When she asks them to move the skin from the inner knee to the thigh, no one does it and it's impossible to know how or why. I'd love some explanation...
Dear Susan, she asks them to move the skin of the inner thighs from the knee to the hip and the skin of the outer left thigh to the hip. On the left side, it is done by lowering the left hip, extending the left quadriceps. On the right, the thigh rolls a little bit to the outer side downwards and stretches a little more the right side and rip cage to a bend to the left. But, nevertheless, it is not clear for me why, because the most important part is the extension of the left side of the rip cage. This pose is a side bend and a half extension in a rotation. It is not possible for the teacher to see whether the students execute the stretch of the skin of the thighs. Rolf Mayer, France.
I am sorry but to me this seems like a soulless external mechanical practice! Asana is only one of the eight limbs of Yoga ! This type of practice is heavily influenced by the Western perspective ! Namaste 🙏🏽
Completely agree with you.. Atleast they will be physically fit.. Strong body and functionality will accommodate the strong brain and functionality may lead the handle situations in the daily life.. Something they are doing is good instead of nothing..
This is an Iyengar-style of teaching which focuses on physical alignment of the body. They provide you lots of alignment cues in order to get you deeper into an asana. If you are not used to this style it could be a little off putting at the beginning, that was the case for me at least. But after you try it for some time, you will notice that your understanding of your body mechanics and in turn asana practice increases. Having said that I like Iynegar style alongside my own practice and not just by iteself, because I feel ultimately one has to go deeper within themselves by concentrating the mind inwardly and this is impossible (for me) to do when receiving instructions in this way.
