Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 In Ashtanga,you always start with the right side first,in every asana that has two sides!!! Namaste! Jamie Fellrath <jfellrath wrote: Hi everyone, I've just started with Ashtanga this week, and I hope no one minds if I share a question. As I'm just trying it out for a while, I haven't joined a class or anything, I'm just working out of Beryl Bender Birch's book. I've been working with Matt Furey's Combat Conditioning program - if you're not familiar with it, it's not what it sounds like. Matt is a former college wrestler (real wrestling, not modern "professional" wrestling). Basically he started with bodyweight exercises as performed by Hindu Wrestlers and has expanded it to include lots of good old fashioned pushups, exercises and postures from various martial arts and yoga, exercises performed by the old-time strongmen and wrestlers (guys who worked out before the whole weight-lifting craze), and he puts great emphasis on proper breathing while doing the exercises. I find that many of the postures of Ashtanga are easier for me than for people who come from a weight-lifting background due to the similarity of many of the postures and CC exercises - particularly the upward and downward facing dog postures. I find it interesting that Yoga espouses many of the same principles that he has gleaned from breathing exercises of the old-time strongmen. It seems there's nothing new in the world, and practicing a regimen as old as yoga proves that. I wonder if many of those strongmen of yesteryear got their breathing routines from yoga or a similar practice. And naturally, that similarity is what led me to Ashtanga as a next logical step. I hope to combine the two - Ashtanga and Combat Conditioning - without compromising either one. I do Ashtanga in the morning to get me going, then work on CC in the evening after work. So far it's working nicely. Anyway, my question: In the second Sun Salutation, does it matter which leg you send forward first in the two Warrior positions? Thanks, and looking forward to sharing a lot with everyone. Jamie ===== James Fellrath http://fellrath.blogspot.com "Princes and Lords learn to survive with this art, in earnest and in play. But if you are fearful, then you should not learn to fence. Because a despondent heart will always be defeated, regardless of all skill." - Sigmund Ringeck, c. 1400 ashtanga yoga Post your free ad now! Canada Personals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Always the ride sight first, but please take it easy. It is not a crime to do it the other way round. Have fun with your practice. Ursula Jamie Fellrath <jfellrath wrote: Hi everyone, I've just started with Ashtanga this week, and I hope no one minds if I share a question. As I'm just trying it out for a while, I haven't joined a class or anything, I'm just working out of Beryl Bender Birch's book. I've been working with Matt Furey's Combat Conditioning program - if you're not familiar with it, it's not what it sounds like. Matt is a former college wrestler (real wrestling, not modern "professional" wrestling). Basically he started with bodyweight exercises as performed by Hindu Wrestlers and has expanded it to include lots of good old fashioned pushups, exercises and postures from various martial arts and yoga, exercises performed by the old-time strongmen and wrestlers (guys who worked out before the whole weight-lifting craze), and he puts great emphasis on proper breathing while doing the exercises. I find that many of the postures of Ashtanga are easier for me than for people who come from a weight-lifting background due to the similarity of many of the postures and CC exercises - particularly the upward and downward facing dog postures. I find it interesting that Yoga espouses many of the same principles that he has gleaned from breathing exercises of the old-time strongmen. It seems there's nothing new in the world, and practicing a regimen as old as yoga proves that. I wonder if many of those strongmen of yesteryear got their breathing routines from yoga or a similar practice. And naturally, that similarity is what led me to Ashtanga as a next logical step. I hope to combine the two - Ashtanga and Combat Conditioning - without compromising either one. I do Ashtanga in the morning to get me going, then work on CC in the evening after work. So far it's working nicely. Anyway, my question: In the second Sun Salutation, does it matter which leg you send forward first in the two Warrior positions? Thanks, and looking forward to sharing a lot with everyone. Jamie ===== James Fellrath http://fellrath.blogspot.com "Princes and Lords learn to survive with this art, in earnest and in play. But if you are fearful, then you should not learn to fence. Because a despondent heart will always be defeated, regardless of all skill." - Sigmund Ringeck, c. 1400 ashtanga yoga Gesendet von Mail - Jetzt mit 250MB kostenlosem Speicher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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