--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> 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?
Do not remember. Certainly could have been. Who's Aleric? > 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's horribly frustrating not to be able to remember the bit of theoretical background I heard, also from a TB TM teacher/Purusha. What I *do* remember is that it was one of those MMY explanations that pretty much turned the traditional notions on their heads and that were like a lightbulb going off when you heard them because they made so much sense. Wait, this just came back to me: It had a lot to do with Self-referral, finding Self-referral in the body. You were to put the attention on the muscles (and joints?) that were being used for a particular asana, and this would make some kind of mind-body connection that would facilitate Self-referral. Something along those lines. If the muscles were being stretched, that would inhibit making the connection, just as concentration on the mantra inhibits transcending. There was more to it, but I think that may have been the basis. I also recall there was an emphasis on proper breathing once you'd gotten used to the postures-- inhaling with expansion, exhaling with contraction-- but that's pretty standard with hatha yoga. It was never emphasized, to my knowledge, with the asanas taught at residence courses, though.
