--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is what I was told by people who took the new course: The expensive "New" asana > course (I believe itw as supposed to an extension course of MUM) that came out 10 years > ago had a few new poses, a slightly different order of poses than the old sequence. Most > important new instruction that was emphasized: never push or stretch while doing poses. > Instead, gently go into the pose until you feel a slite stretch, then back off until there is no > sensation of stretch, and hold the pose there. MMY was adamant that stretching to the > point of feeling anything was damaging, and more progress in terms of flexibility could be > made by not pushing at all, always remaining very comfortable.
There was also a good bit of the philosophy behind hatha yoga, from what I've heard. Can't remember any of the details now, but I wish I could, because as I recall they were pretty interesting--typical MMY reinterpretation of traditional understandings, in ways that (to me) made a lot more sense.
