Sharath 1 min in
Russell Case
Sanya
from Ashtangaboi
from Reynoldl
from yuyasarashina
from govindakai's video ( Update, Laruga center)
Greg Nardi adjusting
UPDATE 2017
My later Richard freeman 14 day Karandavasana challenge
This is a Morricone version of this post
Day 14 Towards Karandavasana ; Richard Freeman's Two week Pepsi challenge, Final day
This is a Morricone version of this post
Day 14 Towards Karandavasana ; Richard Freeman's Two week Pepsi challenge, Final day
for Patrick
A Fistful of Dollars suite Ennio Morricone
Update: Bit embarrassed now by the music but at the time there was an in-joke that I've forgotten and hey, this was 2009
"The people we trust with our privacy are the ones who really listen closely, but don’t hang on to a detail. The trust-worthy know that next year you will have a different mind, and they won’t hold on to anything but compassion for your future past selves."
from here
"This pose is quite challenging and takes at least two weeks of practice."
Richard Freeman Ashtanga yoga The Intermediate series DVD
Final day and I don't appear any closer to coming up, and yet I can feel it's all becoming a little more controlled each day. I know it will come, sooner, rather than later.
And Richards statement in the video, 'This pose is quite challenging and takes at least two weeks of practice' , if he means getting into the pose then, yes, you can do it in two weeks of focused practice, or even a little less. Coming up from it, though, surely takes more time. Dropping back into Kapo is one thing, reaching the heels, another.
I find I'm not disappointed, very happy with being able to get into it and how much more balanced my intermediate feels. It's a wonderful asana, I have this image of one of those speeded up movies of a flower opening and closing and opening again, am beginning to fall in love with Intermediate.
Now I want to let it do it's thing, deepen and grow in me, and just get on with my practice for a while, without focusing on any particular asana.
See Day 1 for idea behind all this
UPDATE
I came back to Karandavasana a month later for another week intensive and finally got it back up although with a chin plant
A few weeks later the exit started to come together
