![]() Here I'm following Simon Borg-Olivier's tips, suggestions and recommendations ( I'm currently following his YogaSynergy Fundamentals online course), entering the posture as hands free as possible. Richard Freeman would suggest you're one of the lucky ones in that you get to feel the effects of the posture at an earlier point. ![]() Your knees may never touch the floor, which is perfectly fine, they don't have to for the posture to count as the asana. spend some time there and allow the posture to come along in it's own time which could take years. Simon talks about coming into the posture (ideally almost any posture) hands free and only as far as is comfortable. This vinyasa is good for the kidneys supposedly practice which tends to consist of a sun salutation, maha mudra, baddha konasana, padmasana, sidhasana kapalabhati, japa nadisodhana pranayama and a sit. I often bring it into my later Pranayama prep. I tend to rotate postures in my practice that I stay in for an extended period, given the time I'd stay ten minutes or more in Baddha Konasana every practice. ![]() David Williams loosely quoting Pattabhi Jois. One does the 10 postures that one intuits will be the most beneficial and appropriate for that day, holding each posture for up to 50 comfortable breaths'. 'Then, once one has mastered all of the asanas, one can practice "the rishi series", the most advanced practice. Baddha Konasan may well have been one of these long stays as Pattabhi Jois recommended staying in the posture for up to fifty breaths. Krishnamacharya often recommended long stays in certain postures, perhaps he passed this along to Pattabhi Jois, whose son Manju mentions that his father would often stay for a long time in some postures. Hasta vinyasa options during a long stay in Baddha Konasana
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