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In November 07 I moved out of the awful flat that had been burgled into a nice house with a garden fifteen minutes by bike from where I worked. There was an extra room for Nietzsche (my chinchilla) and a lot of space to practice downstairs. I'm still here now and all the video's on this blog have been taken in this house. The first video I have of my practice is from this time, an early attempt at Jumping back.
Nov 07
That the first video I have is of a Jump back suggests that I was already becoming obsessed with it. Now that I had a steady practice in the Swenson 40 minute short form and didn't need to keep referring to a book, flow began to become more important to me. I wanted a seamless practice, but after each asana here was this awkward transition, a half step, half jump, back into chaturanga. Jumping back through was even more awkward and halting.
I would read that teachers in the shala's would tell their students the Jump back wasn't so important, but it was important to me. For me, the practice was a meditation and by now it had pretty much replaced my Vipassana practice. Throughout the practice I would focus on the breath, or try to, but here was this awkward move getting in the way again and again throughout the practice. I started to search all over the web for any suggestions I could find, any video that might help me get a handle on it.
The bandhas were of course referred to a lot. The secret to the jump back...the bandhas. great, thanks.....now what's the secret to the bandhas...silence. I read about core strength. I couldn't jump back so clearly my core strength was wanting. Off to Youtube and I find twins demonstrating insane Pilate's exercises that were supposed to develop the core. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRiL00Y32wk&feature=channel_page Don't try this at home ..... no really, DON'T try this at home.
It was around this time that I came across Larry Shultz's The Rocket. http://www.itsyoga.net/rocket.php There's a section in there that is supposed to develop the core and it had all these arm balances taken from Advanced A and B as well as backbends from 2nd. It wasn't my fault, I was seduced, enticed to the dark side, to Power vinyasa flow Ashtanga power plus . I sent off for the DVD
Next : Flirting with THE ROCKET
In November 07 I moved out of the awful flat that had been burgled into a nice house with a garden fifteen minutes by bike from where I worked. There was an extra room for Nietzsche (my chinchilla) and a lot of space to practice downstairs. I'm still here now and all the video's on this blog have been taken in this house. The first video I have of my practice is from this time, an early attempt at Jumping back.
Nov 07
That the first video I have is of a Jump back suggests that I was already becoming obsessed with it. Now that I had a steady practice in the Swenson 40 minute short form and didn't need to keep referring to a book, flow began to become more important to me. I wanted a seamless practice, but after each asana here was this awkward transition, a half step, half jump, back into chaturanga. Jumping back through was even more awkward and halting.
I would read that teachers in the shala's would tell their students the Jump back wasn't so important, but it was important to me. For me, the practice was a meditation and by now it had pretty much replaced my Vipassana practice. Throughout the practice I would focus on the breath, or try to, but here was this awkward move getting in the way again and again throughout the practice. I started to search all over the web for any suggestions I could find, any video that might help me get a handle on it.
The bandhas were of course referred to a lot. The secret to the jump back...the bandhas. great, thanks.....now what's the secret to the bandhas...silence. I read about core strength. I couldn't jump back so clearly my core strength was wanting. Off to Youtube and I find twins demonstrating insane Pilate's exercises that were supposed to develop the core. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRiL00Y32wk&feature=channel_page Don't try this at home ..... no really, DON'T try this at home.
It was around this time that I came across Larry Shultz's The Rocket. http://www.itsyoga.net/rocket.php There's a section in there that is supposed to develop the core and it had all these arm balances taken from Advanced A and B as well as backbends from 2nd. It wasn't my fault, I was seduced, enticed to the dark side, to Power vinyasa flow Ashtanga power plus . I sent off for the DVD
Next : Flirting with THE ROCKET
4 comments:
I'm also practicing daily at home (although power vinyasa yoga, and not ashtanga) since last August and find this series very motivational. Thanks for posting! :-)
D.
I am glad I was so nosy and courageous enough to ask ;-)
You know I was teacher-trained by those people in SF itself, yes?
I'd forgotten that Patrick, I still have a soft spot for the Rocket though, DVD still on the shelf though i haven't used it for awhile.
Thanks for commenting Anon. Hope your practice is going well.
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