tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post5232239739301469844..comments2024-03-01T03:29:47.071-08:00Comments on Yoga in the Dragon's Den: Practice report: Second series backbends, kneeNobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-66182539140240015712011-11-11T11:11:42.259-08:002011-11-11T11:11:42.259-08:00No kidding! That's where David taught when he...No kidding! That's where David taught when he moved here, though that wasn't until '09; he basically took over teaching Mysore (when he wasn't travelling). Then the shala basically split when Noah Williams came to live here for a while. With Noah long gone, the shalas ended up merging back together in April, and that's essentially where Greg Nardi is teaching now. When David got back from India in April, he started teaching on his own and opened a new space. So, yes, I practiced at Yoga Squared for quite a while, though it no longer exists in name or in the same place, and everything has shuffled around a bit.<br /><br />And while I am mostly in Philadelphia, last year I decided to take up "Ashtanga tourism" and drop into the shalas whereever I travel for work (which is pretty rare lately) or for pleasure. It's been fun seeing how different shalas operate and to meet ashtangis everywhere, from London and Edinburgh, to DC, Toronto, South Beach, and even North Jersey. I guess it serves as a proxy for not being able to go practice at the "Mother of All Shalas". Perhaps one day I will make it there, but for now I take what I can get.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994376574048303472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-9906208809947239302011-11-11T09:35:47.975-08:002011-11-11T09:35:47.975-08:00Very cool. So I'm guessing you live and practi...Very cool. So I'm guessing you live and practice in Philadelphia? I was there once a few years ago (in '08). While there, I went to a mysore class at YogaSquared. Have you practiced there before?Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-52895475663468770312011-11-11T09:02:53.905-08:002011-11-11T09:02:53.905-08:00Oh, yes, I am David's student, since about Sep...Oh, yes, I am David's student, since about September of '09 (with a handful of drop-ins in the couple of months before that). I try to drop in on others who pass through here as well(for a while Noah Williams, and now Greg Nardi), which ends up being maybe once a week, as I like supporting the other shala and teachers if I can. But I am primarily David's student.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994376574048303472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-64503949530453093972011-11-10T11:23:21.943-08:002011-11-10T11:23:21.943-08:00Very cool! I got to see your face in the other pic...Very cool! I got to see your face in the other pics too :-) So you are a student of David Garrigues?Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-31850133921827112672011-11-10T10:37:23.554-08:002011-11-10T10:37:23.554-08:00I am in the Nike shorts. My feet (thighs, actuall...I am in the Nike shorts. My feet (thighs, actually) turn out naturally, so totally straight feet does not really seem to work for me. I do have to avoid turning my feet out further than they need to be, but I don't obsess over it. Having the feet turned out more than the thighs is not so good, though, as you can hurt your knees that way.<br /><br />Strange--he posted only the U.D. pic of me, though there were two much deeper (and cooler) back-bends on the blog site he pulled it from (you have to click on the white November 2 wording that pops up when you scroll over the pic). There are actually a bunch of cool pics on that original blog as well, including a couple of ladies doing 3rd Series (which I was not doing at the time).Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994376574048303472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-82860352774335242862011-11-10T09:42:03.002-08:002011-11-10T09:42:03.002-08:00Is that you in the black shorts with red trimming?...Is that you in the black shorts with red trimming? Or are you the one in the black Nike shorts? In either case, nice U.D. :-)<br /><br />P.S. Now I don't feel so bad about having my feet turned outwards in U.D. It appears that I am not the only one who does this :-)Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-61053910072968773872011-11-10T09:33:35.907-08:002011-11-10T09:33:35.907-08:00Yes, I was posted on there last week (page 4), in ...Yes, I was posted on there last week (page 4), in Urdhva Dhanurasana, so you can't see my face either. Kinda strange.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994376574048303472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-63246902246996431542011-11-10T09:23:40.938-08:002011-11-10T09:23:40.938-08:00Yes, Frank, that is indeed me in the upper right. ...Yes, Frank, that is indeed me in the upper right. So while many people may not even know how I look like, they will know how my kapotasana looks like :-) Funny, isn't it?Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-51563123853880985332011-11-10T09:12:50.413-08:002011-11-10T09:12:50.413-08:00Speaking of 2nd Series back-bends, it looks like y...Speaking of 2nd Series back-bends, it looks like you've been reblogged: http://yogadudes.tumblr.com/ That's you in the upper right, correct?Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994376574048303472noreply@blogger.com