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CannabisForAutism Snowy Owl
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:32 pm?? ?Post subject:
It changes all the time. My least favourite pose when I started (because it was so hard) is now one of my favourite poses (because now I can do it and it has taught me that things that seem impossible can be achieved by regular practice), the pose is called tiriangmukiekapadapascimottanasana
So many to choose from! I love jumping from downward dog into bhuja pidasana, I love ghaba pindasana, I love ekabhuja urdva padmasana, I love baddha padmasana, I love janu sirsasana C. I love uthita hasta padangustasana.
I do Mysore style ashtanga vinyasa yoga meditation. I've tried a few other kinds and they don't really do it for me. Only ashtanga gets me into the zone in the way that a few hours dancing or 23 dried welsh liberty caps do. _________________ Please don't smoke unless you can do at least an hour of Ashtanga Yoga a day, 5 or 6 days a week. Do not smoke tobacco without cannabis.
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wtfid2 Phoenix
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CannabisForAutism Snowy Owl
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:39 pm?? ?Post subject:
'vinyasa' means 'movement-breathing-system'. If there is a specific sequence (krama) and every movement happens on a specific breath, then it is vinyasa yoga. Ashtanga yoga is vinyasa yoga. Most classes calling themselves vinyasa classes are not true vinyasa because the instructor does not care (and never will) whether or not you really are inhaling or exhaling when you should be. Ujjayi breathing of course. If it's not Ujjayi, it's not vinyasa!
'Kundalini' yoga is any kind of yoga which 'raises your kundalini' which is another way of saying 'induces psychosis'.
You're right about Hatha - it means 'forcing meditation', the principle being that you can force just about anyone into a state of meditation with the right kind of moving and breathing whereas not everyone can be brought to meditation via more intellectual means (actually, no-one ever thought their way into meditation!) _________________ Please don't smoke unless you can do at least an hour of Ashtanga Yoga a day, 5 or 6 days a week. Do not smoke tobacco without cannabis.
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MjrMajorMajor Phoenix
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:34 pm?? ?Post subject:
CannabisForAutism wrote:
'Kundalini' yoga is any kind of yoga which 'raises your kundalini' which is another way of saying 'induces psychosis'.
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Very true about the vinyasa yoga. That's why I stay away from the very fast paced sets, because ujjayi goes out the window. I don't believe that the purpose of raising your kundalini is to induce psychosis though. It's more about raising your consciousness to the present, and putting yourself into a meditative state. I find it easier to delve into it with the mixture of repetition, willpower, and mantra.
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CannabisForAutism Snowy Owl
Joined: Oct 02, 2010 Posts: 157 Location: London
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:39 pm?? ?Post subject:
MjrMajorMajor wrote:
CannabisForAutism wrote:
'Kundalini' yoga is any kind of yoga which 'raises your kundalini' which is another way of saying 'induces psychosis'.
)
Very true about the vinyasa yoga. That's why I stay away from the very fast paced sets, because ujjayi goes out the window. I don't believe that the purpose of raising your kundalini is to induce psychosis though. It's more about raising your consciousness to the present, and putting yourself into a meditative state. I find it easier to delve into it with the mixture of repetition, willpower, and mantra.
Read this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23044373
And google 'crazy wisdom'.
I can assure you that the experience of psychosis and kundalini rising are one and the same, but the prognosis depends on what prior training and preparation you've had. _________________ Please don't smoke unless you can do at least an hour of Ashtanga Yoga a day, 5 or 6 days a week. Do not smoke tobacco without cannabis.
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TheBicyclingGuitarist Phoenix
Joined: May 28, 2007 Posts: 909
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:39 pm?? ?Post subject:
I do "bicycle guitaring" yoga, but when I started doing it back in the early 1980s I did not at that time realize I was doing yoga. I just did it. For me, it is a meditation in motion.
Near as I can figure, this is both an action yoga (because of the movement) and a sound yoga (because there is music involved). There may be other forms of yoga involved. I am not familiar with all the formal names of the specific yoga types.
_________________ ?When you ride over sharps, you get flats!?--The Bicycling Guitarist, May 13, 2008
I don't believe that the purpose of raising your kundalini is to induce psychosis though. It's more about raising your consciousness to the present, and putting yourself into a meditative state. I find it easier to delve into it with the mixture of repetition, willpower, and mantra.
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