a question about incorporating the second >> series into my practice. I read that you generally do >> the standing asanas from the primary series and then >> begin the second series from there. When you finish, >> is is customary to go back and then complete the >> sitting asanas from the primary series, or just go >> straight into the finishing asanas. >> >> thanks, >> ana >> >> >> >> Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard >> http://antispam./whatsnewfree Links > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 ..... hey ana.. the idea is that our practice is like a sandwhich.. the standing and finishing sequence form the bread... the primary, intermediate or one of the advanced series form the filling... so always practice the standing and finishing sequence in conjunction with the series you want to fill your sandwhich with on that day... so.. standing>primary>finishing> or.. standing>intermediate>finishing or standing>advanced A>finishing.. and so on.. out of all of it the finishing is most important... so if you have days when you do a limited number of asanas it is good to always do the finishing sequnce.. it is an energetic seal to your practice.. these asanas are very beneficial... take care of yourself... mart >leighbaz <no_reply> >ashtanga yoga >ashtanga yoga >ashtanga yoga Re: secondary series >Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:00:02 -0000 > >ashtanga yoga, "Ana C. Sirianni" ><acsirianni> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a question about incorporating the second > > series into my practice. I read that you generally do > > the standing asanas from the primary series and then > > begin the second series from there. When you finish, > > is is customary to go back and then complete the > > sitting asanas from the primary series, or just go > > straight into the finishing asanas. > > > > thanks, > > ana > > > > > > > > Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard > > http://antispam./whatsnewfree > > _______________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 so you do sun salutes a+b, then standing poses, then forward bends or backbends, then finish ?? can you do an edited series of forward bends + then backbends ?should you do forward before or after 2 series [ backbends }? yogione --- "mart ..." <martw77 wrote: > .... hey ana.. the idea is that our practice is like > a sandwhich.. the > standing and finishing sequence form the bread... > the primary, intermediate > or one of the advanced series form the filling... so > always practice the > standing and finishing sequence in conjunction with > the series you want to > fill your sandwhich with on that day... so.. > standing>primary>finishing> > or.. standing>intermediate>finishing or > standing>advanced A>finishing.. and > so on.. out of all of it the finishing is most > important... so if you have > days when you do a limited number of asanas it is > good to always do the > finishing sequnce.. it is an energetic seal to your > practice.. these asanas > are very beneficial... take care of yourself... mart > > > >leighbaz <no_reply> > >ashtanga yoga > >ashtanga yoga > >ashtanga yoga Re: secondary series > >Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:00:02 -0000 > > > >ashtanga yoga, "Ana C. > Sirianni" > ><acsirianni> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have a question about incorporating the second > > > series into my practice. I read that you > generally do > > > the standing asanas from the primary series and > then > > > begin the second series from there. When you > finish, > > > is is customary to go back and then complete the > > > sitting asanas from the primary series, or just > go > > > straight into the finishing asanas. > > > > > > thanks, > > > ana > > > > > > > > > > > > Protect your identity with Mail > AddressGuard > > > http://antispam./whatsnewfree > > > > > > _______________ > Express yourself with cool new emoticons > http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo > > > New and Improved Mail - Send 10MB messages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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