Guest guest Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 , Jeanne Garner <jeanneg@e...> wrote: > This is the " standing " pose. Stand with legs slightly apart, toes pointing > slightly outward, knees bent. Place hands about 5-6 " above the knees, this > means you will be bending at the waist slightly. Now, let your breath out, > all of it, and sort of tuck your stomach upward to push out the rest of > it. Still holding your breath, snap your abdomen out, then in, then out--a > total of 3-5 times (start out with a smaller amount at first), then relax, > take a new breath, let it all out as before, and repeat. I do 5 cycles of > 5 " snaps " or some might say " tucks " twice a day. It's sort of like doing > rapid breathing, except without air--if that's any help. Thank you Jeanne. Yoga has always been " downplayed " in my own awareness because... ....well, let me tell you a story. When I was 18, and an advanced student of Juijitu, the head sensei invited into the dojo a lady yoga trainer that had been teaching yoga for 12 years to give us a workshop. Amazingly, virtually all poses she showed us, no matter how much they depended upon balance, breath control, flexibility... ....I COULD DO THE " FIRST TIME " I was shown the drill! Which really pissed off the rest of the Juijitsu black belts, and the yoga trainer... But me, being so ignorant, just thought " yoga " was nothing. I never, at that time, even considered the higher level question of, " Why can I do these drills so easily? " . In fact that question never occured to me until your post. Curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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