tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post8241927150205590697..comments2023-05-25T04:48:19.856-04:00Comments on Yoga Chickie: Prana-stealer!Yoga Chickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-62141022942179137372008-04-18T10:00:00.000-04:002008-04-18T10:00:00.000-04:00Yeah, but I'd have to stay in ardha chandrasana, a...Yeah, but I'd have to stay in ardha chandrasana, and my leg might start to get tired sticking up in the air like that.DebPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14168502419855983112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-25730785807560123872008-04-16T17:57:00.000-04:002008-04-16T17:57:00.000-04:00Polly..I sent you a message on your blog.The rest ...Polly..I sent you a message on your blog.<BR/><BR/>The rest of you...I don't take it all that seriously, the whole prana stealing thing. I know that the Good Doc is just trying to pass down what he was taught with integrity. He allows us to find our way. So far so good on that.<BR/><BR/>I, myself, am a purist at heart...probably goes along with compulsive tendencies. I started yoga with Bikram, where no props are allowed, and even towels to get a better grip are shunned. At some point, when does a mat or wet skin or the cloth from your yoga pants become a prop? I sometimes wonder about that, but I know that what I work towards is using the least amount of externals as possible, assists included. I like to be able to do it myself and not depend on a prop (which, in my opinion, includes rolling up my pants for garba pindasana, of which I am sometimes guilty, depending on the day). <BR/><BR/>Just rambling here. Debby, I wish you would come practice with me and share some of that prana! Then Carl's theory would never even have to apply...we could ALL just use YOUR prana!Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-78872435708116232182008-04-16T15:44:00.000-04:002008-04-16T15:44:00.000-04:00I am new to Ashtanga, and today's class made me cr...I am new to Ashtanga, and today's class made me cry. Tears of frustration. I had 4 babies at home, I've run several marathons, I've overcome melanoma and Grave's Disease, but I cannot do these seated bound poses.<BR/><BR/>Glad I found your blog.Genuine Lustrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397566905693730324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-62075436108107456092008-04-16T09:41:00.000-04:002008-04-16T09:41:00.000-04:00Although I have utmost respect for your teacher--p...Although I have utmost respect for your teacher--please consider that Pattabhi Jois has been known to hand someone a towel or their shirt to do a forward bend or a twist.<BR/>And what are adjustments if not supplemental help?<BR/>I respect the rules of each shala I practice in. Our goal is to go deeper TOWARDS a pose--whether that is hot baths, change of diet, evening stretches, or extra breaths in the asana. Who is to say that raising the level of floor by use of a block is detrimental. For many--it is the ideal way FOR THEM that particular practice--to practice trikonasana.<BR/>As for your teacher, notice that he says "that is the way my teacher taught me." It is crucial to him to pass down the original practice-bravo to him-that is important. <BR/>So I am not a strict traditionalist. I used to be.My solution is I don't say I practice ashtanga--just yoga.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17172298330159630742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-55448255168640865302008-04-16T00:12:00.000-04:002008-04-16T00:12:00.000-04:00I love doing triangle with a block. It does not st...I love doing triangle with a block. It does not steal my prana. It makes me feel so much better aligned in the pose that it actually increases my prana. Even more so when I use a block in ardha chandrasana. Then my prana is filling up the room and all of the other people practicing are becoming pranacized. Tell that to your teacher.DebPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14168502419855983112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-15648311988500741972008-04-15T18:41:00.001-04:002008-04-15T18:41:00.001-04:00Tell it to my teacher, Carl.Tell it to my teacher, Carl.Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-4609449531770368752008-04-15T18:41:00.000-04:002008-04-15T18:41:00.000-04:00I think that if you wear Prana clothing, you're sa...I think that if you wear Prana clothing, you're safe from all prana stealers, except Prana stealers in the locker room.Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-46107785855363243552008-04-15T18:13:00.000-04:002008-04-15T18:13:00.000-04:00If I wear Prana clothes, can that replace the diss...If I wear Prana clothes, can that replace the dissipated prana?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-20649545835881976602008-04-15T16:11:00.000-04:002008-04-15T16:11:00.000-04:00How much prana does a block dissipate? Just figure...How much prana does a block dissipate? Just figure that out and take in that much more prana.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17238446003267829187noreply@blogger.com