Posts archive: 108 Yoga Planning Pointers Series
108 Yoga Planning Pointers – 5 – When less Āsana time than you would like……
When less Āsana time than you would like,
better to reduce the number of Āsana,
or the number of repetitions,
or the length of the stays,
rather than, reducing the length of the breath.
Or….. even considering lengthening the breath,
thus even fewer Āsana, all with a longer breath than usual.
Here the Bhāvana could be to observe the effect
of a more spacious than usual Āsana breathing
on a more cramped than usual daily mindset.
108 Yoga Planning Pointers – 4 – Then there are those Āsana that you learn solely for practices other than Āsana.
108 Yoga Planning Pointers – 3 – Guidelines for exploring the Breath in Āsana Mudrā and Prāṇāyāma
108 Yoga Planning Pointers – 2 – Sometimes the Vinyāsa Krama or special placing of steps from is more……
108 Yoga Planning Pointers – 2 – It seems that there is not much place for or interest in the use of Kumbhaka….
The longer term measure of our Prāṇāyāma potential is determined by
our skilful efforts with all four components of the breath in Āsana.
For example can we maintain 8.8.8.8. in Parśva Uttānāsana or 12.6.18.12 in Mahāmudrā?
These days though, it seems that there is not much place for or interest in the use of Kumbhaka
and breathing practices, if used at all it appears to be mainly Cikitsā or about recovery,
or at best Rakṣaṇa or constitutional, rather than Śikṣaṇa and developmental.
108 Yoga Planning Pointers – 1 – The journey towards Bandha begins with learning the process of……
The journey towards Bandha begins with learning the process of active exhalation.