This is just such a hard posture in many ways. First you need a steady pinch mayurasana, then you have to be able to get your feet into padmasana without using your hands. Once you have that you have to lower down and stop on your arms before gravity plonks you on the floor. And if that is not enough you are meant to lift back up again to where you started. There is even a special nifty exit from…
Mark is a great teacher and such fun to do stuff with. Here we look at Karandavasana one of the tricky arm balances in the Ashtanga Intermediate series. Going down under control is one thing coming back up is a whole different kettle of fish.
I recently completed my second three month trip practicing with Sharath Jois at the KPJAYI in Mysore. Last year I wrote two blog posts about my first trip, “A New Chapter” and “You Stop There”. These articles expressed my perspective of the experience of starting over as a beginner with Sharath, after having had a daily Ashtanga practice for 12 years