--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 
> On Aug 6, 2006, at 10:01 AM, markmeredith2002 wrote:
> 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> >> One of the first indications that all was not cool in the Emerald  
> >> City
> >> was when I was still flying and a chiropractor took my back X-rays
> >> after I had thrown my back out.  He said " So how long have you been
> >> jogging?"  I explained to him how I was practicing flying and he
> >> explained to me the implications on my vertebrae by sitting in full
> >> lotus and bouncing on my butt, even on foam.  He showed me how that
> >> posture  actually takes you butt cheeks away from protecting the  
> >> spine
> >> during flying so that I was  compressing my discs. It was very
> >> visible, my bottom discs were compressed like a marathon runners.  He
> >> tried to explain the implications of my behavior but, of course, I  
> >> was
> >> too enlightened for his advise at the time.  I don't know if discs  
> >> can
> >> recover from such a stress but my back is great these days from all
> >> the core training workouts I do so I can't assess if I sustained any
> >> long term damage.  What was interesting for me was that I saw my
> >> compressed discs at the time and still continued to practice flying
> >> until I got out of the mindset that I was doing cosmic good for
> >> myself.  I remember the sickening feeling that perhaps MMY and his
> >> crew did not understand the implications of his program on people's
> >> backs and I might have set myself up for a very painful old age.
> >
> > Exactly my experience too.
> 
> 
> Really has a lot to do with not knowing what you're doing and using  
> people as guinea pigs.
> 
> In traditional yogic flying, the entire first stage is from a  
> standing, bent-knee position and done as a step/jump kinda thing.  
> Instead of injuring one, it builds strength, stamina and numeorus  
> yogic benefits.
>

That's a buddhist technique, as described in _Beyond the Relaxation Response_. 
How do 
you know its the ONLY way it's to be done?







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