tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post8264052197009115074..comments2023-05-08T04:14:52.129-07:00Comments on THE RELUCTANT ASHTANGI: AstangaKaivalyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706519542278960007noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-82607147300332995342010-10-29T19:44:08.013-07:002010-10-29T19:44:08.013-07:00Hi there,
I'd love it if you could tell us mo...Hi there, <br />I'd love it if you could tell us more about the hip and shoulder openers you're doing. I'd be interested to add some good (and as it sounds like, teacher approved) ones to my own home practice. <br /><br />Thanks for a fabulous blog!Cisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-81759953647542739022010-10-29T14:43:38.929-07:002010-10-29T14:43:38.929-07:00@Ursula
Interesting how so many of us who can drop...@Ursula<br />Interesting how so many of us who can drop back are opting not to in order to correct our alignment. I see this as a positive trend! Yes, it requires patience. I'm doing hip and shoulder openers in place of dropbacks and standups for now.<br /><br />@Kate<br />Glad it was helpful! Thanks for asking the question - it served as a great 'writing prompt' and clearly this topic is resonating with many people in the Cybershala.<br /><br />@Arturo<br />I'm not sure, but based on my own experimentation, 'tip-toeing' the feet to walk the hands in brings the bend into the low back and can create compression there if you're not careful. I find that my back retains length when I keep my heels down and I can find more length in the front of my hips when I root down through the feet.Kaivalyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706519542278960007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-50395648115077110612010-10-29T14:35:37.844-07:002010-10-29T14:35:37.844-07:00@Shaktigirl
You'll probably be learning it thi...@Shaktigirl<br />You'll probably be learning it this weekend! It's the one with the arms strapped using a window ledge. I've done it every day this week and the second part of it is KILLING my triceps. <br /><br />@Claudia<br />I stopped rocking after I got back from Montreal in August. I felt that it was hurting my wrists and it wasn't helping me learn to stand.Kaivalyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706519542278960007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-58218277634376614392010-10-27T06:56:42.152-07:002010-10-27T06:56:42.152-07:00Dear Kai
You look curvier overall in the second, l...Dear Kai<br />You look curvier overall in the second, like the bow on the front of the body is smoother, not chopped. I wonder what D&J would say about my tippitoing tip - opposite of what you said they said that you told Claudia. yikes, who's on first. Anyway, you said they said to lift the balls of the feet and plant the heels down. No problem with that. I've been seeing tippitoing onto a ballet point, walking the hands in, then lowering the feet. It seems that this allows comfortable walking in of the hands such that on a try, your balance will be to the feet and you will come up. phew! I've said too much.<br />hugs<br />Arturo<br />word verif ditritur - i ditritured too muchArturohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971352220152467379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-1097538523981372982010-10-27T04:43:56.003-07:002010-10-27T04:43:56.003-07:00Dear Kai,
thank you for this terrific interpreta...Dear Kai, <br /><br />thank you for this terrific interpretation of the splayed feet lecture - full of great details, for which I am most grateful. <br /><br />I shall work on this myself from today - may also have to sacrifice the drop backs for a while. But, to tell you the truth, while I'm dropping back and coming up on my own (and each days sees some small improvement) I've been feeling a little guilty at the cheating aspects of my practice here. Better to be integritous to the posture I think...and have a guilt-free practice. <br /><br />Your UD today looks gorgeous - very well done! <br /><br />with warm regards, <br />KateRKateRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-22052838389015436882010-10-27T03:23:11.581-07:002010-10-27T03:23:11.581-07:00Exactly this is why I don't do drop backs anym...Exactly this is why I don't do drop backs anymore. I want to do it correctly. The pose aims at opening the hips, opening the chest, lenghtening the spine. The aim is not to fall back somehow. <br />I'm very optimistic that I'll even come up from that pose next year, with parallel legs.....:)<br />This pose needs patience.Ursulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477281246856984993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-61885342053862206112010-10-27T02:57:50.823-07:002010-10-27T02:57:50.823-07:00Very interersting, your notes, and your decision, ...Very interersting, your notes, and your decision, I have also given up my drop backs for a while, although mine were only at the wall, in favor of cleaning up ud. Good on your decision to work on the mat width and parallel feet, I always use kino's videos for inspiration, she drops back with padangusthasana feet, amazing... Now, although I understand all of this mentally I hope to soon feel the whole energetics of it in the body, really understand it viscerally... What a journey we are on! By the way, in your pre and after wkshp pix it is interesting to see how the legs also seem a bit straighter after.<br /><br />Will you continue rocking?Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609779915009954933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-27559571635316529102010-10-26T19:02:22.205-07:002010-10-26T19:02:22.205-07:00Kai, I am curious, what shoulder opener are you do...Kai, I am curious, what shoulder opener are you doing for 5 minutes?<br />Mahalo!shaktigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208973357560853792noreply@blogger.com