1st of April, here's general practice #1 of 58
See the Guidelines for Practice at the top of ther blog.
Basically, the breathing is long and slow, the eyes closed, bandhas engaged, Jalandhara bandha in particular. After each asana, mudra,and pranayama ( unless indicated otherwise, usually by "followed by") we are directed to lie down and rest for one to two minutes to notice the effect. See the guidelines post for more on this most important element of the practice.
In future practice sessions, points of concentration will be introduced for different asana, mudra and/or pranayama. I will be including the chart below with each post, the concentration post mentioned in the session highlighted in bold.
Points of concentration: 16 vital points. (No concentration points in todays practice)
sirsa - the fontanel
murdhna - middle of forehead
bhrumadhya - between eyebrows
nasagra - extremity of the nose
talu mula - back of the palate
lalata - root of the uvula
kantha - throat
kantha kupa - back of the throat
hrdaya - middle of the heart
nabhi - navel
sroni - centre of the pelvis
mula - perineum
jangha- point at top of thighs
janu - point at middle of knees
gulpha - point at middle of ankles
pada angusta - point of the big toes.
Also of note...
Murdhna: the point located in front of the nose
Divya Chakshush: Point behind the head (occipital)
Aditya (the sun) is the disk of the sun, black and shiny,
The star: lying on his back to look as far as possible on the sky
Taraka: the horizon point,
Kumbhaka
A.K. = Antah Kumbhaka (holding of breath after inhalation )
B.K = Bhaya Kumbhaka (holding of breath after exhalation )
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Note: #8 Danda asana
Notice Dandasana refers to repeating each movement 2 times.
This is somewhat similar to the movements in Tadasana in Ramaswami's Vinyasa Krama, and those hand arm movements are what I practiced this morning. In Sribhashyam' Emergence of yoga however the movements are a little different. 1. The hands rise above the head with palms facing to the sky as in the photo above. 2. The arms rise and are the hands placed palms together above the head. 3. The arms rise and the backs of the hands are placed together. 4. The arms are raise and the palms placed together behind the head. The hands return to the floor, palms on the mat, fingers facing forward between each movement
Sribhashyam's Pranayama article
POST PRACTICE.
I practiced a short tadasana sequence followed by sun salutations, 3As, 2Bs.
The actual practice sheet took 35minutes, Sribhashyam mentions that the practices tend to be around 40 minutes. I haven't practiced this one from the book before, I tended to practice some of the later sequences. This one reminded me very much of the Vinyasa krama I'm so familiar with E.G. the movements in No. 2 and 4, the arm raises in 7.
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I cannot recommend Krishnamacharya's third son, T. K. Sribhashyam's book 'Emergence of Yoga' strongly enough/
It May be available on Amazon but check the language.
Also available direct from T. K. Sribhashyam's school.
I heard the website says it doesn't ship to the US but if you contact them direct it might be able to be arranged for a little extra shipping cost.
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