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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

>

>

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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

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..... 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

>

>

 

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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

> >

> >

>

>

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