tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post1581694239414854044..comments2023-05-08T04:14:52.129-07:00Comments on THE RELUCTANT ASHTANGI: Rocking my own boatKaivalyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706519542278960007noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-11843141948946451022011-01-26T11:43:55.895-08:002011-01-26T11:43:55.895-08:00xoxoxo!
You are honest and in tune with your body....xoxoxo!<br />You are honest and in tune with your body. The goal of any yoga practice. Great postFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244507863932679539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-4862083991801341422011-01-25T19:33:38.766-08:002011-01-25T19:33:38.766-08:00Love this post! I love that you experimented with ...Love this post! I love that you experimented with Bikram with such an open mind! <br /><br />I came to a similar conclusion after around 2 months of a practicing mostly Ashtanga. My knees started yelling at me and it was only after I heard it from many people that I finally backed off, and I'm glad I did. I now practice mostly by the idea of just asking, "what do I need today?" If I need something grounding and stabilizing, it's Ashtanga. Move slow and get deep into the stretches: yin or Forrest. And so on. <br /><br />Sometimes I feel a small twinge of guilt for not being in the Mysore room everyday at 6 something in the morning, but, like you said, it's my body...much more than 3 days of Ashtanga a week and my body starts getting grumpy and kind of starts rejecting it, lol! Though I think the guilt is something that I've created on my own because my Mysore teacher is really open to people practicing other styles (and even does so herself on occasion).<br /><br />I think that you're headed in a really great direction with your practice...can't wait to see what comes next for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-32315819668092866592011-01-25T09:58:39.461-08:002011-01-25T09:58:39.461-08:00Good luck in your ruminations. You will find an a...Good luck in your ruminations. You will find an answer undoubtedly. <br /><br />I am dealing with a lot of similar things, but for me it is not so much the practice itself but how I approached it. I look at seventy year old women at my shala pulling a traditional ashtanga week and know there is a way to approach it softly. My teacher tells me that its breath, bandha, and driste that form the ashtanga practice not how aweseome I do an asana or whether I float in vinyasa. <br /><br />However putting this attitude in practice is difficult for a type A like me. If I can , then the system will have taught me a very important life lesson. <br /><br />Anyways...I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this....best of luck working through it all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-24467886756637451362011-01-25T06:18:25.587-08:002011-01-25T06:18:25.587-08:00beautiful how the discovery of your own practice i...beautiful how the discovery of your own practice is evolving through layers, stages, formalities, structures, time ideas, ideas, body parts.<br /><br />this is a lifelong evolution - being, breathing, discovering, inquiry. finding oneself, finding oneself, finding one self in the moment.<br /><br />thank you for putting this where i can share it with you in this way... maybe on the path there is only one footprintSarahhttp://seeinginsideout.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-23732647884674493802011-01-25T00:49:19.233-08:002011-01-25T00:49:19.233-08:00Hey Kai! Great post, thanks for sharing your thoug...Hey Kai! Great post, thanks for sharing your thoughts and feelings. I'm feeling kinda the same at the moment having stepped outside the ashtanga circle, with a 10 day hot yoga course and some 'freestyle' yoga a bit more vinyasa krama. Loving the RF quote too, so true, and something to definately remember!Micquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06805452096378023748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-89351825276869904042011-01-24T20:27:00.907-08:002011-01-24T20:27:00.907-08:00Great post as always. I think it makes a lot of se...Great post as always. I think it makes a lot of sense. I personally find the Ashtanga practice full of change. The fact that the sequence is the same every day leaves me open to observe change -- in and of itself, in a sense.<br /><br />I think it's great (brave!) that you took the time you needed to heal and to explore another mode of practice. <br /><br />Thanks for being so open and honest, as always. :)Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516203764767040649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-12777205130119628312011-01-24T13:43:30.774-08:002011-01-24T13:43:30.774-08:00Thank you so much for this post. You're trying...Thank you so much for this post. You're trying things that I wondered about and would have experimented on myself if I had time to do it. It's really helpful to hear about your experience!Yoginihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483919150641771008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-37096019936742984832011-01-24T09:06:10.136-08:002011-01-24T09:06:10.136-08:00Wow Kai, Thanks for going out there first, clearin...Wow Kai, Thanks for going out there first, clearing up a trail and leaving some markers, just in case anyone of us wants to meander that road. It's nice to know a bold explorer.sereneflavor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-24047697998410907382011-01-24T07:59:16.742-08:002011-01-24T07:59:16.742-08:00I remember reading somewhere that Dena tells her t...I remember reading somewhere that Dena tells her teacher trainees that not everyone should or can do a six-day a week practice. And I think there are so many instances in the Guruji book that support doing what works for your own body and to hell with the rest. I love that you jumped right into Bikram and did it with an open heart. I think that shows that you are indeed open to change. Something is brewing for you, don't rush it, but I suspect that what will emerge is the right way to practice yoga for you. But please keep posting every now and again, you are a joy to read!Loohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527656741874519550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-14707642966767339532011-01-24T05:43:29.245-08:002011-01-24T05:43:29.245-08:00dear Kai
the picture makes simple things look beau...dear Kai<br />the picture makes simple things look beautiful.<br />hugs<br />ArturoArturohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971352220152467379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-83377789102957900232011-01-24T03:14:23.979-08:002011-01-24T03:14:23.979-08:00You are being so honest with yourself, and that...You are being so honest with yourself, and that's a great thing. I'm sure you will figure out what's best for you :)<br />And by the way, congrats on toe stand! I can do it most days on my right side, but it is absolutely impossible on my left. Sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-26580744273378035582011-01-23T20:03:14.895-08:002011-01-23T20:03:14.895-08:00Such a great post...really. I am feeling the same ...Such a great post...really. I am feeling the same way since I moved. What is best for my body? Asking the question is anwsering it. Thank you for this post.Shaktigirlnoreply@blogger.com