Bill!,
(Ashtanga Yoga can be "Googled").
It's "flow-yoga", as currently marketed. Asanas are practiced one after the
other, without a break, one flowing into or leading into the next, often quite
quickly.
"Asana" of course means "seat", with the implied meaning being a "seat" for
meditation: a basis, and a tool. One should be able to meditate in any asana.
And, to practice well, one will BE in a meditative state always when practicing
asana.
Some (Yoga-) schools or teachers market it as "Power Yoga", which I think sells
better, and avoids the classical or ancient-sounding reference. Like a lot of
Yoga marketed and practiced in the West, it's often not set in a spiritual
context. I think it's for the muscles.
Perhaps the very best teachers are nonetheless able to encourage students to
practice meditatively. I don't see much of this going on.
I market the Buddhist Yoga that I teach expressly to practitioners of
meditation in all traditions. This narrows the field of "takers", but keeps me
honest: it's all I want to teach for. Muscles are not the point, and it's more
for the connective tissue and flexibility and comfort (deepest relaxation),
...which three things really help to deepen meditation. As you prob. know!
--Joe
> "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> The yoga is Ashtanga Yoga and I don't know anything about it.
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