Jerome Mercier : Viparita Chakrasana

As David Swenson says, "It is best to learn , if at all, under the guidance of a TEACHER."

And this is one of the reasons why I endeavor to get up @ 5:30 AM on Sundays. Last Sunday was an opportunity to practice with Jerome M., as we were a small group. He got us to form a circular yoga mala ; the better to mirror his vinyasas & pranayam.

It was such a FOCUSED & MEDITATIVE atmosphere , that the sound of water dripping from the cooler was distinctly audible. The inspirational & motivational high point of the class was his fluid VIPARITA CHAKRASANA (I counted at least 3 cycles) ; the backward handspring into wheel from the Ashtangi 5th series.

Hard act to follow as none of us in the room could pull it off. So amped that I am looking forward to learning the dropback via a teacher's assistance at some point. As they say, nowhere to get to , just being in the moment.

Advanced asana serves the purpose of creating more space & opening up the NADIS in order to arrive at that meditative state. A good teacher will use ADJUSTMENT in order to fine tune access to these channels. After savasana, the sun was up ; but I felt like I had melted into Santa Monica Bay. Jai Ma!

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Comments

[Yoga for Beginners]

I just felt something like it. I perceived myself as being a whole part of everything. It was an extremely deep state of meditation completely aware of the world.

[MaMo]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Isn't it amazing that the ancient wisdom of "Yoga means Union" is still accessible to practitioners like us?