tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649060071178250411.post6141663272715685568..comments2023-04-09T04:23:38.976-05:00Comments on Yoga-ish: Hip switchKMBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13726597535792366632noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649060071178250411.post-22121197422085013932009-12-14T08:16:25.550-06:002009-12-14T08:16:25.550-06:00Dwi Pada requires a lot of core strength. When I ...Dwi Pada requires a lot of core strength. When I was learning I used to do it with the couch behind me so I wouldn't roll back to floor if I lost my balance. Love Karen's comment about the sequencing, makes a lot of sense and I had not thought of it like that before.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09327224567959171369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649060071178250411.post-32535910877581227882009-12-12T12:14:04.172-06:002009-12-12T12:14:04.172-06:00Hi Lew - gravity is my friend! Except in the shuff...Hi Lew - gravity is my friend! Except in the shuffleback, lol...<br /><br />Hi Karen - your theory makes a lot of sense, I never thought of it that way. There do seem to be quite a few examples of this (strong first, bendy after)...stiffness really does protect the body. My hips are stopping me for a reason!<br /><br />It does seem that bendy people get injured more...in the scheme of things I'm probably more of a "bendy" than a "strong". I've worked much longer and harder for chaturanga than I have for Mari D for example. I'm not so bendy that I'm prone to injury often :-) which is a lucky thing I guess.<br /><br />I just got a shipping notification on the book - I can track it now, yay!<br /><br />Going to write Kino a letter, tell her I want my hip back..hahahaKMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726597535792366632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649060071178250411.post-41844590545728588432009-12-12T07:52:01.320-06:002009-12-12T07:52:01.320-06:00I think it's the usual "flexy" vs. &...I think it's the usual "flexy" vs. "strong" balancing act. Ashtanga seems to be designed in a way that builds/tests strength first, then builds/tests flexibility. (Bhujapidasana first, then supta kurmasana. Laghu vajrasana first, then kapotasana. Dwi pada sirsasana first, then yoga nidrasana. And in a macro-view: primary first, then intermediate.) <br /><br />It makes sense from the perspective that bendy people will get hurt if they don't have enough strength for a sequence, whereas strong people will just hit their flexibility limit and still be okay. So in a world of yoga students who represent a continuum from super bendy to super stiff, the safest thing to do is go for strength first, followed by flexibility. Hence, dwi pada (which requires/builds strength because you're working against gravity), followed by yoga nidrasana. <br /><br />That's just my thought re: the design of the sequence (I'm always curious about design). I don't really care what order people use or presume to contradict Gregor Maehle's suggestion!karenhttp://donutszenmom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649060071178250411.post-1982044422395436092009-12-12T02:29:24.294-06:002009-12-12T02:29:24.294-06:00Loll, hip switch! If Kino has one of yours, who do...Loll, hip switch! If Kino has one of yours, who does the other one belong to??<br /><br />I can't do dwi pada either, yoganidrasana is definitely easier. Gravity works!<br /><br />word veri: asicklewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18110976237089976953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649060071178250411.post-52035165324617696392009-12-11T15:12:28.595-06:002009-12-11T15:12:28.595-06:00Hi Grimmly - I ordered the Maehle 2nd series book ...Hi Grimmly - I ordered the Maehle 2nd series book from Chapters a while back and I'm still waiting for it to arrive! Really looking forward to reading about the LBH stuff...<br /><br />That makes a lot of sense in the context of training...I would think Dwi Pada would be harder for most than yoganidrasana.KMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726597535792366632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649060071178250411.post-76355174832700279102009-12-11T12:54:28.170-06:002009-12-11T12:54:28.170-06:00Bet there's a roaring elicit trade in those fl...Bet there's a roaring elicit trade in those flexihips, thought there was something suspicious about about those East and west coast yogi's. KIno....She stole your hip at birth!!!!!<br /><br />I think it was Maehle who suggested switching Dwi pada S and Yoga nidrasana around.... think he suggested it in the context of training rather than in the Shala.Grimmlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301656317399292135noreply@blogger.com