full vs half vinyasa

[Guest guest]

Re: full vs half vinyasa

 

Hi

I would answer to your email directly off list, but your email is not in the

heading, so here is just my opinions on the subject, because I have asked the

same question before. I attended two of Lino Miele's workshops in Miami. Also,

another teacher who is close to him, Michael Gannon, used to teach the full

vinyasa method in workshops. Lino says that he teaches this system in workshops.

He learned yoga that way from his guru, Guruji. It may be that Guruji taught

that way a long time ago. In any case, because of Lino's original back problems,

he found the heat generated from the full vinyasa helped him. It takes a lot of

energy to do it.

 

All that said and done, a friend who is close to being authorized to teach

ashtanga asked Guruji recently about the benefits of the full vinyasa and

whether he should practice that way. My friend said that Guruji said that he

didn't recommend the full vinyasa now because you lose heat doing so. That is

odd, because I thought the practice of the full vinyasa actually generates more

heat, but that is what I was told.

 

Now, on the more practical side, I'm remembering Lino saying that when you are

practicing at home, you have to do what time allows you to do. If you have time

to do the full vinyasa, (which may add 15 or 20 more minutes to the practice)

and you have the energy to do it, then do so. If you don't have time, do the

half vinyasa. It's sometimes fun to do it, just for a change. It give a

different kind of energy and strenght. I'm sure other yogis will have

observations to add.

Cheers and namaste,

Arturo

 

 

Message: 4

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:25:26 -0000

arjunaschariot

Full vinyasa vs. half vinyasa...

 

Hi,

 

Out of curiosity -- because I practice half vinyasa -- what are the

benefits to the full vinyasa

sequence? For instance some teachers teach half vinyasa -- but then

you see others such as

Lino Miele who are proponents of the full vinyasa. Can someone

enlighten me as to why this

is? Is it an issue of orthodoxy or something else?

 

Thanks...

[Guest guest]

ashtanga yoga, jimmy ray lang jr

<anthonysaguto> wrote:

> thanks for yor response but i have been misunderstood a number of

times in my querie.

> i'm aware of full vinyasa vs half and the fact that full vinyasa is

rarely taught.

> I am specifically questioning the standing sequence only. after each

asana i was taught(as it has been taught for some time) to always come

to samasdithi at the top of the matt. Now what has changed is many

teachers, including pattabi jois, have stop this and just go from one

asana to the other with no vinyasa. I have read on the ezboard that

when questioned about this change Pattabi responded that he hasn't

changed anything . well the man is 90 years old. I guess i'll stick

with his book it's absolute and proveable.

>

> thanks again for your input.

 

You are very disrespectful.