This for all the Mysore/Shala inclined Ashtangi's who still visit here occasionally and have put up with my nonsense for so long.
Love the anticipation of this, the excitement...perhaps a little dread... solo home practice may be for me but I kinda get it.
Love the anticipation of this, the excitement...perhaps a little dread... solo home practice may be for me but I kinda get it.
Thanks to Goran for the fb share.
Back when my back was playing up more, especially in the mornings, I used to do my ashtanga in the evenings after work. To help with the transition from work mind to practice mind I got into the habit of playing Bhagavan Das' Love songs to the Dark Lord, only music I've ever been able to listen to during practice. Anyway one of the tracks came up on shuffle at work this afternoon and I had a Pavlovian craving for a straight, hot sweaty full on Primary with the album on in the background.
So while I sup my Nespresso and the home shala warms up a couple of degrees ( A radiator, Space heater and a four bar halogen heater currently surrounding my mat) I thought I'd share the above video and this awesome video of Kali ma
Espresso drunk, see if I can still do this.....
Update: That was fun, Friday Straight Primary is back on the menu I think. I did do those relatively straight Primary's with David Robson's drums a couple of weeks back, after I was sick, kind of blurred as I was still only half with it. Interesting doing Primary again now having mislaid four or five kilo over the last six weeks (since switching to eating only once a day). My weight seems to have settled and levelled out but I'm lighter and leaner than I was, does make a difference in Ashtanga especially for the binds and lifting up to jump back, very light and floaty.
3 comments:
The local Indians must think these foreigners are totally crazy. But then again, these yoga students support the economy of the entire neighrhood so maybe no one really minds it.
I dont know YYogini, I lived in oxford for a long time and though we needed them, no doubt, we found the tourist tiresome...but then we felt the same about the students too for that matter ; )
That looks like standard protocol for the 4:30 led class. It's my least favourite moment of the whole time there. Thankfully, Mysore days are just a matter of strolling into the lobby, watching for a little while until you're called to a space. Much, much better than the pre-led stampede.
Worth considering GPS equipped flip flops any day though. (Needles and haystacks etc.)
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