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Constança,

 

Where are you from? With a name like that I was wandering if you are

from Brazil like me... :-)

 

You can find the answer to your question at Tim Miller´s website.

(http://www.ashtangayogacenter.com/moondays.htm)

 

Hope that helps...

 

Ana

 

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> Does anyone konw the real reason for not practicing in the full

moon days?

> Today I was asked that question but couldn't quite answer it...

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> Thank you all

> Constança

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Several months ago I researched the "full moon - no

ashtanga rule". I learned that because the human body

is approximately 78% water and the moon has an effect

on water, a person's balance is thrown off.

 

So, one can be more prone to injuring himself when

trying to attempt balance poses. Or, injured while

performing the rigorous asanas of ashtanga.

 

Aditionally, my thought is that one can disrupt one's

inner harmony when trying to attempt a balance pose

when your balance is off.

 

namaste.

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Hi,

 

The moon causing gravitational effects on human is a myth. There are

no tides in the human body because the water at different locations

within the body is still at the same distance from Moon, so no

difference in gravitational pull exists. Thus, a full moon has no

effect on balance whatsoever. This myth developed because of the

effect of the moon on large bodies of water like oceans. Tides arise

because of differences in the lunar gravitational pull at different

points in the Earth. Remember, the gravitational force of the Moon

decreases with the distance, so a rock on the side of Earth closest

to the Moon feels slightly stronger gravitational pull than an

identical rock at the Earth's center does, while yet another

identical rock on the side of the Earth that faces away from the Moon

feels slightly lesser gravitational pull than does the one at the

Earth's center. These tiny differences in gravitational pull

(involving relatively large distances) of the Moon are called tidal

forces. No such relative large distances exist inside the human body

and, thus, there is no gravitational effect and no loss of balance.

 

regards,

jeff

 

 

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Several months ago I researched the "full moon - noashtanga rule". I

learned that because the human bodyis approximately 78% water and the

moon has an effecton water, a person's balance is thrown off.

 

So, one can be more prone to injuring himself when

trying to attempt balance poses. Or, injured while

performing the rigorous asanas of ashtanga.

 

Aditionally, my thought is that one can disrupt one's

inner harmony when trying to attempt a balance pose

when your balance is off.

 

namaste.

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Attached is a link that may be of assistance in

determining the origin of the no ashtanga on full/new

moon days.

http://www.ashtangayogacenter.com/moondays.html

 

I hope this is of assistance.

 

Namaste.

 

 

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> Constança,

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Here from Mexico !!!!

 

Maybe it is a missunderstanding on full moon practice. Buddhist practicioners

have their main puja on full moon no matter if is saturday, sunday, etc. They

don´t do yoga that day but they have a great party ( in this point of view )

every full moon day.

 

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ashtanga yoga, "Constança de Melo Sousa" <csousaeee@h...>

wrote:

> Hello!

>

> Does anyone konw the real reason for not practicing in the full moon days?

> Today I was asked that question but couldn't quite answer it...

>

 

I read that it was just to give you a periodic rest and to stop you from getting

dependent

on a streak.

 

If this is true I can relate. Some peole get on streaks and wont break them for

not

breaking them's sake even if they are hurt. The just have the strong urge not

to break the

streak at any cost.

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I got this from a site online:

 

Both full and new moon days are observed as yoga holidays in the

Ashtanga Yoga tradition. What is the reasoning behind this?

 

Like all things of a watery nature (human beings are about 70%

water), we are affected by the phases of the moon. The phases of the

moon are determined by the moon's relative position to the sun. Full

moons occur when they are in opposition and new moons when they are

in conjunction. Both sun and moon exert a gravitational pull on the

earth. Their relative positions create different energetic

experiences that can be compared to the breath cycle. The full moon

energy corresponds to the end of inhalation when the force of prana

is greatest. This is an expansive, upward moving force that makes us

feel energetic and emotional, but not well grounded. The Upanishads

state that the main prana lives in the head. During the full moon we

tend to be more headstrong.

 

The new moon energy corresponds to the end of exhalation when the

force of apana is greatest. Apana is a contracting, downward moving

force that makes us feel calm and grounded, but dense and disinclined

towards physical exertion.

 

The Farmers Almanac recommends planting seeds at the new moon when

the rooting force is strongest and transplanting at the full moon

when the flowering force is strongest.

 

Practicing Ashtanga Yoga over time makes us more attuned to natural

cycles. Observing moon days is one way to recognize and honor the

rhythms of nature so we can live in greater harmony with it.

 

 

ashtanga yoga, "John de la Garza" <john@j...>

wrote:

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> ashtanga yoga, "Constança de Melo Sousa"

<csousaeee@h...>

> wrote:

> > Hello!

> >

> > Does anyone konw the real reason for not practicing in the full

moon days?

> > Today I was asked that question but couldn't quite answer it...

> >

>

> I read that it was just to give you a periodic rest and to stop you

from getting dependent

> on a streak.

>

> If this is true I can relate. Some peole get on streaks and wont

break them for not

> breaking them's sake even if they are hurt. The just have the

strong urge not to break the

> streak at any cost.

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