....and five easy peasy ones - Have FUN
OK a point crudely put perhaps, but here's my reasoning.
The first five I'm suggesting are dangerous because they come right at the beginning of Ashtanga practice, pretty much the first ones we learn. Uttanasana is dangerous because it's a deep unsupported forward bend, the On one leg postures because of the strain put on the unsupported leg and the risk to the knee and ankle if you go off balance...which you will. The triangle poses because of the risk to the knee.
The second five postures from 3rd and 4th series are easy because, well arm balances just take some physical strength, not much to worry about as far as joints are concern and you should have built up some strength by the time you reach 2nd series. Archer pose from 4th should probably come in 2nd series as prep for leg behind head and Skandasana is just an extension of the leg behind head we've already practiced in 2nd. Purna M is tricky but not much more so than Marichiyasana D in Primary and the half kingfisher we're familiar with in 2nd and the final lifted lotus is ...well just a raised lotus.
Advanced series postures tend to be extensions of what we've done before rather than anything new (with a few exceptions).
*The context of this post is a discussion of whether Advanced series DVD's should be made available.
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At first I laughed. Then I see your point. It is all really in how the practitioner approaches the practice.
A crazy person may try to do it all once and possibly get hurt ( never did). A person like you on the other hand demonstrates that learning from books and DVDs can be done safely.
Of course a teacher is always the best way to go. But not everyone has access to a good teacher...
You are quite right that Utitta Hastha is some pose!
Thanks Claudia, glad you 'got it'. but, not sure I agree with "of course a teacher is always the best way to go'. I think teachers can be as bad as books and DVDs. having been one in a couple of different fields I worked with many I tend to find them a conservative bunch who tend to end up taking themselves too seriously and believing that they actually know something and that it's what you should learn. They tell you what you should and should not do, how your should and should not think , what you should and should not read, how you should and should not boil an egg : )
They tend to close more doors than they open despite their best of intentions. my favourite line form a student is from Caliban.
'You taught me your language my profit be that i can curse you in it'.
Though a criticism of Prospeo (The Tempest) I actually quite like that and have used it as a model in my own teaching. Make something available to your student then what they choose to do with it you leave up to them.
Well, I didn't get it.
Speaking as someone who has a progressive practice, I wouldn't like attempt your "easy" postures before putting down some strong foundations, which you describe as "dangerous and risky". It's all confusing as hell to me.
Sure hope that no beginners buy into your approach. The hospitals will be opening Grimmly-Wards at a rate of knots.
Did you not see ther text Steve, that was my point, that advanced postures are mostly based upon what has gone before.
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