Kevg
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Post by Kevg on Oct 21, 2004 7:41:00 GMT -5
Hi Mr Barnes!
I am a friend of Shaykh Taner & Mustaq, their wisdom has led me your direction. I just ordered your video, which I am sure my wife will be pleased, she is a teacher of yoga & is currently exploring the the 5 tibetians and the related excersizes - and what that all means to her yoga practise.
I am a full beginner, I don't work out, primarily I walk a few miles a week. I am mostly interested the spiritual development that your method assists. Breathing in particular.
Do you have any suggestion for a newbie?
thank you much, kevin germain
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Post by Steven Barnes on Oct 21, 2004 11:52:42 GMT -5
Dear Kev:
Welcome! First, if you are working with the Shaykh and Mushtaq, you are in very good hands indeed.
My approach for a beginner is to, first, congratulate yourself on making a decision to improve your health and energy. Second, remember that this is a path, not a place. You are looking for habits to incorporate into your daily life, not a "quick fix". That means that, six days a week, you need to do some small something with yourself physically. It need not always be much. The Tibetans are a great place to start. They take only a few minutes a day, and offer great benifits--especially if you haven't been exercising at all. Second, the "Five Minute Miracle" is the best way I know to strengthen the body-mind link, which is crucial to true long-term success with an exercise program.
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Another important point: what EXACTLY are your goals? The more clearly you state them, the easier they will be to accomplish. Let us know.
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Watch the entire tape when it arrives. Understand the framework within which the physical motions are meaningful. Then follow the advice: start with 3-5 repetitions of each exercise, and add no more than 1-2 reps per week. Slow and steady wins the race.
And btw--walking is great exercise!
Steve
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Post by Kevg on Oct 22, 2004 7:01:31 GMT -5
thank you steve for taking your time to reply and thank you for reminding me about having a goal in mind.
I thought about that and this is what I got, perhaps it will evolve.
I am not too interested in the "atheletic" benefits, but I am sure they are somewhat bound together, no matter.
Three things, improving the quality of the energy that my body & spirit uses. Increase stamina, on all levels. Release the psychological tensions that have been embeded with my breathing and muscular structures.
The energy thing has to do with my spiritual growth, inorder maintain a healthy connection, I want to make sure that the system is working the way it is was designed.
An example of the last one, tension, I have also seemed to have developed this sense of fear that I can not remove. i am a musician, frequently when I perform my body goes into a panic mode. Not good... So, I realize this needs to be worked on from more than just one angle, not just my mind, so I am hoping that by correcting any unuseful habits in breath and/or activity I can perhaps begin to work through said problems.
what do you think?
thank you so much! kevin
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Post by Steven Barnes on Oct 24, 2004 16:10:59 GMT -5
Learning to deepen your breathing practise is a fine way to familiarize yourself with your emotions, particularly fear. The end of an exhalation is called a "control pause", and leaving your lungs empty at this time has a powerful physiological and psychological effect. As you learn to control this primal rhythm, it becomes easier to hear the voices of fear and anxiety in your head. As you familiarize yourself with them, they begin to lose their hold over you. This edge of the mental-spiritual-emotional can be endlessly explored, and each approach will teach you new things.
Steve
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Post by Kevg on Oct 27, 2004 15:45:54 GMT -5
Mr Barnes,
what you say abou the control pause is interesting, I have heard about this phenomena before, do you know or could you point me to the science behind this part of breathing? What is happening physiologically to the body during this pause?
I just received your video, it is very wonderful, thank you. i like how you expand the 5 tibetians with your method, it really adds a lot of dimension to that practise.
kevin
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Post by Steven Barnes on Nov 6, 2004 20:17:19 GMT -5
During the control pause, your body is at its stillest, most quiet point. However, as you continue to hold it, and the carbon dioxide level rises in your blood, your body wants to panic, to force you to breathe. Learning how to be calm in the face of this stress is absolutely invaluable, a skill that crosses over to many other stress-related aspects of life.
Steve
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Post by Reenie on Nov 20, 2004 12:22:27 GMT -5
Hi, I'm new to this board and have been doing the 5 Tibetans. I learned them in a community center yoga class, we do them for warm up before we begin. Now i try to do them once a day. The instructor has us keep our left palm up while spinning. Is this generally the posture. I saw on other sites that palms are down. What are your views on the hands for the First Tibetan? Thanks!
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Post by Steven Barnes on Nov 21, 2004 9:43:29 GMT -5
I think that to be a stylistic detail, and not an essential. On a mechanical level, the 1st tibetan seems to be about basic coordination and balance. On an energetic level, it is said to get the chakras humming. Who can say? There is so very little real information. My own opinion is that they are a very, very basic introduction to a much more complex and varied body of movements drawn, not from Tibet or Indian yoga, but from the Ural Mountains in the Russias. Whatever they are, they work!
Enjoy your yoga, BTW--I have incredible respect for Hatha.
Steve
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