B.1.2. Individuality + The Pose is Not the Goal
Yoga Teacher Training Material - Spring 2019 • 16m
Sutra 1.1 Atha Yoga Anusasanam
Only in “the moment of now” can Yoga begin
Covered in 1.2:
-Most injuries occur when we are entering or exiting a pose
-We are all vastly different, down to our bones
-Demonstration of the differences in femur length between two specimens
-Demonstration of how the femur connects to the pelvic bowl
-Our goal is not the posture, but presence inside the posture
-Our true aim in yoga is to experience “the now”
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B.1.3 The Big Picture
Sutra 2.1 Tapah Svadhyaya Ishvara Pranidhana Kriya Yogah
Yoga is the balance of discipline and surrender through the study of the selfCovered in 1.3
- Our aim is to balance effort/muscular energy (tapah) and softening/surrender (ishvara pranidhana)
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B.1.4 Yoga is a Sweet, Steady Seat
Sutra 2.46 Sthira Sukham Asanam
Translation: Yoga is a comfortable steady seatCovered in 1.4:
-One of the very few sutras that deals directly with how asana should be performed
-“Asanam” defined as how do you “sit” in relationship to the postures (and everything else in your life)
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B.1.5 Troubleshooting Vinyasa
Covered in 1.5:
-Why perform yoga asana? Where do these poses come from?
-Why too many vinyasa “flows” can be dangerous for students
-How flexibility is often overly emphasized is modern yoga
-We live in a world where more is always better, but this is not always the case in our asana practic...
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