 Re: How long it takes to finish your daily practice?
yemaya@hush.ai wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've been practicing Sivananda syle yoga for a couple of years nearly
> everyday. I've been questioning myself for long time that this practice
> takes nearly two hours to finish everything which becomes too long for
> me.
>
> It starts from 5minutes of intial relaxation then follows pranayamas
> ,kapalabhai and anolama viloma, then Sun Sultaion ,6times, then 12
> basic postures and finish with 10 minutes of relaxation.
>
> I only know Sivananda style of practicel.
>
> My question to you, teachers and practitiners, is that do you have any
> suggestions to shorten my daily practice?
>
> Sincerely
Hi,
Welcome to alt.yoga :-)
> I've been practicing Sivananda syle yoga for a couple of years nearly
> everyday.. I only know Sivananda style of practicel.
That's great! In my experience it doesn't get much better then
Sivananda. Different perhaps, but not better. It sounds to me like you
are approaching the practice correctly time wise. Thoroughly and not
hurried. You didn't mention if you meditate afterwards. That would add
another half hour to an hour.
You should be in pretty good shape :-) Perhaps now you need more time
to practice other yogas?
Sivananda would say the purpose of hatha is to strengthen, purify and
make the body ready to practice karma (selfless service-work), bhakti
(love), jnana (discrimination/dispassion) and raja yoga (meditation).
http://www.dlshq.org/teachings/teachings.htm
You can always split the practice in half. Divide the practice between
morning and evening sessions. Or divide the practice between two days.
You might contact a Sivananda center http://www.sivananda.org/ and ask
their advice on the ideal way to do this.
In the Illustrated Book of Yoga, by Swami Vishnudevananda (on which the
Sivananda program is based) he says the following:
"requires from one to two hours to complete" [this tends to confirm
your times]
"If the student finds that he doesn't have sufficient time to practice
all of the exercises recommended for him, it is suggested that he
perform as many of the basic exercises from each of the groups as are
convenient for him to undertake."
"It must be remembered that the principal rule in the performance of
any exercise is that it is to be countered with a performance of its
direct opposite, since counter-exercising is related directly to the
spine. Therefore, if a forward bending exercise is selected, it is
imperative that backward bending exercise is performed to offset it. "
"In regard to exercising it is urgent that such essentials as the
headstand, shoulder stand, sun exercises and breathing, relaxation,
meditation, etc,, are practiced daily in addition to the other
recommended exercises, whenever possible within the student's time
limit."
Good practice,
Jared
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