Enjoyed practice so much this morning ( 48 min 'Sit' followed by three hours plus asana/pranayama, kind of 1/2 Primary 1/2 Int. Slow Ashtanga/Vinyasa Krama).
Such a nice pace to it, sweat free, breathing smooth, steady throughout, thought I could practise like this all day....
so why not.
Came across this great web page called Time and Date.com, love the little moving sun graphic,
And if the moon is your thing...
The site, now my homepage, has the sun rise and set times I so thought I'll get up for Sury's at 5:03 tomorrow morning and practice until sunset at 18.47, keep the same pace as today (around 8-10 seconds each inhalation and exhalation) should be able to cover many of the Vinyasa Krama formal sequences with a rough Ashtanga framework broken up buy pranayama, pratyahara, meditation. Be good to revisit some of the Vinyasa Krama subroutines I haven't practiced for awhile.
Off the top of my head I'm thinking something like this.
First session Vinyasa Krama
4.00 AM 48 min Sit
Coffee
5.03 Sury with mantra
Full Tadasana ( Vinyasa krama)
6.00 Bow and Meditative sequence (pretty much corresponds to first half of Ashtanga 2nd)
8.00 Pranayama/pratyahara
9.00 48 min Sit
Savasana
Second Session Slow Ashtanga
10.00 Krishnamacharya Surnamaskara asana
Ashtanga Standing
11:00 Asymmetric (corresponding to the first half of Ashtanga primary)
12.00 Pranayama/pratyahara
12.30 Seated/Lotus (corresponding to the second half of Ashtanga primary)
2.00 48 min Sit
Savasana
Third Session Vinyasa Krama
3.00 Supine prep plus Sarvangasana vinyasas
Inverted Sequence (corresponding Ashtanga finishing)
5.30 pranayma/pratyahara
6.00 48 min Sit
Savasana.
Such a nice pace to it, sweat free, breathing smooth, steady throughout, thought I could practise like this all day....
so why not.
Came across this great web page called Time and Date.com, love the little moving sun graphic,
And if the moon is your thing...
The site, now my homepage, has the sun rise and set times I so thought I'll get up for Sury's at 5:03 tomorrow morning and practice until sunset at 18.47, keep the same pace as today (around 8-10 seconds each inhalation and exhalation) should be able to cover many of the Vinyasa Krama formal sequences with a rough Ashtanga framework broken up buy pranayama, pratyahara, meditation. Be good to revisit some of the Vinyasa Krama subroutines I haven't practiced for awhile.
Off the top of my head I'm thinking something like this.
First session Vinyasa Krama
4.00 AM 48 min Sit
Coffee
5.03 Sury with mantra
Full Tadasana ( Vinyasa krama)
6.00 Bow and Meditative sequence (pretty much corresponds to first half of Ashtanga 2nd)
8.00 Pranayama/pratyahara
9.00 48 min Sit
Savasana
Second Session Slow Ashtanga
10.00 Krishnamacharya Surnamaskara asana
Ashtanga Standing
11:00 Asymmetric (corresponding to the first half of Ashtanga primary)
12.00 Pranayama/pratyahara
12.30 Seated/Lotus (corresponding to the second half of Ashtanga primary)
2.00 48 min Sit
Savasana
Third Session Vinyasa Krama
3.00 Supine prep plus Sarvangasana vinyasas
Inverted Sequence (corresponding Ashtanga finishing)
5.30 pranayma/pratyahara
6.00 48 min Sit
Savasana.
Daily routine of a Yogabhyasi
from Srivatsa Ramaswami's Yoga for the Three stages of Life
(still my favourite book on yoga)