addicted to shakti
the shakti pusher comes to town, gives a little
taste, and leaves you on your own (i'll get by with a little help from my
friends).
john
friend
intermediate/advanced workshop
11:00 am 8/1/04
montreal, quebec
john began this 4th (for us) class of the weekend by talking about the nadiis, describing their basic setting in the body and comparing them to vibrating strings on a musical instrument. the familiar seeming duality of stability and freedom are needed to open the nadiis, he said, and quality of feeling : deep desire and will are necessary to move prana, the energy which flows through the nadiis. prana has quasi-electrical properties according to john, so we need to create a system that can contain this energy, this prana. john then called himself the shakti pusher, giving a little taste and then leaving town...addicted to shakti.
john then went on to talk a bit about pranayama, offering some possibilities for definition. yama, besides being the god of death, can also be defined as a limit or a boundary, while ayama can be defined as to expand, so pranayama can be control of the breath, as classically defined, or it can be a discovery of the limits or boundaries of the breath, or an expansion of the breath. at any rate, according to john, the breath is a guest: “i am not ultimately in charge here.”
from this base point we jumped right into it...handstand from uttanasana, vasistasana to urdvadanurasana, bakasana to handstand, urdva dhanurasana to headstand...”advanced poses open the nadiis”. we finished out chanting govinda radhe shyam with the cosmic canadian all star band and went out to lunch, eager for the next two hour class, sad that it was to be the last.
intermediate/advanced workshop
11:00 am 8/1/04
montreal, quebec
john began this 4th (for us) class of the weekend by talking about the nadiis, describing their basic setting in the body and comparing them to vibrating strings on a musical instrument. the familiar seeming duality of stability and freedom are needed to open the nadiis, he said, and quality of feeling : deep desire and will are necessary to move prana, the energy which flows through the nadiis. prana has quasi-electrical properties according to john, so we need to create a system that can contain this energy, this prana. john then called himself the shakti pusher, giving a little taste and then leaving town...addicted to shakti.
john then went on to talk a bit about pranayama, offering some possibilities for definition. yama, besides being the god of death, can also be defined as a limit or a boundary, while ayama can be defined as to expand, so pranayama can be control of the breath, as classically defined, or it can be a discovery of the limits or boundaries of the breath, or an expansion of the breath. at any rate, according to john, the breath is a guest: “i am not ultimately in charge here.”
from this base point we jumped right into it...handstand from uttanasana, vasistasana to urdvadanurasana, bakasana to handstand, urdva dhanurasana to headstand...”advanced poses open the nadiis”. we finished out chanting govinda radhe shyam with the cosmic canadian all star band and went out to lunch, eager for the next two hour class, sad that it was to be the last.
Posted: Fri - August 6, 2004 at 07:53 AM
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