Witold Fitz-Simon
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Aug 28, 2001, 4:58 PM
Post #19 of 19
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With regards to the thread of being used as an example in class:
I study Iyengar Yoga at the Institute in New York. For six months, about two years ago, every time my teacher did Downward-Facing Dog, she would come upon me as the example of what not to do in the shoulder area (ie: sink down into the shoulders and drop the chest to the floor). The class would come to a halt and everyone would gather round and watch me while I gritted my teeth trying to hold the pose as she poked and prodded and adjusted me for my, and the class's, benefit. I'm not exaggerating when I say that it happened at least twice a month for six months. I started off dreading going into Down-Dog, but it eventually became a source of amusement to me. And then, somehow, somewhere, in that six-month period, the message got through and I rarely need that adjustment anymore.
As to my worst experience in a yoga class, I was studying Ashtanga Yoga, and I was in a Mysore-style class. We got to Marichyasana II and the teacher put me in the pose in the way that they often do in Ashtanga. He pressed the padmasana knee down to the floor and we heard a loud and painful pop. I finished the practice okay, but was hobbling around on that knee for months. I still have occasional problems with it.
In some ways, the event was a blessing, because it led me to Iyengar Yoga, which I've taken to like a fish to matsyasana.
(And my padmasana is doing fine these days, too.)
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