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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442      | I'm having a rather nice time laughing at you too, Eric | ||
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what i love is that clearly he takes his practice seriously, but not himself overly so  Edited by Hehet 2007-04-09 7:42 PM | |||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 475 Location: canada | the thing i always hated about practicing outside is the good timing of the mosquitos that always seemed to find my face when i'm fully engaged in a bakasana,  . | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Light on Yoga says you must use a space that is free from insects, you silly people! ....and on a similar note - never try to brush away an ant while in headstand...  | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 475 Location: canada | tourist - 2007-04-10 11:25 PM Light on Yoga says you must use a space that is free from insects, you silly people! ....and on a similar note - never try to brush away an ant while in headstand... yeah for some strange reason, some of us didn't anticipate the mosquitos.. | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Hehet - so far I need both arms firmly on the ground for headstand. When I go against Nick's admonishment about practicing niralamba sirsasana, I may be able to brush away a bug while standing on my head | ||
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 Location: London, England | All the more reason to practice it with the head off the ground-helps you to conform to ahimsa Nick | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Aha - niralamba sirsasana with head off the ground. Perfect! Then the bugs - at least the crawlers - won't be able to reach me! | ||
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| quit hyjacking my thread. This thread is about triangle, practing outside, dristhi, insects, ego, and weather patterns! Not headstands!  | |||
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Location: London, England | Hi Eric, Sorry, Glenda started it I think you should show more decorum as an upstanding forum member, Glenda. There you go Eric, she won't do it again I sense more hijacking coming on... Nick | ||
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| Here goes again, my latest pic, taken on my new phone. It feels I've improved, but I'd like some comments please. Iam (Triangle april 12th.jpg) Attachments ----------------  Triangle april 12th.jpg (88KB - 69 downloads) | |||
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Hi Ian, That right hamstring is really tight for you, isn't it? That's the first sense I got when looking at your picture, the energy of tension called out to me from there, and from your right hip crease as well. I get a feeling of lack of length happening there in that hamstring, right quad as well. With my non-Ashtanga background, I would want to give you a block so you wouldn't have to struggle so hard to get that hand flat to the floor, and make some space in that hip crease. But that's not an option for you Ashtangis, is it? Too bad. Looking at it again, and mind you I'm looking for areas of tension, not alignment boo-boos, I'm noticing your top (right) shoulder, and wondering if that felt kinda strained as well. Not as much as in the hamstring, but still. Maybe I'm totally off, in trying to read only the energy, but still, I'd be really curious to hear how you FELT while in the pose. Thanks again for sharing your pics and opening yourself up to public and anonymous scrutiny -- takes a lot of courage, good for you! | |||
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Location: London, England | Hi Ian, It's hard to tell-in future can you put a black line going down your mat so I can more easily gauge foot position-and you too ? having said that, it looks to me like you cannot improve in the pose unless you alter your foot position. Looks like there needs to be more width between the feet-the heels look they are on that imaginary line-the left heel want to be at least four inches for most people on the other side of the line-this is what I call the 'second foot position.' I bellieve this will improve the available position for your right leg, which is being pushed into poosition by the position of the left leg-that way, you can hit the tight bits on your right leg and hip-looks instead like you are hitting a brick wall. With the new left foot position, you will be able to get rid of the knee hyper-extension which you are exhibiting at the moment-I can tell this by the prominence of the left calf muscles-which is parlty why the right leg looks wrong-look at the force vector created by the extension of the left knee-and see how the right hip is following the same vector, or at least is influenced by it. You want that left knee pulled up-not just the kneecap, the knee itself-then the forces going through the knee compliment a better attempt at this pose. I think with that left knee rotated around, you should be able to flex the hips more and create better posture all round. Also, see how the right shoulder is internally rotated still-work on getting the shoulder to spiral as you come into position-really helps if you look at the right arm, rather than at the left hand, as you come into the posture-usually, I'll look up at the left hand as it goes over my head, and then start to turn my attention to my right arm by revolving my head and neck and thoracic spine-then everything is near to the correct place as I come into the posture. About the hamstrings-if you don't feel hamstring stretch, you are not doing the posture properly-ever-so try to put your pelvis in a postion which allows you to feel the most complete hamstring stretch. when students don't feel the stretch, I can always illicit one-they've just learned how to cheat, or not improve. And get rid of that extended thumb-you aren't hitching Apart from that, good one-keep up the good work. Nick p.s. let's meet up in a London park this summer-if the weather's fine, we should be able to find somewhere without too many people-or I'll try and find some space-it's up to you, of course. Edited by Nick 2007-04-12 10:14 AM | ||
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| Nick, you have keen eye. I'd forgotten about the heels. That can make a huge difference in this asana and Parsvottanasana too. Although once the legs, hips and ankles are ready wouldn't you strive towards heels in a straight line? It works for me...as long as the wind isn't too strong | |||
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Location: London, England | TampaEric - 2007-04-12 4:00 PM Nick, you have keen eye. I'd forgotten about the heels. That can make a huge difference in this asana and Parsvottanasana too. Although once the legs, hips and ankles are ready wouldn't you strive towards heels in a straight line? It works for me...as long as the wind isn't too strong Hi Eric, I think different forms of yoga teach different heel positions-my own take does not reflect the usual astanga technique. At least, I don't think it does. All I can say is, that I hope my take is based on a sound knowledge of human anatomy. The human was not designed to locomote with the feet on a line-cats feet do, but not us. So I design yoga postures based on what our anatomy is capable of doing without injury. if you have the feet on a line, for example, it's almost impossible to stabilize the sacro-iliac joints-you can visualize how they are being strained in the position that Ian is doing. When a human walks or runs, the skeleton is designed so that the SI joint closes as the hips oscillate to move the feet over the ground-this preserves the joint and allows the forces that we create to move us more efficiently and faster if necessary-or that's what should happen! So in learning to do pavritta trikonasana with the heels in line, you are teaching yourself to expose the SI joint to conditions which encourage pathology-and mediocre performance. There may be exceptions-there always are-but the exceptions can be considered mutants-far away from the norm. Nick | ||
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