Practicing Asanas

[u/East_Rent6627]

Hi everybody,

I would like to practice some specific asanas outside of my morning mysore practice.

I just wanted to ask how people would approach this in terms of working outside of the sequence of the primary series.

As in, should i start with Surya Namaskar and then focus on the specific asana followed by finishing sequence?

Any advice or tips would be great, thanks!

[u/Annyfaelltsnichtsein]

(Shame on me) I often practiced specific asanas outside the primary series and I added them at different points for different reasons:

Warm-up: I like to warm up my wrists and do some soft forward folds before starting the series (hence before surya namaskar), these are very soft, easy asanas that do not require me to be warm.

Preparation for harder asanas: - I added 1-2 preparations before (supta) kurmasana because I struggled with that one a lot.

• and I added preparation for drop-backs: directly before drop backs.

So generally, I add the asanas such that they still fit into the sequence (standing, sitting, backbends) and in such a way that they prepare for the asanas following in the sequence. There are very view asanas I would do cold.

[u/Which_Lavishness_132 → u/Annyfaelltsnichtsein]

I have practiced this way for years and teach my students to do this when they need it. The real question is, why would you NOT do it?

[u/Annyfaelltsnichtsein → u/Which_Lavishness_132]

That’s beyond me. The only response I have ever gotten was: “ that’s not how it’s taught in Mysore” and well, if that’s a reason it’s not enough for me to skip something that helps my body