--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 6, 2008, at 6:18 PM, authfriend wrote: > > >> I remember those. I believe it was relatively reasonable, 650 or > >> 850 IIRC. I'm thinking lates 80's early 90's. > > > > The hatha yoga course was one of several the > > centers were supposed to be offering, if they > > could get enough people to sign up. I can't now > > remember what the others were. Probably at least > > one was about Ayur-Veda. Another may have been > > the pranayam course Vaj mentions. > > > > When I first heard of them, in the early '90s, > > they cost $1,200. They were said to be like > > getting another advanced technique. > > > > I think I remember they were called "12 Lesson > > Courses." That was the overall name. >
Your memories are the same as mine, Judy. Was one of the courses offered by Aleric and about how human physiology mirrors the Ved and what different parts of the brain were known to do, all based on Tony's book? I also heard that when MMY was developing the yoga asanas course, he had invited several hatha yoga specialists over from India. They talked and MMY came up with the super gentle approach that was contrary to all they had believed. They disagreed with MMY's ultra gentle approach. HOwever, after they discussed it further, MMY refused to budge, and then they tried out his approach. Word was that they were enthusiastic about the new way of doing asanas. This is what I heard from a TM teacher (TB) who had taken the course, so ti may not be valid info. > It would probably be very beneficial to the current TM people and the > attraction of future serious practitioners if they really did continue > with this type of thing. If you want to revive something, you really > should include it in your offerings. I remember first getting the > various 'Switzerland pranayamas' off of an old inside circle governor > and years later finding the sources in traditional yogic texts. It was > some good stuff. M. was a great collector of techniques. Very simple > and not overly complicated. > > When these were first marketed, (and this might better mark their TMO > origin) it was during Chopra's initial Ayurvedic implementation. They > called hatha-yoga "neuro-muscular integration" and pranayama "neuro- > respiratory integration". I still think those are actually good names > for their underlying yogic sciences. > > I always wondered if the Mahesh-Deepak breakup lead to these being > minimized. > > Anyone know any other details? >
