Guest guest Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 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... Thank you all Constança _______________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 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 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... > > Thank you all > Constança > > _______________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 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 ashtanga yoga, Obiageli Ozobu <ozobu_1> wrote: 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 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. --- ashtanga yoga wrote: > ------------------------ Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Companion > Toolbar. > Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! > http://us.click./L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/bpSolB/TM > --~-> > > > There are 6 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Re: Re: Full Moon > <taraskye > 2. Re: Re: Full Moon > Bruno Bartulitch > <brunobartu > 3. Re: Newbie question > anis1361 > 4. Re: Newbie question > Michelle Kelner > <michkelner > 5. Re: newbie question > "A. Kirk" <rowena28 > 6. ashtanga en Lima > Eleanor Glass > <eleanorglass > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 1 > Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:08:30 GMT > <taraskye > Re: Re: Full Moon > > > The moon certainly has an effect on the water body, > witness the menstrual cycle which cultures from eons > call moontime. Many systems of health and > healing consider hormonal fluctuations part of the > water body so whether one is being literal or > metaphorical, certainly the full moon can effect > balance. > > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 2 > Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:38:26 -0300 (ART) > Bruno Bartulitch <brunobartu > Re: Re: Full Moon > > Hi, I´m from Brazil. > > Greetings!!! > > Bruno > > Ary <arsh wrote: > Hi Ana, I´m from Argentina, is someone else here > from Southamerica? > Saludos!!! > > - > anis1361 > ashtanga yoga > Monday, June 07, 2004 11:38 AM > ashtanga yoga Re: Full Moon > > > 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 > > 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... > > > > Thank you all > > Constança > > > > > _______________ > > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 > months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > Sponsor > > > > > > > > Links > > > > > b.. To from this group, send an > email to: > ashtanga yoga > > c.. Your use of is subject to the > . > > > > __________ Información de NOD32 1.782 (20040608) > __________ > > Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 Antivirus > System > http://www.nod32.com > > > __________ Información de NOD32 1.781 (20040604) > __________ > > Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 Antivirus > System > http://www.nod32.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > Sponsor > > > > Links > > > > > > ashtanga yoga > > Your use of is subject to the > > > > > Mail - Participe da pesquisa global sobre o > Mail. Clique aqui! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 3 > Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:59:23 -0000 > anis1361 > Re: Newbie question > > Hi, > > I started ashtanga thee month ago. I had never > practiced any other > === message truncated === Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 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. Pedro Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 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: > > > 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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