Bon soir, mes amis.
Study group yesterday was happenin'. Chrissy rocked in leading the call and response Siva Mantra! We did a few rounds of nadi shodana (alternate nostril breathing) and then took turns leading vinyasas. We just about got through the entire sequence, including the floor series, with verbal adjustments.
Even when someone was leading, others would throw in alternate verbal adjustments...we were really trying to cover as many corrections as we could in an effort to build the basket from which we'll later draw just a few adjustments (pose by pose) during a class. I figure having 6-10 adjustments in the bag for each pose is a really strong start for us. As Katey tells us, we may only use 2 or 3 per pose during a class - choosing them by rote, by inspiration, or by looking around at the room and calling out particular adjustments that need to be made - but we don't always want to use the same 2 or 3.
That would be boring as bikram.
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Aparigraha - Non-possessiveness
Here and now, I give it away...a herculean effort of imperfection.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0Bxu4Du7M08YsZTRjZTc1ZjgtM2JkNC00N2FjLWFkOWYtOTIzMjE3ZGVhMDk2&hl=en&authkey=CI6v9ooI
Karma yoga...it's easier than hatha.
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Wish I'd been there, sounds awesome, you rock!
ReplyDeleteZeej....I'm stunned by that which you are giving away-I looked at it. For the rest of you, follow the link...
ReplyDeleteAnd for me, I accept this gift of notes (which are detailed, clever as hell and very labor-intensive) and will use them to try to honor your commitment by trying to keep up with you-I know we each have our strengths-and distilling all of the material we need to know into cards like this isn't mine-I tend to listen closely, and pull concepts, which I explore later and delve into detail.
...but to be the happy owner of a set of Boombasa tooled crib sheets can't help but give me wings!!
Gracias and namaste, my friend! :-)
Thanks, Mike.
ReplyDeleteTo note, the cards are 99.44% inspired by Nicolai Bachman's The Language of Yoga. They're his master work scribbled in my shabby pen.
It's just a way I sometimes tackle new subjects: by transcribing illuminating pieces. All honor goes to Nicolai. All faults, to me.
http://www.amazon.com/Language-Yoga-Complete-Sanskrit-English/dp/1591792819