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590 From: "Greg" <trian3@charter.net> Date: Tue Apr 5, 2005 1:20am Subject: Halasana - Need help trian3 Offline Send Email Hello everyone,
I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The second to final asana in the first two week course is called Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of muscle getting in the way. Any advice is welcome.
Thank-you,
Greg M
PS I hope this is the right forum in which to post this. If not, I apologize. 595 From: victor yj <vic@yahoo.com> Date: Tue Apr 5, 2005 0:36pm Subject: Re: Halasana - Need help vic Offline Send Email Don't worry about the interlock, just keep the hands loose or hold tghe back with them at first. Halasana takes time and to try to push too far too fast will do more harm than good. Just take it slow and go with the breath and the feeling. This pose and shoulderstand should really be taught by a good teacher though rather than from a book as the neck is very delicate and you don't want to injure your neck. Trust me on that.
Greg <trian3@charter.net> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The second to final asana in the first two week course is called Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of muscle getting in the way. Any advice is welcome.
Thank-you,
Greg M
PS I hope this is the right forum in which to post this. If not, I apologize.
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 602 From: "Greg" <trian3@charter.net> Date: Tue Apr 5, 2005 7:15pm Subject: Re: Halasana - Need help trian3 Offline Send Email I thank you for your concern, but I consider myself to have a very good sense of bodily awareness developed through years of training in other disciplines. Given the nature of yoga, I find my level of consciousness heightened even more as I do the exercises. :) What then is the best way to increase the requisite flexibility in this area?
Thank you,
Greg M
--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > Don't worry about the interlock, just keep the hands loose or hold tghe back with them at first. Halasana takes time and to try to push too far too fast will do more harm than good. Just take it slow and go with the breath and the feeling. This pose and shoulderstand should really be taught by a good teacher though rather than from a book as the neck is very delicate and you don't want to injure your neck. Trust me on that. > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the > beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The > second to final asana in the first two week course is called > Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with > interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. > Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain > if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of > muscle getting in the way. Any advice is welcome. > > Thank-you, > > Greg M > > PS I hope this is the right forum in which to post this. If not, I > apologize. > > > > > > > > > For the AYP Lessons and Books, go to: > http://www.geocities.com/advancedyogapractices -- > To change your email delivery to "daily digest," send a blank email to: > AYPforum-digest@yahoogroups.com -- > To stop email delivery and use "web viewing only," send a blank email to: > AYPforum-nomail@yahoogroups.com -- > To resume "individual email delivery," send a blank email to: > AYPforum-normal@yahoogroups.com > You can also make these changes in "Edit my Membership" on the group home page. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AYPforum/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > AYPforum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 606 From: "jim_and_his_karma" <jim_and_his_karma@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Apr 6, 2005 0:02am Subject: Re: Halasana - Need help jim_and_his_... Offline Send Email Greg, I apologize...I didn't see your reply before I replied!
I'm not the guy to advise you on this one, because even after decades of avid hatha yoga experience, I can't practice halasana due to a really awful injury I incurred practicing it in my first year, when I was working without a teacher. I know it sounds like I've made that up as some sort of arch response to your posting, but I swear it's true. I hope you have an easier time of it than I did!
Let me also hip you to the other thing I hurt myself with back then: never do headstand after shoulder stand. Shoulder stand always comes after. There are a bunch of unintuitive things like this that are passed down from teacher to student. Well...unintuitive to me, at the time, anyway!
I wish you great luck with your hatha and AYP practices!
--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > I thank you for your concern, but I consider myself to have a very > good sense of bodily awareness developed through years of training in > other disciplines. Given the nature of yoga, I find my level of > consciousness heightened even more as I do the exercises. :) What > then is the best way to increase the requisite flexibility in this area? > > Thank you, > > Greg M > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > > > Don't worry about the interlock, just keep the hands loose or hold > tghe back with them at first. Halasana takes time and to try to push > too far too fast will do more harm than good. Just take it slow and go > with the breath and the feeling. This pose and shoulderstand should > really be taught by a good teacher though rather than from a book as > the neck is very delicate and you don't want to injure your neck. > Trust me on that. > > > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the > > beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The > > second to final asana in the first two week course is called > > Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with > > interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. > > Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain > > if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of > > muscle getting in the way. Any advice is welcome. > > > > Thank-you, > > > > Greg M > > > > PS I hope this is the right forum in which to post this. If not, I > > apologize. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For the AYP Lessons and Books, go to: > > http://www.geocities.com/advancedyogapractices -- > > To change your email delivery to "daily digest," send a blank email to: > > AYPforum-digest@yahoogroups.com -- > > To stop email delivery and use "web viewing only," send a blank > email to: > > AYPforum-nomail@yahoogroups.com -- > > To resume "individual email delivery," send a blank email to: > > AYPforum-normal@yahoogroups.com > > You can also make these changes in "Edit my Membership" on the group > home page. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AYPforum/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > AYPforum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Messenger > > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 613 From: victor yj <vic@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Apr 6, 2005 2:10am Subject: Re: Re: Halasana - Need help vic Offline Send Email yes, i strongly agree with Jim on the headstand/shoulderstand sequence. In headstand tehre is pressure on the head, neck and shoulder girdle. You use effort for teh balance. Shoulderstand relkieves that tension by softening. Once you have sotened its good to move on, not retension. Shoulderstand can be practiced along but not headstand, it should always be followed by shoulderstand or plough. Over the years I have learned to prefer plough as there is actually less pressure on teh base of the neck than shoulderstand if done correctly.
jim_and_his_karma <jim_and_his_karma@yahoo.com> wrote:
Greg, I apologize...I didn't see your reply before I replied!
I'm not the guy to advise you on this one, because even after decades of avid hatha yoga experience, I can't practice halasana due to a really awful injury I incurred practicing it in my first year, when I was working without a teacher. I know it sounds like I've made that up as some sort of arch response to your posting, but I swear it's true. I hope you have an easier time of it than I did!
Let me also hip you to the other thing I hurt myself with back then: never do headstand after shoulder stand. Shoulder stand always comes after. There are a bunch of unintuitive things like this that are passed down from teacher to student. Well...unintuitive to me, at the time, anyway!
I wish you great luck with your hatha and AYP practices!
--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > I thank you for your concern, but I consider myself to have a very > good sense of bodily awareness developed through years of training in > other disciplines. Given the nature of yoga, I find my level of > consciousness heightened even more as I do the exercises. :) What > then is the best way to increase the requisite flexibility in this area? > > Thank you, > > Greg M > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > > > Don't worry about the interlock, just keep the hands loose or hold > tghe back with them at first. Halasana takes time and to try to push > too far too fast will do more harm than good. Just take it slow and go > with the breath and the feeling. This pose and shoulderstand should > really be taught by a good teacher though rather than from a book as > the neck is very delicate and you don't want to injure your neck. > Trust me on that. > > > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the > > beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The > > second to final asana in the first two week course is called > > Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with > > interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. > > Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain > > if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of > > muscle getting in the way. Any advice is welcome. > > > > Thank-you, > > > > Greg M > > > > PS I hope this is the right forum in which to post this. If not, I > > apologize. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For the AYP Lessons and Books, go to: > > http://www.geocities.com/advancedyogapractices -- > > To change your email delivery to "daily digest," send a blank email to: > > AYPforum-digest@yahoogroups.com -- > > To stop email delivery and use "web viewing only," send a blank > email to: > > AYPforum-nomail@yahoogroups.com -- > > To resume "individual email delivery," send a blank email to: > > AYPforum-normal@yahoogroups.com > > You can also make these changes in "Edit my Membership" on the group > home page. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AYPforum/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > AYPforum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Messenger > > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 616 From: "jim_and_his_karma" <jim_and_his_karma@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Apr 6, 2005 0:02pm Subject: Re: Halasana - Need help jim_and_his_... Offline Send Email You can (as Victor knows) reduce pressure on the base of the neck by doing both shoulderstand and halasana with the shoulders on 3 or so neatly folder blankets and the back of the head off the blankets and on the floor. This is a safety move that most yoga schools are moving to. In the past, you could always recognize a hatha yoga practitioner by the big bulging vertebra at the base of his/her neck - a result of shoulder stand. The blankets prevent this by taking that part of the neck off the floor.
The other move I've learned to do to reduce the neck focus in shoulderstand is to really activate the arms and biceps by taking the feet away from the head and moving more body weight onto the hands. This makes it a true shoulder stand; whereas many of us are doing more of a neck/shoulder stand. When the body acclimates, it reduces the weight on the hands and you can do an unsupported shoulder stand (forgot the name) with the feet further back. This is a more advanced move, though, because the first task of the beginner is to make the body really straight, and if a beginner tries to take feet back, he'll likely do that movement at the waist or hips, which would throw off the alignment.
--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > yes, i strongly agree with Jim on the headstand/shoulderstand sequence. In headstand tehre is pressure on the head, neck and shoulder girdle. You use effort for teh balance. Shoulderstand relkieves that tension by softening. Once you have sotened its good to move on, not retension. Shoulderstand can be practiced along but not headstand, it should always be followed by shoulderstand or plough. Over the years I have learned to prefer plough as there is actually less pressure on teh base of the neck than shoulderstand if done correctly. > > jim_and_his_karma <jim_and_his_karma@y...> wrote: > > Greg, I apologize...I didn't see your reply before I replied! > > I'm not the guy to advise you on this one, because even after decades of avid hatha yoga > experience, I can't practice halasana due to a really awful injury I incurred practicing it in > my first year, when I was working without a teacher. I know it sounds like I've made that > up as some sort of arch response to your posting, but I swear it's true. I hope you have an > easier time of it than I did! > > Let me also hip you to the other thing I hurt myself with back then: never do headstand > after shoulder stand. Shoulder stand always comes after. There are a bunch of unintuitive > things like this that are passed down from teacher to student. Well...unintuitive to me, at > the time, anyway! > > I wish you great luck with your hatha and AYP practices! > > > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > > > I thank you for your concern, but I consider myself to have a very > > good sense of bodily awareness developed through years of training in > > other disciplines. Given the nature of yoga, I find my level of > > consciousness heightened even more as I do the exercises. :) What > > then is the best way to increase the requisite flexibility in this area? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Greg M > > > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > > > > > Don't worry about the interlock, just keep the hands loose or hold > > tghe back with them at first. Halasana takes time and to try to push > > too far too fast will do more harm than good. Just take it slow and go > > with the breath and the feeling. This pose and shoulderstand should > > really be taught by a good teacher though rather than from a book as > > the neck is very delicate and you don't want to injure your neck. > > Trust me on that. > > > > > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the > > > beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The > > > second to final asana in the first two week course is called > > > Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with > > > interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. > > > Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain > > > if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of > > > muscle getting in the way. Any advice is welcome. > > > > > > Thank-you, > > > > > > Greg M > > > > > > PS I hope this is the right forum in which to post this. If not, I > > > apologize. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For the AYP Lessons and Books, go to: > > > http://www.geocities.com/advancedyogapractices -- > > > To change your email delivery to "daily digest," send a blank email to: > > > AYPforum-digest@yahoogroups.com -- > > > To stop email delivery and use "web viewing only," send a blank > > email to: > > > AYPforum-nomail@yahoogroups.com -- > > > To resume "individual email delivery," send a blank email to: > > > AYPforum-normal@yahoogroups.com > > > You can also make these changes in "Edit my Membership" on the group > > home page. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AYPforum/ > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > > AYPforum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! 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In some months as this becomes easy then take the arms over the ehad on the floor towards the feet. Then when this becomes easy one take the hands and arms in the opposite direction from the feet but not interlocking. The final grasp of the hands is the icing on the cake. It should go along with the lift of the neck from the floor and the weight on the shoulders. There should feel no pressure on the 7th cervical vertebrae and the neck should retain as much of its natural curve as possible rather than being flattened on the floor or lengthening. Do not try to lengthen the neck but feel that the neck is light with minimal stretch to the back of the neck. stretch should be at the throat with the chin untucking and soft as the chest moves towards the chin. Does that help?
Greg <trian3@charter.net> wrote:
I thank you for your concern, but I consider myself to have a very good sense of bodily awareness developed through years of training in other disciplines. Given the nature of yoga, I find my level of consciousness heightened even more as I do the exercises. :) What then is the best way to increase the requisite flexibility in this area?
Thank you,
Greg M
--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > Don't worry about the interlock, just keep the hands loose or hold tghe back with them at first. Halasana takes time and to try to push too far too fast will do more harm than good. Just take it slow and go with the breath and the feeling. This pose and shoulderstand should really be taught by a good teacher though rather than from a book as the neck is very delicate and you don't want to injure your neck. Trust me on that. > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the > beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The > second to final asana in the first two week course is called > Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with > interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. > Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain > if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of > muscle getting in the way. Any advice is welcome. > > Thank-you, > > Greg M > > PS I hope this is the right forum in which to post this. If not, I > apologize. > > > > > > > > > For the AYP Lessons and Books, go to: > http://www.geocities.com/advancedyogapractices -- > To change your email delivery to "daily digest," send a blank email to: > AYPforum-digest@yahoogroups.com -- > To stop email delivery and use "web viewing only," send a blank email to: > AYPforum-nomail@yahoogroups.com -- > To resume "individual email delivery," send a blank email to: > AYPforum-normal@yahoogroups.com > You can also make these changes in "Edit my Membership" on the group home page. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AYPforum/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > AYPforum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 615 From: "Greg" <trian3@charter.net> Date: Wed Apr 6, 2005 11:26am Subject: Re: Halasana - Need help trian3 Offline Send Email Hello Victor,
Yes, indeed. It helps very much. Thank you. I look forward to making the adjustments for this morning's practice. Given that explanation, I can see now how proper instruction is considered so necessary. Right now, where I live, that's not an option, but soon (hopefully) I'll be moving down to the Bay Area (CA) and will most assuredly be getting proper instruction at that time. Until then, the book and this forum are my only resources.
Thank you,
Greg M.
--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > What you want is to roll the shoulders towards the the shoulderblades so that the bodyweight is balanced as much as possible on the shoulders and not on the neck. the feeling should be that the neck is somewhat lifted from the floor by the roatation of the shoulders. The sequence for hand placement in halasana is first to hold the back as in shoulderstand. In some months as this becomes easy then take the arms over the ehad on the floor towards the feet. Then when this becomes easy one take the hands and arms in the opposite direction from the feet but not interlocking. The final grasp of the hands is the icing on the cake. It should go along with the lift of the neck from the floor and the weight on the shoulders. There should feel no pressure on the 7th cervical vertebrae and the neck should retain as much of its natural curve as possible rather than being flattened on the floor or lengthening. Do not try to lengthen the neck but feel that the neck is light with minimal stretch to > the back of the neck. stretch should be at the throat with the chin untucking and soft as the chest moves towards the chin. > Does that help? > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > I thank you for your concern, but I consider myself to have a very > good sense of bodily awareness developed through years of training in > other disciplines. Given the nature of yoga, I find my level of > consciousness heightened even more as I do the exercises. :) What > then is the best way to increase the requisite flexibility in this area? > > Thank you, > > Greg M > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > > > Don't worry about the interlock, just keep the hands loose or hold > tghe back with them at first. Halasana takes time and to try to push > too far too fast will do more harm than good. Just take it slow and go > with the breath and the feeling. This pose and shoulderstand should > really be taught by a good teacher though rather than from a book as > the neck is very delicate and you don't want to injure your neck. > Trust me on that. > > > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the > > beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The > > second to final asana in the first two week course is called > > Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with > > interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. > > Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain > > if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of > > muscle getting in the way. Any advice is welcome. > > > > Thank-you, > > > > Greg M > > > > PS I hope this is the right forum in which to post this. If not, I > > apologize. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For the AYP Lessons and Books, go to: > > http://www.geocities.com/advancedyogapractices -- > > To change your email delivery to "daily digest," send a blank email to: > > AYPforum-digest@yahoogroups.com -- > > To stop email delivery and use "web viewing only," send a blank > email to: > > AYPforum-nomail@yahoogroups.com -- > > To resume "individual email delivery," send a blank email to: > > AYPforum-normal@yahoogroups.com > > You can also make these changes in "Edit my Membership" on the group > home page. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AYPforum/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > AYPforum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! 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There are great Iyengar school teachers in SF. Ping again if you need reccos.
--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > Hello Victor, > > Yes, indeed. It helps very much. Thank you. I look forward to > making the adjustments for this morning's practice. Given that > explanation, I can see now how proper instruction is considered so > necessary. Right now, where I live, that's not an option, but soon > (hopefully) I'll be moving down to the Bay Area (CA) and will most > assuredly be getting proper instruction at that time. Until then, the > book and this forum are my only resources. > > Thank you, > > Greg M. > > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > > > What you want is to roll the shoulders towards the the > shoulderblades so that the bodyweight is balanced as much as possible > on the shoulders and not on the neck. the feeling should be that the > neck is somewhat lifted from the floor by the roatation of the > shoulders. The sequence for hand placement in halasana is first to > hold the back as in shoulderstand. In some months as this becomes easy > then take the arms over the ehad on the floor towards the feet. Then > when this becomes easy one take the hands and arms in the opposite > direction from the feet but not interlocking. The final grasp of the > hands is the icing on the cake. It should go along with the lift of > the neck from the floor and the weight on the shoulders. There should > feel no pressure on the 7th cervical vertebrae and the neck should > retain as much of its natural curve as possible rather than being > flattened on the floor or lengthening. Do not try to lengthen the neck > but feel that the neck is light with minimal stretch to > > the back of the neck. stretch should be at the throat with the chin > untucking and soft as the chest moves towards the chin. > > Does that help? > > > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > > > I thank you for your concern, but I consider myself to have a very > > good sense of bodily awareness developed through years of training in > > other disciplines. Given the nature of yoga, I find my level of > > consciousness heightened even more as I do the exercises. :) What > > then is the best way to increase the requisite flexibility in this > area? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Greg M > > > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > > > > > Don't worry about the interlock, just keep the hands loose or hold > > tghe back with them at first. Halasana takes time and to try to push > > too far too fast will do more harm than good. Just take it slow and go > > with the breath and the feeling. This pose and shoulderstand should > > really be taught by a good teacher though rather than from a book as > > the neck is very delicate and you don't want to injure your neck. > > Trust me on that. > > > > > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the > > > beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The > > > second to final asana in the first two week course is called > > > Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with > > > interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. > > > Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain > > > if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of > > > muscle getting in the way. Any advice is welcome. > > > > > > Thank-you, > > > > > > Greg M > > > > > > PS I hope this is the right forum in which to post this. If not, I > > > apologize. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For the AYP Lessons and Books, go to: > > > http://www.geocities.com/advancedyogapractices -- > > > To change your email delivery to "daily digest," send a blank > email to: > > > AYPforum-digest@yahoogroups.com -- > > > To stop email delivery and use "web viewing only," send a blank > > email to: > > > AYPforum-nomail@yahoogroups.com -- > > > To resume "individual email delivery," send a blank email to: > > > AYPforum-normal@yahoogroups.com > > > You can also make these changes in "Edit my Membership" on the group > > home page. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Yahoo! 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Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 618 From: victor yj <vic@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Apr 6, 2005 0:37pm Subject: Re: Re: Halasana - Need help vic Offline Send Email While the blankets are certainly helpful (and not at all mentioned in "Light On Yoga") I do not find them as necessary in Halasana as in the shoulderstand. I would certainly fold up a blanket or two to put under the shoulders in Halasana if for no other reason than to prevent the occiput from taking too much pressure on the floor but I also see a trend towards too much reliance on lots of blankets. Iyengar developed this blanket usage for people with stiff necks and then decided that it would be safer for everyone. I still recommend it especially in shoulderstand but you need less in plough as the weigh is also distributed through the feet rather than in a line directly over the neck. This use of the blankets should be folded flat and stacked with two or three blankets stacked and placed on the floor. the head lies off of the vblankets on the floor while the arms and shoulders are supported by the blankets. One should experiment with how many blankets rtanging from 1 to 4 depending on your length of neck, size of blankets, stiffness etc. Don't worry about beineg beginner or advanced with this, use what feels the most comfortable, supportive and encourages the lift in the neck that I talked about.
jim_and_his_karma <jim_and_his_karma@yahoo.com> wrote:
Greg, I'd very strongly recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/ detail/-/0679722874 if you have no choice but to work from books.
There are great Iyengar school teachers in SF. Ping again if you need reccos.
--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > Hello Victor, > > Yes, indeed. It helps very much. Thank you. I look forward to > making the adjustments for this morning's practice. Given that > explanation, I can see now how proper instruction is considered so > necessary. Right now, where I live, that's not an option, but soon > (hopefully) I'll be moving down to the Bay Area (CA) and will most > assuredly be getting proper instruction at that time. Until then, the > book and this forum are my only resources. > > Thank you, > > Greg M. > > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > > > What you want is to roll the shoulders towards the the > shoulderblades so that the bodyweight is balanced as much as possible > on the shoulders and not on the neck. the feeling should be that the > neck is somewhat lifted from the floor by the roatation of the > shoulders. The sequence for hand placement in halasana is first to > hold the back as in shoulderstand. In some months as this becomes easy > then take the arms over the ehad on the floor towards the feet. Then > when this becomes easy one take the hands and arms in the opposite > direction from the feet but not interlocking. The final grasp of the > hands is the icing on the cake. It should go along with the lift of > the neck from the floor and the weight on the shoulders. There should > feel no pressure on the 7th cervical vertebrae and the neck should > retain as much of its natural curve as possible rather than being > flattened on the floor or lengthening. Do not try to lengthen the neck > but feel that the neck is light with minimal stretch to > > the back of the neck. stretch should be at the throat with the chin > untucking and soft as the chest moves towards the chin. > > Does that help? > > > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > > > I thank you for your concern, but I consider myself to have a very > > good sense of bodily awareness developed through years of training in > > other disciplines. Given the nature of yoga, I find my level of > > consciousness heightened even more as I do the exercises. :) What > > then is the best way to increase the requisite flexibility in this > area? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Greg M > > > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > > > > > Don't worry about the interlock, just keep the hands loose or hold > > tghe back with them at first. Halasana takes time and to try to push > > too far too fast will do more harm than good. Just take it slow and go > > with the breath and the feeling. This pose and shoulderstand should > > really be taught by a good teacher though rather than from a book as > > the neck is very delicate and you don't want to injure your neck. > > Trust me on that. > > > > > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the > > > beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The > > > second to final asana in the first two week course is called > > > Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with > > > interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. > > > Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain > > > if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of > > > muscle getting in the way. 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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 619 From: "jim_and_his_karma" <jim_and_his_karma@yahoo.com> Date: Wed Apr 6, 2005 0:59pm Subject: Re: Halasana - Need help jim_and_his_... Offline Send Email But all the senior teachers, to my knowledge, use multiple blankets. Iyengar has disavowed many things in LIght on Yoga...he's learned much in the half century since the book came out. And I think you may be understating his rationale for the blankets. It wasn't an "oh, what the hell" thing. Consider: Patricia Walden (one of the two top Iyengar yogis in US, famed for being able to do every pose in Light on Yoga, does 100+ dropbacks into urdva dhanurasana, etc) has recently gone from three blankets to two in her shoulderstand practice, only because after decades of work she is finally able to elevate the cervical vertebra on her own...a little (Iyengar himself creates an enormous tunnel in the spinal cavity - you can plunge your fist in easily when he's in shoulder stand or halasana...so he doesn't need blankets).
And since (at least in strict Iyengar practice) shoulderstand follows immediately after halasana, without pause, it's hard to imagine how the blanket stack could be modified on the fly.
That said, the whole point of yoga is to do what you think is right for you, plus Iyengar is just one system, anyway, so I'm not arguing with you, Victor! I think we can at least agree that blankets are a good path of caution. I know that I'd have a much better neck today (and a vertebra less reminscent of a squashed kiwi fruit) if I hadn't done a few years of blanketless shoulderstand and halasana practice. I wasnt' then (and still am not today, decades later) able to get c6/c7 off the ground through sheer physical control.
--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > While the blankets are certainly helpful (and not at all mentioned in "Light On Yoga") I do not find them as necessary in Halasana as in the shoulderstand. I would certainly fold up a blanket or two to put under the shoulders in Halasana if for no other reason than to prevent the occiput from taking too much pressure on the floor but I also see a trend towards too much reliance on lots of blankets. Iyengar developed this blanket usage for people with stiff necks and then decided that it would be safer for everyone. I still recommend it especially in shoulderstand but you need less in plough as the weigh is also distributed through the feet rather than in a line directly over the neck. > This use of the blankets should be folded flat and stacked with two or three blankets stacked and placed on the floor. the head lies off of the vblankets on the floor while the arms and shoulders are supported by the blankets. One should experiment with how many blankets rtanging from 1 to 4 depending on your length of neck, size of blankets, stiffness etc. Don't worry about beineg beginner or advanced with this, use what feels the most comfortable, supportive and encourages the lift in the neck that I talked about. > > jim_and_his_karma <jim_and_his_karma@y...> wrote: > > > Greg, I'd very strongly recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/ > detail/-/0679722874 if you have no choice but to work from books. > > There are great Iyengar school teachers in SF. Ping again if you need reccos. > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > > > Hello Victor, > > > > Yes, indeed. It helps very much. Thank you. I look forward to > > making the adjustments for this morning's practice. Given that > > explanation, I can see now how proper instruction is considered so > > necessary. Right now, where I live, that's not an option, but soon > > (hopefully) I'll be moving down to the Bay Area (CA) and will most > > assuredly be getting proper instruction at that time. Until then, the > > book and this forum are my only resources. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Greg M. > > > > > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > > > > > What you want is to roll the shoulders towards the the > > shoulderblades so that the bodyweight is balanced as much as possible > > on the shoulders and not on the neck. the feeling should be that the > > neck is somewhat lifted from the floor by the roatation of the > > shoulders. The sequence for hand placement in halasana is first to > > hold the back as in shoulderstand. In some months as this becomes easy > > then take the arms over the ehad on the floor towards the feet. Then > > when this becomes easy one take the hands and arms in the opposite > > direction from the feet but not interlocking. The final grasp of the > > hands is the icing on the cake. It should go along with the lift of > > the neck from the floor and the weight on the shoulders. There should > > feel no pressure on the 7th cervical vertebrae and the neck should > > retain as much of its natural curve as possible rather than being > > flattened on the floor or lengthening. Do not try to lengthen the neck > > but feel that the neck is light with minimal stretch to > > > the back of the neck. stretch should be at the throat with the chin > > untucking and soft as the chest moves towards the chin. > > > Does that help? > > > > > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I thank you for your concern, but I consider myself to have a very > > > good sense of bodily awareness developed through years of training in > > > other disciplines. Given the nature of yoga, I find my level of > > > consciousness heightened even more as I do the exercises. :) What > > > then is the best way to increase the requisite flexibility in this > > area? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Greg M > > > > > > --- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, victor yj <vic@y...> wrote: > > > > > > > > Don't worry about the interlock, just keep the hands loose or hold > > > tghe back with them at first. Halasana takes time and to try to push > > > too far too fast will do more harm than good. Just take it slow and go > > > with the breath and the feeling. This pose and shoulderstand should > > > really be taught by a good teacher though rather than from a book as > > > the neck is very delicate and you don't want to injure your neck. > > > Trust me on that. > > > > > > > > Greg <trian3@c...> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > I just recently started doing Hatha yoga and am following the > > > > beginner's regimen as outlined in BKS Iyengar's "Light on Yoga". The > > > > second to final asana in the first two week course is called > > > > Halasana (Pgs 216-220 if you have the book). I'm having trouble with > > > > interlocking my hands and most especially with turning them over. > > > > Does anyone have a tip or two that will help with this? I'm uncertain > > > > if it's a matter of simple flexibility or if it's more the case of > > > > muscle getting in the way. Any advice is welcome. > > > > > > > > Thank-you, > > > > > > > > Greg M > > > > > > > > PS I hope this is the right forum in which to post this. 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