A lire, un article de Malek Daouk, de l’EFEY sur 
Tirumalai Krischnamacharya selon qui “le Yoga était le cadeau le plus formidable que l’Inde ait fait au monde”
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'Asana is that perfect moment when the body is utterly still, effortless; sensation and breathing suspend themselves so that time comes to a halt. Then: happiness in a moment of infinity.' Patanjali, Yoga Sutras II, 47 CLIFTON HAMPDEN Enjoy a special time with your baby.
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” How many of you pratice mulabandha in each posture?” Not often, I thought but cowardly didn’t tell. Since, I’ve practiced the dog pose (up and down) with legs tightly pressed against each other. It helps the mulabandha . Once you’ve got that muscular contraction, you can introduce uddiyana bandha, where you also contract the abdomen and try to hold the stomach in at the end of the inbreath. Have been trying every day for a week with raised arms before breakfast. Must be quite hard on a full stomach. I missed the third bandha(in the throat which was taught on Sunday). I also missed some of the After Astanga, I went back to Iyengar. I wanted my neck and upper back sorted. Within four hours I got the job done. And felt so much happier. The secret? ”Bring your intelligence into the posture”, Johanna has been teaching at the Institute for over a decade. She’s been many times to Pune, in India to practice with the Iyengar family. We started with three basic postures with the head supported. “To release all anxiety!” Ado muka virasana, uttanasnasa and ado muka svanasana . Then we went into Trikonasana (the triangle). From there, we lay on the floor to work on
Then back into Trikonasasna, aware of the space created in both sides of the groin. Prasarita padottanasana : watch to keep inner feet parallel to each other, with pressure on the outer feet. Ado Mukha Vrksasana (handstand) against the wall twice Sirsasana (headstand)
Here Johanna reminded us to only use the props we really need. “In India, stealing doesn’t only mean taking something which is not yours, but also using something which is not necessary”. Good quote. She also talked about compassion (helping others into the postures) and responsibility for oneself (don’t let everything collapse when someone is helping you). Standing back bend, hands behind the back drawing the upper back thighs out. Lift the quadriceps, don’t bring the pubic bone forward, but tuck your tailbone down and lift you chest; arch your back and only bend your knees when you start going down into Counter postures: Ado mukha virasana and Bharadvajasana with a chair Salamba Relaxation prone (upper body lying on a bolster). No, really. You can relax now. Turn on your back: Savasana Back from Oxford. “Happy breathing!” Spent four hours practicing with Richard Adamo. Richard is a British Wheel of Yoga teacher trainer. He introduced his Astanga class by justifying the “speed” test he was going to submit us to. We then did one hour fast practice with Astanga primary series. No relaxation, half an hour pause and back to it.
We practiced balancing forward on the wrists, keeping the legs straight a few cm behind the hands, to prepare to lift the legs into handstand Richard also had a chat (slightly too long though very relevant) about the joy we should feel practicing, forgetting about the worries one usually has about not “performing” in one or the other posture. Once again, Yoga is not a performance, it’s a life experience. It is enjoyable.
I knew Liz Lark from a book. One of my students once brought me Yoga for Kids in Dutch and I later bought it in English to read it. The book describes Yoga postures you can try with children. It’s well illustrated and I used it a few times with my own children. It never really worked, not because of the book, but because some kids choose a different path from their parents to build their identity. On Sunday (October 11th), I tried one of Liz Lark’s adult workshops in Oxford. I made the mistake of choosing I missed |
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said Johanna Heckmann-Mohan (pictured above), from The 
with variations.
urdhva mukha svanasana (upward facing dog), hands supported on two bricks. Visualising the posture once with the feet pointed, once with the toes tucked under (and not just visualising). Holding the abdomen in, pushing on your arms, lifting up. Tailbone tucking down, inner thighs back and up.
Ustrasana, (the camel) same thing, high on your legs, knees hip width apart and tailbone well tucked under.
urdhva dhanurasana (the bridge ).
Sarvangasana, shoulderstand in a chair with two bolsters (the second bolster should be placed on the chair to support the lower back. From there lift your pelvis and bring the toes against the wall behind you)
We focused on Navasana (the boat). With a round back which was a very helpful alternative to bring the legs higher and work on the abdominals. Usually, when you start Yoga you stretch you back and take your chest out to lift yourself up. Here you try to absorb your navel back stretching your arms forward and lifting your legs with the strength of the abdomen.
one morning session on backbends, instead of the two-days workshop. It’s always a bad idea to buy a quarter or half a workshop.
the Yoganidra session in the afternoon, and felt much too energised for the rest of the day.