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| A couple of weeks ago our Bikram Studio had a visting instructor. I think the name is Craig, but I didn't go so I'm not perfectly certain. They did say that he teaches at Bikrams teacher trainings in California. Anyway they went through a long workshop then heated the room and did a standard practice.
I went in last Saturday and the instructor was doing her usual good instructions, but when we got to the triangle pose we did it once, then she stopped the class. She invited a participant from the workshop up and he demonstrated how to get into the pose. So for once I actually got to see how to get into the pose and also saw how Bikram wants the pose to look.
Refreshing.
Edited by MrD 2005-03-29 3:27 PM
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|  Sounds very Iyengar!  |
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As a nonteacher, I've often wanted to be able to walk around the room
seeing how people are all doing the poses. Funny what I am missing!
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| You would be astonished, Bay Guy! Especially in a beginner's class But also fun to see the progressions - people work harder than I expect them to most of the time. |
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| Tourist, one of my pet peeves is that Bikram is so Aural. Hey, only 20% of people learn only by hearing, The rest of us are visuals or Kinescetic (They have to feel, touch and do). My usual practice is power and Ashtanga variations. So the instructor usually demonstrates the pose if the class isn't getting. My Ashtanga instructors actually do essentially the opposite. They always demonstrate the pose but don't describe it very well. I was luck enough to get beginning instructors who did Power yoga, but were also Iyenger trained. I would have been dead without alignment training. So I'm much more used to the visual and Kinescetic elements predominating first then descriptions are added.
Edited by MrD 2005-03-30 12:51 PM
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| Concur on the auralosity of Bikram. My Ahstanga teacher got a hold of my hips (so to speak), aligned 'em and it was a eureka moment. |
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| Yes - in Iyengar we are trained to work on all the learning styles so we demostrate, speak (ALWAYS going for more clarity), adjust and even recommend reading. No wonder it takes so long to get us trained! |
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| Man, I'd love to find an accomplished Iyengerite here in San Antonio--just doesn't seem to be any and believe me I've looked. |
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There appear to be a few in Houston, Brother Bruce, if you can make the trip!
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| Just can't do the Houston thing with any regularity--it's just a wee bit too far and my work hours too long--now if here were 36 hours in a day and each weekend 4 days long--I'd be set. |
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The nice thing about Iyengar yoga is that you don't need a daily class.
You can take what you learned and go chew on it for a while.
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| Hmm--I just learn something new everyday oh wise Brother Bay Guy--then I'm a heading east. |
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| Bay Guy - First of all - I see you are our newest expert yogi! Shouldn't there be fanfare?
Also, when I heard about the schools of yoga that suggest more than one class a week I was quite shocked. It seemed like a great way to get people to pay more money - "don't do this at home. Just come to class everyday." I have gone to Iyengar class up to 3 times a week before I started a home practice, but generally once or twice a week is plenty. There is a lot ot "chew on" and it is good to allow for digestion time  |
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Surprized In a Bikram Class.
