108 Postural Practice Pointers – 8 – The Intelligent Leg
Postural Practice Pointer 8 – The Intelligent Leg
The intelligent leg is the back leg.
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108 Postural Practice Pointers – 7 – Breath and Abdominal Movement
108 Postural Practice Pointers – 6 – Making the Breath longer than the Stillness
Postural Pointer 6 – Staying in Stillness
Making the Breath longer than the Stillness.
Making the Breath longer than the Stillness
means the body needs to be completely still
before the Recaka or Exhale is started
and especially before it is stopped.
Equally the body needs to be completely
still before the Pūraka or inhale is started
and especially before it is stopped.
This is harder than it sounds given the
propensity to want to tweak or adjust
the body at the beginning and especially
when at the end of a movement.
Thus making the Breath longer than
the Movement also means making
the breath longer than the Stillness.
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108 Postural Practice Pointers – 5 – Utkaṭāsana and sequence of movement
Postural Pointer 5 – Utkaṭāsana and sequence of movement respecting Prāṇa and Apāna
All these stages of descent are on one long exhalation.
– Lower the backside to the heels whilst keeping the back upright and the arms raised.
– Then stretch the back rounding it towards thighs whilst keeping the arms raised.
– Finally lower the arms to the ground.
All these stages of ascent are on one long inhalation.
– Raise the arms as far as we can keeping hips on the heels.
– Then straighten the back into an upright position.
– Finally lifting the backside off the heels and coming up.
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108 Postural Practice Pointers – 4 – Dynamic Movement and the Breath
Postural Pointer 4 – Dynamic Movement and the Refinement of the Breath
A longer term refinement of working with the breath in Āsana such as Paścimatānāsana,
is to begin the breath before leaving your departure point,
and finish the breath after reaching your arrival point.
In other words keeping the breath longer than the movement at all times.
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108 Postural Practice Pointers – 3 – Forward Bending and the Abdomen
Postural Pointer 3 – Forward Bending and the Role of the Abdomen
When moving into Paścimatāna Āsana such as Uttānāsana.
Better to pull back from the abdomen.
Rather than pushing forward from the lower back.
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108 Postural Practice Pointers – 2 – Jumping and the Bahya Kumbhaka
Postural Practice Pointer 2 – Jumping and the Bahya Kumbhaka
Jumping should be soundless and
always on the Bāhya Kumbhaka
or pause after the exhale.
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108 Postural Practice Pointers – 1 – Jaṭhara Parivṛtti and Movement
Postural Practice Pointer 1 – Jaṭhara Parivṛtti and Movement
When coming up focus on on the lower leg lifting up the upper leg,
rather than the upper leg hauling up the lower leg.
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