I've outlined my current, post Santorini, morning practice with the shift in focus from asana to pranayama in an earlier post.
Evening practice, for anyone interested, is exploring Krishnamacharya's asana as outlined in his Yoga Makaranda (1936) and Yogasanagalu (1941). Yogasanagalu, you may remember gives tables of asana placed into groups of primary, middle and proficient postures that pretty much corresponds with the more familiar Ashtanga of his student Pattabhi Jois.
However the approach to asana in Krishnamacharya's books appears much more flexible than in current Ashtanga (in general). Krishnamacharya outlines variations in key postures, longer stays in certain postures and breath retention as well as the familiar use of ujjayi, drishti and bandhas.
In my evening practice, particularly during the ongoing Yogasanagalu translation project with Satya I'm exploring Krishnamachary'a Yoga Makaranda and Yogasanagalu through practice.
The sequence and counts below aren't Krishnamacharya's, he merely gives options, suggestions, this posture can be held from five minutes to half an hour, that one for up to three hours etc. It will be interesting to see in later sections of the Yogasanagalu if he gives clearer guidelines.
This evening
One Suryanamaskara but longer stays in each position, ten breaths in each
Utthita trikonasana, 25 breaths each side
Parivrtta trikonasana, 10 breaths
Prasaritta A, B, C, 10 breaths each.
Jump throughs and back to standing from now on
Janu sirsasana A, 25 breaths each side, 20 second breath retention after each exhalation
badha konasana 5 minutes
Upavishta konasana 25 breaths
Dwi pada sirsasana (felt very deep by the way
Supta kurmasana, 25 breaths
urdhava danhurasana, x 5
Halasana 15 breaths.
Savasana 10 minutes.
That was just this evening, it's been different all week but with a loosely familiar framework.
Writing out the above I started to think hoe it reminded me of the 'Ashtanga Rishi Series' although that wasn't my intention. There are, however, only so many postures you have time to practice when you explore longer stays, perhaps ten is about right.
Evening practice, for anyone interested, is exploring Krishnamacharya's asana as outlined in his Yoga Makaranda (1936) and Yogasanagalu (1941). Yogasanagalu, you may remember gives tables of asana placed into groups of primary, middle and proficient postures that pretty much corresponds with the more familiar Ashtanga of his student Pattabhi Jois.
However the approach to asana in Krishnamacharya's books appears much more flexible than in current Ashtanga (in general). Krishnamacharya outlines variations in key postures, longer stays in certain postures and breath retention as well as the familiar use of ujjayi, drishti and bandhas.
In my evening practice, particularly during the ongoing Yogasanagalu translation project with Satya I'm exploring Krishnamachary'a Yoga Makaranda and Yogasanagalu through practice.
The sequence and counts below aren't Krishnamacharya's, he merely gives options, suggestions, this posture can be held from five minutes to half an hour, that one for up to three hours etc. It will be interesting to see in later sections of the Yogasanagalu if he gives clearer guidelines.
This evening
One Suryanamaskara but longer stays in each position, ten breaths in each
Utthita trikonasana, 25 breaths each side
Parivrtta trikonasana, 10 breaths
Prasaritta A, B, C, 10 breaths each.
Jump throughs and back to standing from now on
Janu sirsasana A, 25 breaths each side, 20 second breath retention after each exhalation
badha konasana 5 minutes
Upavishta konasana 25 breaths
Dwi pada sirsasana (felt very deep by the way
Supta kurmasana, 25 breaths
urdhava danhurasana, x 5
Halasana 15 breaths.
Savasana 10 minutes.
That was just this evening, it's been different all week but with a loosely familiar framework.
Writing out the above I started to think hoe it reminded me of the 'Ashtanga Rishi Series' although that wasn't my intention. There are, however, only so many postures you have time to practice when you explore longer stays, perhaps ten is about right.
1 comment:
Very interesting to read about your shiftinng and your explorations, thanks for sharing this. I have also been exploring staying more in some postures, it seems to happen involuntarily... very surprising.
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