Comments on: Taping my personal practice of Kurmasana (Tortoise Pose) http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/ Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:36:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: essentialyoga http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/#comment-3047 essentialyoga Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:28:22 +0000 #comment-3047 Thank you :) Om shanti, Roberta Thank you :)
Om shanti,
Roberta

]]> By: Floatar http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/#comment-3048 Floatar Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:31:57 +0000 #comment-3048 Really enjoyed watching it. You make it look approachable. Really enjoyed watching it. You make it look approachable.

]]> By: essentialyoga http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/#comment-3049 essentialyoga Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:00:26 +0000 #comment-3049 Thank you :) Thank you :)

]]> By: yogibeertje2 http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/#comment-3050 yogibeertje2 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:08:34 +0000 #comment-3050 Thanks a lot for sending us this wonderful video. I can recommend it to every serious student of hatha yoga. Only watching this video helps already to get more calm. Thanks a lot for sending us this wonderful video. I can recommend it to every serious student of hatha yoga. Only watching this video helps already to get more calm.

]]> By: essentialyoga http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/#comment-3051 essentialyoga Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:42:20 +0000 #comment-3051 More info: A passive way to open the hips in baddha konasana would be to place soft bolsters under the knees for support and then place 5 or 10 pound sandbags on the mid-thigh area. This allows a more gentle opening. To go deeper, hold onto the sides of a chair and gently bent forward. Do this 2 or 3 times per week. I hope this helps. Om shanti. Roberta More info:
A passive way to open the hips in baddha konasana would be to place soft bolsters under the knees for support and then place 5 or 10 pound sandbags on the mid-thigh area. This allows a more gentle opening. To go deeper, hold onto the sides of a chair and gently bent forward.

Do this 2 or 3 times per week.
I hope this helps.
Om shanti.
Roberta

]]> By: essentialyoga http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/#comment-3052 essentialyoga Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:46:32 +0000 #comment-3052 That would never happen in an Iyengar class. Any teacher worth their salt wouldn't do it! I cringe thinking about it. I know a lot of martial arts classes still do this, but it does more harm than good! That would never happen in an Iyengar class. Any teacher worth their salt wouldn’t do it! I cringe thinking about it.

I know a lot of martial arts classes still do this, but it does more harm than good!

]]> By: lbvedj http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/#comment-3053 lbvedj Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:40:46 +0000 #comment-3053 what about baddha konasana? mostpeople find it quite painful when teachers standon their knees> have u experienced that? what about baddha konasana? mostpeople find it quite painful when teachers standon their knees> have u experienced that?

]]> By: essentialyoga http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/#comment-3054 essentialyoga Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:52:40 +0000 #comment-3054 Not normally. When working in Upavishta Konasana (wide-legged seated forward bend) Iyengar teachers watch to make sure that the toes and knees are facing the ceiling and the wings of the pelvis (iliac crest) are perpendicular to the floor. If the hips roll back, teachers will instruct you to sit on blankets. Not normally. When working in Upavishta Konasana (wide-legged seated forward bend) Iyengar teachers watch to make sure that the toes and knees are facing the ceiling and the wings of the pelvis (iliac crest) are perpendicular to the floor. If the hips roll back, teachers will instruct you to sit on blankets.

]]> By: lbvedj http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/#comment-3055 lbvedj Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:01:23 +0000 #comment-3055 do you get adjusted by your yoga teacher in the spilts positions? do you get adjusted by your yoga teacher in the spilts positions?

]]> By: rolandsc http://www.poweryogadvd.net/taping-my-personal-practice-of-kurmasana-tortoise-pose/#comment-3056 rolandsc Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:00:06 +0000 #comment-3056 I'll have to take your word for it. I've only recently started trying to improve my flexibility. Progress so far in about 4 weeks is to get my back less than 90 degrees from my thighs in a seated forward bend. I had trouble just sitting upright before so this IS progress!(Sorry, don't know the proper name for it!) Very tight hamstrings I'm told. So I'll enjoy watching you do this one for now. Maybe one day...... I’ll have to take your word for it. I’ve only recently started trying to improve my flexibility. Progress so far in about 4 weeks is to get my back less than 90 degrees from my thighs in a seated forward bend. I had trouble just sitting upright before so this IS progress!(Sorry, don’t know the proper name for it!) Very tight hamstrings I’m told. So I’ll enjoy watching you do this one for now. Maybe one day……

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