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Matthew responded he has owned an Ipad every since the first model came out and wants to do it! He is just too busy filming and producing a number of DVDs, and traveling and teaching. He needs tech help. God bless. The good news is that it is on his list!
Neti Neti! Big No-No Louisianna! At least not with tap water... Deaths linked to using the neti pot! (Thanks Anonymous for sending the link)
No Excuses!
B.K.S. Iyengar turned 93 this week!, Here are 9 selected quotes from him, my favorite: "Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat"
Ursula confirms my secret suspicious that you need a certain weight for the leg to go behind the neck or for Pasasana. The actual weight may be different between her and me, and I may do it in pounds rather than kilos, but there it is! in blog form
The psychology of injury, within the context of Ashtanga. Nobel does a great compilation of his learnings through speaking with Ashtanga yoga teachers in his quest to open up and heal.
Beautiful video of a self-practice in the style of Tripsichore yoga, I like the water sound and the flow of the poses, very enchanting.
Last Sunday's Yoga Blog Times: It Means Nothing To Be Authorized, or Does It? And a 75 year old looks like he is 35
I'm being drawn to books or websites about yoga anatomy. In other words, which muscles are used in various yoga poses. I tripped upon a book/webstie Bandah yoga by Ray Long but reviewers said there were mistakes in it but that it was getting corrected. Can you recommend any books or websites that would describe this topic--muscles being used or worked or even organs during the various yoga poses. thanks
ReplyDeleteAnon, some question! :-)
ReplyDeleteI like these books on the subject:
http://www.amazon.com/Key-Muscles-Yoga-Scientific-Keys/dp/1607432382/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1324226565&sr=8-3
also
http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Hatha-Yoga-Students-Practitioners/dp/097070061X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1324226565&sr=8-5
and
http://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Anatomy-Leslie-Kaminoff/dp/0736062785/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324226602&sr=8-1
Oh and you could check David Keil DVD on Anatomy (look on the right of the blog on book reviews, I watched and reviewed both dvds)
Anyone else?
I know there is a great resource online these days but cant quite find it at the moment
I really don't believe the weight thing is important to practice ashtanga yoga or any other type. In fact, I think that advertising about losing weight and yoga is dangerous. Christina Sell's books shows that in a way. I 've seen yoga teachers and practioners whose weight is higher than 46 kg doing pasasana and all types of other difficult asanas. Seriously, the weight issue and the obsession about (not) eating is just an awful attachment not to yoga but only to the body, which is a mere vehicle. A healthy life style is important, but that has nothing to do with loosing more and more weight. Besides, a large amount of physicians (western and eastern) agree that a woman shouldn't weight less than 50 Kg and of course it depends on so many factors, such as height. And even Bhagavad Gita mentions that yoga is not for those who overeat nor for those who don't eat much. Losing weight to do a particular pose (and I've made the mistake of thinking the same way about mayurásana a long time ago) is just a type of excuses of the mind and a silly competition with ourselves and with the practice itself.
ReplyDeleteFilipa, I hear what you are saying, believe me I am not the kind to obsess, I like my food and eat it every day. That being said, and I thought about writting a post on this, I notice that my belly somedays makes kurmasana harder, and other days not so much. Same with Mari D for example, eating late or eating too much at night, may make the pose impossible. I am coming from balance, that is for sure, it is always a fine line that of coming from center and wisdom and not overdoing it! :-)
ReplyDeleteI just saw this :) thanks for emailing Matthew :)
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