Guest guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 At home I mainly practice Ashtanga yoga, but rarely have a full 90 minutes to complete the primary series. Can anyone recommend a good selection of postures to create a shorter version, i.e. five A and five B sunsalutes, followed by the standing postures, or just the seated postures, or mix and match? I tend to vary it each day, but find that I miss some postures out all together at home and only practice them in class. Should you just do what you feel like, or does that negate from the meditative purpose of Ashtanga? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 I love practising with David Swenson’s Ashtanga Yoga Short forms CD. He proposes three different practises: 15min, 30min and 45min. He also has the shortforms illustrative cards. Otherwise, I do my practise normally, up to, for example, Navasana, and then I go to the finishing postures. Namasté, Amanda. yogabright <yogabright wrote: At home I mainly practice Ashtanga yoga, but rarely have a full 90 minutes to complete the primary series. Can anyone recommend a good selection of postures to create a shorter version, i.e. five A and five B sunsalutes, followed by the standing postures, or just the seated postures, or mix and match? I tend to vary it each day, but find that I miss some postures out all together at home and only practice them in class. Should you just do what you feel like, or does that negate from the meditative purpose of Ashtanga? Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Hi, A shorter version : 3 A and 3 B sunsalutes, and instead of 5 breaths, 3 breaths in each postures. My teacher told me to do like that when I started self-practice. It makes the practice a bit shorter. I also suggest that you do one day :standing postures, then following day :seated postures, like that none of them is neglected, but I am not a teacher and my suggestion maybe wrong, ask a teacher if possible. Whatever you do, the most important is to do it with mindfulness and focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 I follow David Swensons Short Forms DVD alot to manage time restraints. He also wrote a small article which may be of interest?? http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/2542 On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 07:27:11PM -0000, yogabright wrote: > At home I mainly practice Ashtanga yoga, but rarely have a full 90 > minutes to complete the primary series. Can anyone recommend a good > selection of postures to create a shorter version, i.e. five A and > five B sunsalutes, followed by the standing postures, or just the > seated postures, or mix and match? I tend to vary it each day, but > find that I miss some postures out all together at home and only > practice them in class. Should you just do what you feel like, or > does that negate from the meditative purpose of Ashtanga? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Locate copies of David Swensons short forms They range from 15 to about 45 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 ashtangayoga , " yogabright " <yogabright wrote: > > At home I mainly practice Ashtanga yoga, but rarely have a full 90 > minutes to complete the primary series. Can anyone recommend a good > selection of postures to create a shorter version, i.e. five A and > five B sunsalutes, followed by the standing postures, or just the > seated postures, or mix and match? I tend to vary it each day, but > find that I miss some postures out all together at home and only > practice them in class. Should you just do what you feel like, or > does that negate from the meditative purpose of Ashtanga? > Hi Yogabright, I'm in the same position & I would really like to know whether there is an 'accepted' short version too! Meditative flow-wise it's not a problem if I am short of time. I usually do 5 A's, 3B's, all the standing--then set a timer according to how much time I have that day & go into seated. (This is where I could really use advice on asana selection--I'm not sure about jumping ahead in sequence without prepping the body sufficiently, so end up doing the earlier postures so much more!)--then when timer goes off move into backbends & closing sequence. Set timer again for savasana. I know the timer sounds intrusive at first but when I know it's there to pace me, it's possible to focus completely on practice. Hope it helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 i think the sun sun salutation is must for your practice, because it can warm up your body. normally,at home after the suns alutation series. i just practice some posture that i can't do well in the class or some stressing. after that, i will do some hand balancing posture to stronger the arm. so when in the class, i will do the better posture and perform well in ashtanga. i think you can't do all the ashtanga posture in 90 min, because ashtanga posture have more than 150 basic pose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 What do you mean - you can't do all the postures in 90 minutes? You are supposed to be able to do the primary series in about 90 minutes. That is indeed very doable. Watch Sharats primary series DVD - he counts you through all the poses in 60 minutes... - " peng_579 " <peng_579 <ashtangayoga > Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:23 AM ashtanga yoga Re: Ashtanga shortforms >i think the sun sun salutation is must for your practice, because it can > warm up your body. normally,at home after the suns alutation series. i > just practice some posture that i can't do well in the class or some > stressing. after that, i will do some hand balancing posture to stronger > the arm. so when in the class, i will do the better posture and perform > well in ashtanga. i think you can't do all the ashtanga posture in 90 > min, because ashtanga posture have more than 150 basic pose. > > --- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 hi, agree with your idea.actually ashtanga yoga is very tough and some time you might get injured if not careful doing those ashtanga posture. at home,myself only do some simple pose and warm up. myself only do the ashtanga yoga in the class with the teacher or trainer. Barbara Aubert <barbara.aubert wrote: Hi, A shorter version : 3 A and 3 B sunsalutes, and instead of 5 breaths, 3 breaths in each postures. My teacher told me to do like that when I started self-practice. It makes the practice a bit shorter. I also suggest that you do one day :standing postures, then following day :seated postures, like that none of them is neglected, but I am not a teacher and my suggestion maybe wrong, ask a teacher if possible. Whatever you do, the most important is to do it with mindfulness and focus. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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