tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post4382780185088430506..comments2024-03-21T00:30:14.738-07:00Comments on Yoga in the Dragon's Den: Pavlov and the Ashtanga GeneNobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-85920520962115241302011-09-20T14:38:01.163-07:002011-09-20T14:38:01.163-07:00Thanks for sharing, Portside. I totally hear you w...Thanks for sharing, Portside. I totally hear you when you observe that coming back to Ashtanga (or a particular sequence within it) after a break allows us to understand a posture better. I feel it too when I came back to second after going back to primary only for a while. <br /><br />Hello Yyogini, I think I have become a little sheltered from taking only Ashtanga classes for the last year or so. Now I don't even know what I'll look like in a non-Ashtanga class :-)Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-53596478956966235912011-09-20T14:21:45.952-07:002011-09-20T14:21:45.952-07:00When I go to a non-Ashtanga class, I always find m...When I go to a non-Ashtanga class, I always find my my feet step back together despite the teacher's constant cue of feet hip distance apart. When Anusaris (or just yogis of other styles) come to try out a led primary class you'll pick them out when their palms are almost always shoulder distance apart in warror I, and it's really hard to get them to try it with palms together. It's just an acquired habit. I actually can't even take Rocket yoga classes casually any more because the rearranged Ashtanga poses mess up my mojo. I'd actually rather go to a completely non-Ashtanga-based yoga class(e.g. Hot yoga class) and play with different poses.Yoginihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483919150641771008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-20286730571287033022011-09-20T12:29:50.748-07:002011-09-20T12:29:50.748-07:00Yes - agreed. Resistance is futile.
I personally ...Yes - agreed. Resistance is futile.<br /><br />I personally have responded recently to the ringing of the bell. What I'm noticing is that I'm coming back a lot more tempered and can see/feel where the foundations of poses that come down the line are within primary (which I am willingly and gladly lingering in until I can sort out some personal weaknesses).Portsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13513201564479134626noreply@blogger.com