intro, and need recommendation for beginning dvd/book

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone. Just a quick and intro. I am a yoga practioner but haven't

formally studied ashtanga. Any recommendations for a great dvd and book to get

me started?

 

Thanks,

DeAnna

[Guest guest]

Just my bias but

Do not recommend learning this from DVD or book.

First, its very hard to learn the breathing/transitions from either.

Second, without the guidance of an experienced teacher its easy to do

serious injury to yourself.

 

Find yourself a good mysore style class with an experienced teacher.

 

Now for the rant-- what is is about yoga -- You see people with a year of

experience or less taking a 200 hour training and becoming teachers. You

see people learning from books and videos and becoming teachers. Would you

try to learn piano, karate, figure skating from a book?

Would you think that somebody with 200 hours of teacher training should

teach karate, figure skating, gymnastics, piano?

Then why do we believe otherwise about yoga????

 

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:07 AM, girlpita2 <girlpita2 wrote:

 

> Hi everyone. Just a quick and intro. I am a yoga practioner but haven't

> formally studied ashtanga. Any recommendations for a great dvd and book to

> get me started?

>

> Thanks,

> DeAnna

>

>

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

First Ashtanga class I went to was secondary series and I had trouble walking

for a few days. Then I got a DVD with Nicki Doane and worked with it until I

could get through the sun salutations and standing poses while keeping my

breathing. My next class felt much better - maybe because I went to an intro

primary series

 

 

ashtangayoga , Tom Hunter <thunter01 wrote:

>

> Just my bias but

> Do not recommend learning this from DVD or book.

> First, its very hard to learn the breathing/transitions from either.

> Second, without the guidance of an experienced teacher its easy to do

> serious injury to yourself.

>

> Find yourself a good mysore style class with an experienced teacher.

>

> Now for the rant-- what is is about yoga -- You see people with a year of

> experience or less taking a 200 hour training and becoming teachers. You

> see people learning from books and videos and becoming teachers. Would you

> try to learn piano, karate, figure skating from a book?

> Would you think that somebody with 200 hours of teacher training should

> teach karate, figure skating, gymnastics, piano?

> Then why do we believe otherwise about yoga????

>

> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:07 AM, girlpita2 <girlpita2 wrote:

>

> > Hi everyone. Just a quick and intro. I am a yoga practioner but haven't

> > formally studied ashtanga. Any recommendations for a great dvd and book to

> > get me started?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > DeAnna

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

ashtangayoga , " girlpita2 " <girlpita2 wrote:

>

> Hi everyone. Just a quick and intro. I am a yoga practioner but haven't

formally studied ashtanga. Any recommendations for a great dvd and book to get

me started?

>

> Thanks,

> DeAnna

>

Hi DeAnna,

 

Ashtanga is my favourite kind of yoga, and I think if you are already a

practitioner, you will enjoy the challenge of this fluid and demanding style.

However, one of the lovely things about Ashtanga is the movement, and it is as

important as the postures themselves, so I would recommend you attend a class if

at all possible, so that your teacher can give you some feedback.

 

Having said that, a lovely book is available for yoga practitioners who wish to

try ashtanga at homee: " Ashtanga Yoga For You " By Tara Fraser is a great book

for home yoga. It is particularly suitable for someone " sampling " ashtanga as

the author practices many kinds of yoga herself and therefore does not assume a

high level of devotion to ashtanga from her readers. However, I would say that

not even Tara recommends launching into ashtanga without a teacher...

 

Good luck. Get a thick mat because I spent an awful lot of time on my knees when

I started!

 

Kind regards,

 

Daenelle.

[Guest guest]

thanks for the recommendation. Acutally, I am a hatha yoga instructor and have

been for six years. Ironically, I'm also a kenpo karate instructor with over

ten years of experience. I do agree with the sentiments about people thinking

they can become black belts and teachers via video instructor. We actually had

a student that started with us as a white belt and within six months thought he

should have earned his black belt b/c he could get it online in four. lol

 

My desire for ashtanga is to increase my personal practice. I'm not looking to

teach this style. Can't take a class right now though b/c I'm six months

pregnant. I'll tackle classes after my little one is born.

 

DeAnna

 

 

 

ashtangayoga , Tom Hunter <thunter01 wrote:

>

> Just my bias but

> Do not recommend learning this from DVD or book.

> First, its very hard to learn the breathing/transitions from either.

> Second, without the guidance of an experienced teacher its easy to do

> serious injury to yourself.

>

> Find yourself a good mysore style class with an experienced teacher.

>

> Now for the rant-- what is is about yoga -- You see people with a year of

> experience or less taking a 200 hour training and becoming teachers. You

> see people learning from books and videos and becoming teachers. Would you

> try to learn piano, karate, figure skating from a book?

> Would you think that somebody with 200 hours of teacher training should

> teach karate, figure skating, gymnastics, piano?

> Then why do we believe otherwise about yoga????

>

> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:07 AM, girlpita2 <girlpita2 wrote:

>

> > Hi everyone. Just a quick and intro. I am a yoga practioner but haven't

> > formally studied ashtanga. Any recommendations for a great dvd and book to

> > get me started?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > DeAnna

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

That's very well said

 

--- On Fri, 13/3/09, Tom Hunter <thunter01 wrote:

 

Tom Hunter <thunter01

Re: ashtanga yoga intro, and need recommendation for beginning

dvd/book

ashtangayoga

Friday, 13 March, 2009, 8:59 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just my bias but

Do not recommend learning this from DVD or book.

First, its very hard to learn the breathing/transitio ns from either.

Second, without the guidance of an experienced teacher its easy to do

serious injury to yourself.

 

Find yourself a good mysore style class with an experienced teacher.

 

Now for the rant-- what is is about yoga -- You see people with a year of

experience or less taking a 200 hour training and becoming teachers. You

see people learning from books and videos and becoming teachers. Would you

try to learn piano, karate, figure skating from a book?

Would you think that somebody with 200 hours of teacher training should

teach karate, figure skating, gymnastics, piano?

Then why do we believe otherwise about yoga????

 

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:07 AM, girlpita2 <girlpita2 > wrote:

 

> Hi everyone. Just a quick and intro. I am a yoga practioner but haven't

> formally studied ashtanga. Any recommendations for a great dvd and book to

> get me started?

>

> Thanks,

> DeAnna

>

>

>

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Girlpita2,

 

tom raises an important issue: SAFETY FIRST. Sure, yogas are difficult to learn

and on a par with those BLACK ARTS called Martial Arts but you, girlpita2, say

that you are a yoga practioner, so how long have you been practicing and what

forms of yoga are you/have you practiced?

 

I agree with Tom that there's no substitute for a teacher that is right there

with you, in person but if you have no other choices then I can't see why a book

or DVD wouldn't help you on your way and use as a guide until you find a teacher

that you can speak with and learn from. We may say that the book or/and DVD is a

" transistional " phase. You should not become too attached to the practices you

begin and continue through the book and/or DVD since they are probably nothing

more than delusions or hallucinations that Maya has laid out in fine

ornamentation for you to discover.

 

Good Luck.

 

toodles,

colette

 

ashtangayoga , " girlpita2 " <girlpita2 wrote:

>

> Hi everyone. Just a quick and intro. I am a yoga practioner but haven't

formally studied ashtanga. Any recommendations for a great dvd and book to get

me started?

>

> Thanks,

> DeAnna

>