tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post981764277249680542..comments2023-05-08T04:14:52.129-07:00Comments on THE RELUCTANT ASHTANGI: AstangaKaivalyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706519542278960007noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-20489466763066128552010-06-23T15:10:00.660-07:002010-06-23T15:10:00.660-07:00@Ragdoll
The first time my teacher tried to cue me...@Ragdoll<br />The first time my teacher tried to cue me with his breath (and he can breath LOUD), I was all: "Why is he doing that?!" I totally didn't get it, then I had a lighbulb moment. After that, I realised that he needed to hear *my* breath in order to help me in the adjustment. It really is like a dance sometimes!<br /><br />@Patrick<br />The jump 'hang-time' is continuing to develop. I’m actually delighted that there is so much vinyasa in the Primary Series because it gives me plenty of time to play with it!<br /><br />@Loo<br />The full-body Paschimo 'power squish' is my favourite adjustment. Done by a good teacher, it's both gentle and soothing.<br /><br />I hope your husband finds his way to a Mysore room. It's a good learning experience and his practice will grow exponentially.Kaivalyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706519542278960007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-38181829825765025742010-06-18T10:30:05.725-07:002010-06-18T10:30:05.725-07:00I love the surrender I get when I have the paschim...I love the surrender I get when I have the paschimo squish and breathe in unison with my teacher. He studied with Guruji for years and is very capable yet gentle. <br /><br />Personally I always hated working with other students in *regular* yoga class ... now there is where my trust totally breaks down!<br /><br />My husband has a solo self-taught practice like you did, but I can see he is beginning to want the adjustments so hopefully he'll join me. I'm sending him to your blog for inspiration!Loohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527656741874519550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-14703574794308346782010-06-18T06:16:55.603-07:002010-06-18T06:16:55.603-07:00YES to the jump-hang-time. THAT, my friend, is th...YES to the jump-hang-time. THAT, my friend, is the magic you've been looking for. The more you do it, the longer it'll get, and eventually (so they say) it'll lead fun places like Navasana handstand vinyasa (can't speak from experience there, though....yet).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-8834919579104990202010-06-18T04:09:29.542-07:002010-06-18T04:09:29.542-07:00This is a really interesting read for me. And kind...This is a really interesting read for me. And kind of timely. For instance:<br />"Even Supta Kurmasana, which seemed like a cosmic joke of a pose, eventually became available to me."<br />With my life being a bit up in the air from September, it's good to know that it's possible to get that pose even if I do end up moving somewhere where I don't have any access to an Ashtanga teacher. At the moment, I feel slightly that if I have to move away my progress on some asanas may just stop. Or even move backwards as I slide into bad habits!<br /><br />Your comments about the breath, body language etc of a teacher reminds me of the first time that I realised a teacher was using the ujjayi breath themselves to get my own breath back on track. I had the weird feeling that I was being told off - of course there was no such implication from the teacher, that was all in my head. I try to remember that when teaching university students, a group of young adults who are also still in the mindset of a 'reminder' being interpreted as a 'reprimand'.<br /><br />I also got dropped one time (though from headstand) and I was already a bit wary of being helped, but had taken a deep breath and gone with it. Think I'm still wary of any other student's (physical) support, but I've never had a poor experience with a teacher, in any of the forms of yoga I've tried.Ragdollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845879995128960872noreply@blogger.com