tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post3925675680667354542..comments2023-05-18T11:00:46.711-05:00Comments on linda's yoga journey: yoga miscellaneous: healingLinda-Samahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-60928812332382123522011-07-22T16:45:05.439-05:002011-07-22T16:45:05.439-05:00And that is why I say both words, and use examples...And that is why I say both words, and use examples - scan your body for sensation, you might notice feelings, thoughts, tension, relaxation or other things. Payign attention, noticing what's going on in your body and mind, what you feel... this is what is important.<br /><br />And I agree, languaging is important. Still figuring it out for myself as I go. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-52348933820166574662011-07-22T08:27:47.993-05:002011-07-22T08:27:47.993-05:00I have found there is a subtle difference with som...I have found there is a subtle difference with some people with the words "notice" and "feel." this realization came after my TS yoga training.<br /><br />with some, "notice" is head-based. "Feel" is body-based. then again, some can not feel anything because of their past experiences. <br /><br />that's why the language in yoga, as yoga itself, is Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-49910837448337573692011-07-21T21:39:50.205-05:002011-07-21T21:39:50.205-05:00Interesting conversation, you guys!
I will ask my...Interesting conversation, you guys!<br /><br />I will ask my students about this. Most of them seem to get it after a little while, but I take your points.<br /><br />I also ask people to notice/feel what's going on in their body at regular intervals throughout my classes. I tell them the point of noticing is not so much what they notice, as it is to develop the ability to notice and feel...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-87896986644907561302011-07-20T12:10:31.956-05:002011-07-20T12:10:31.956-05:00exactly, FY. basically, this student's breath...exactly, FY. basically, this student's breathing was really jacked up by the instructions she received on "belly breathing"! as my own teaching morphed over the years, that instruction just did not feel "right" to me anymore.<br /><br />like you, I merely ask them to "notice" or "feel" and I find that instruction takes them out of their head and into Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-32248007011157831122011-07-20T10:50:24.953-05:002011-07-20T10:50:24.953-05:00I rarely teach belly breathing anymore b/c it is a...I rarely teach belly breathing anymore b/c it is anatomically incorrect language (after all no breath leaves the thoracic cavity or below the diaphragm) and I find students do exactly what you said Linda: create extra tension to make it work. It can be a real struggle to make your body do something it does not naturally ever do.<br /><br />Instead I have them take breaths really noticing what isFlying Yoginihttp://www.flyingyogini.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-31474827138700863842011-07-20T07:27:16.670-05:002011-07-20T07:27:16.670-05:00over the years I've moved away from teaching b...over the years I've moved away from teaching belly breathing to newbies because I was finding that actually created more tension for students -- they were so concerned with getting it "right." and indeed that was the conundrum with this student. <br /><br />she was SO concentrated on breathing into her belly that somehow she was constricting and drawing IN her belly on the inhale,Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-6406576859094555682011-07-20T00:16:47.915-05:002011-07-20T00:16:47.915-05:00Right now in my classes, I focus on belly breathin...Right now in my classes, I focus on belly breathing because one of my students was like... um, how do you do that?! <br /><br />Something that I take for granted as being natural and easy, isn't easy for some people. And I see it when I encourage them to place their hands on their abdomen and expand their bellies "like a balloon". Some people are still working on that basic concept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com