I mentioned yesterday that my kapo was coming back after the recent Norman Sjoman workshop, bringing in this sticking out of the chest/lifting of the thoracic region seems to be making all the difference. I caught the side of my feet yesterday morning and speculated that heels might be back by the end of the week.... make that the end of the day.
Practised Vinyasa Krama Bow and Meditative subroutines in the evening yesterday, got to kapo and managed to catch my heels.... or at least my heel(singular), the right one, left hand kept slipping off so had to settle for the side of the foot, one of each feels wrong, better to slide of the the heel and balance out but it's been a while and I wasn't letting go of that one heel before I had too. A very quick count of five, no need for Iyengar's egg timer but it's nice to know I do still have that flexibility.
Perhaps that's what really came out of Norman's workshop, however deep I thought I was in a posture Norman would come along and take you in a third again, and without breaking, gave me the confidence to try a little harder.
I've mentioned here before that I'm not too bothered about getting my ankles back or going much further up my calf but the heels do give a nice place to grip onto and draw yourself deeper into the posture to then settle. Will be happy with that, then see about seeking comfort.... and Iyengar's egg timer.
A couple more videos from the series below have been made available by Guy Donahaye
http://www.ashtangayogashala.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=168
Practised Vinyasa Krama Bow and Meditative subroutines in the evening yesterday, got to kapo and managed to catch my heels.... or at least my heel(singular), the right one, left hand kept slipping off so had to settle for the side of the foot, one of each feels wrong, better to slide of the the heel and balance out but it's been a while and I wasn't letting go of that one heel before I had too. A very quick count of five, no need for Iyengar's egg timer but it's nice to know I do still have that flexibility.
Perhaps that's what really came out of Norman's workshop, however deep I thought I was in a posture Norman would come along and take you in a third again, and without breaking, gave me the confidence to try a little harder.
I've mentioned here before that I'm not too bothered about getting my ankles back or going much further up my calf but the heels do give a nice place to grip onto and draw yourself deeper into the posture to then settle. Will be happy with that, then see about seeking comfort.... and Iyengar's egg timer.
A couple more videos from the series below have been made available by Guy Donahaye
http://www.ashtangayogashala.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=168
these two we've seen before but follow the link above for another two.
This one just appeared this morning on my FB feed it's of the Ashtanga Yoga Conference Bali 2013
with Manju Jois / Danny Paradise / Annie Pace/ David Williams / Joanne and Mark Darby/Prem and Radha Carlisi
The music is irritating, I'd suggest turning the sound off but there are some nice voice overs.
My friend Michelle was there who blogs over at Ashtanga Angel, she put up a post on the conference here
The Legend of Ashtanga Yoga
Michelle, was that you above in Prasarita Padottanasana A?
at the end of the video it mentions next year and who'll be attending
Manju Jois/ Danny Paradise, David Swenson, Nancy Gilgoff, Eileen Hall, Prem and Radha Carlisi
Day off today, so can practice a little later, I'm thinking a good old fashion Primary with some extensions into the second half of Intermediate series to balance out all yesterday's back bending, besides there was a beautiful, composed dwi pada sirsasana in the Bali video that gave me a bad case of asana envy. I want to explore Norman's Pinca Mayurasana approach too, that relaxing of the shoulders, shifting the attention a little lower and what's that gert has to say about connecting the abdomen to the pelvis, what effect will that have on karandavasana.....
This one just appeared this morning on my FB feed it's of the Ashtanga Yoga Conference Bali 2013
with Manju Jois / Danny Paradise / Annie Pace/ David Williams / Joanne and Mark Darby/Prem and Radha Carlisi
The music is irritating, I'd suggest turning the sound off but there are some nice voice overs.
My friend Michelle was there who blogs over at Ashtanga Angel, she put up a post on the conference here
The Legend of Ashtanga Yoga
Michelle, was that you above in Prasarita Padottanasana A?
at the end of the video it mentions next year and who'll be attending
Manju Jois/ Danny Paradise, David Swenson, Nancy Gilgoff, Eileen Hall, Prem and Radha Carlisi
Day off today, so can practice a little later, I'm thinking a good old fashion Primary with some extensions into the second half of Intermediate series to balance out all yesterday's back bending, besides there was a beautiful, composed dwi pada sirsasana in the Bali video that gave me a bad case of asana envy. I want to explore Norman's Pinca Mayurasana approach too, that relaxing of the shoulders, shifting the attention a little lower and what's that gert has to say about connecting the abdomen to the pelvis, what effect will that have on karandavasana.....