It's felt like an extended holiday, Christmas, New Year, last of the Vinyasa Krama subroutines written up, one thing after another. Kept my practice up but it's felt a little light, lacking in focus, plus all this talk of Mysore, my heads been in the clouds.
Time to pull oneself together.
A byproduct of all this talk of Mysore is to try and increase the intensity, the focus in THIS room.
Looking at all those pictures from Anthony Gary Lopedota website too, such an intensity there too, almost tempted to look at 3rd again....almost.
Nice to know the upper reaches of Advanced series are possible for my 'ageing' body had assumed I'd missed the boat or that I was running out of time, probably felt I had a point to prove too, that the Advanced series was also possible to learn at home ( I know, I know, not for yogic reasons). Still, just because they're doable doesn't mean those are the series to practice. Antony mentions that after Advanced B (6th series) there is the 'Rishi' series where you choose ten asana (and I guess they don't have to be the trickiest ones, paschi for instance) and stay in them for 50 breaths.I like the sound of that and of course in Vinyasa Krama there are several postures where an extended stay is called for.
'When one is able to stay in the posture (utkatasana) for three to six breaths, then one should slowly increase the time to complete a stipulated number of breaths. Thereafter, one should remain in the posture for a predetermined number of breaths chosen by the practitioner or teacher, or for a fixed persiod, say three to five minutes. Then one's practice should be aimed at reducing the number of breaths while remaining in the posture for the same duration. for instance one may take a total of twenty breaths while in the posture. Later on, it may be possible to remain in the posture steadily and comfortably (sthira and sukha) for five minutes with perhaps only ten breaths. This is one method for attaining asana siddhi (perfection in posture) that one can test of oneself. Having achieved this level of comfort in the posture, one can then introduce the band has, which will increase the time taken for each breath'.
Ramaswami Yoga for the Three Stages of Life P 127
For now I'm happy with Primary and 2nd, tidying, tightening them up. I practiced them together yesterday and I may do that for a while, a way to refocus after the holidays, besides I find the practice takes less out if you in the colder months, more a matter of time available than energy.
Looking forward to my Vinyasa Krama practice too now that I'm free from the self imposed subroutine approach for the book. Was going to practice it this morning but my back feels fine again this morning and I'm tempted by 2nd. No, best to stick to the same routine Vinyasa Krama/ Pranayama/ Japa in the morning, Ashtanga in the evening, it's been working well, keeps them separate but somehow balanced, complementing each other.
Bread should have cooled by now.
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