Larry Payne came to talk to my class about Prime of life Yoga last week.
A. G. Mohan (born 1945) is a renowned Indian yoga teacher,[2][3] author,[4] and co-founder of Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda.[5][6] Mohan is a longtime[7] disciple of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888-1989).[8][9][10][11] Krishnamacharya, best known as the "father of modern yoga," was a legendary yoga master, ayurvedic healer, and scholar of the last century who modernized the practice of yoga and whose students dramatically popularized yoga in the West.
Mohan co-founded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram[12][13] in Chennai, India, and was its Honorary Secretary from its inception, in 1976, to 1989. Mohan was also the convener of Sri Krishnamacharya’s centenary celebrations.
Indra Mohan, wife of A. G. Mohan and co-founder of Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda, is one of the few people who received a post-graduate diploma in yoga from Krishnamacharya.[14]
Yoga should be taught
Shiksana – 8 to 40
Rakshana – mid life and beyond
Chikitsa – Yoga Therapy
PNF stretching, or proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching, is a set of stretching techniques commonly used in clinical environments to enhance both active and passive range of motion with the ultimate goal being to optimize motor performance and rehabilitation. The literature regarding PNF has made the technique the optimal stretching method when the aim is to increase range of motion, especially in short-term changes. Generally an active PNF stretch involves a shortening contraction of the opposing muscle to place the target muscle on stretch. This is followed by an isometric contraction of the target muscle. PNF can be used to supplement daily stretching and is employed to make quick gains in range of motion to help athletes improve performance.[1] Aside from being safe and time efficient, the dramatic gains in range of motion seen in a short period of time may also promote compliance with the exercise and rehabilitation program.[2]
Isotonic Muscle Contraction
Tightening and Relaxing
Dynamic Warm Up
Back pain – When we bend forward too much
Don’t do standing bends, plough, downward dog and too much sitting
Arching is key when you have rounding issues
Bhavana (mind set)
Bhāvanā (Pali;[1] Sanskrit, also bhāvana[2]) literally means "development"[3] or "cultivating"[4] or "producing"[1][2] in the sense of "calling into existence."[5] It is an important concept in Buddhist praxis (Patipatti). The word bhavana normally appears in conjunction with another word forming a compound phrase such as citta-bhavana (the development or cultivation of the heart/mind) or metta-bhavana (the development/cultivation of lovingkindness). When used on its own bhavana signifies 'spiritual cultivation' generally.
When you wake up and go to bed have a affirmation
Yoga meditation has a mantra
Spend time in Nature
Community
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Larry Payne says it’s the largest population and
the most underserved
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Just as the body changes for athletes it also
changes for practitioners of yoga
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People come to yoga primarily for stress
reduction
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People also come to yoga to improve circulation,
improve flexibility/strength, for will power and concentration and for an
overall sense of well-being
Vivekananda was the first person to talk about yoga in
America
Swami Sivananda was a medical doctor who gave up his
practice to be a monk
Vishnudevananda
Vishnudevananda
Saraswati (December 31,
1927 — November 9, 1993) was a disciple of Sivananda Saraswati, and founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta
Centres and Ashrams. He established the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training
Course, one of the first yoga teacher training programs in the West. His books The Complete Illustrated Book of
Yoga (1959) and Meditation and Mantras (1978) established him as
an authority on Hatha and Raja yoga.
Vishnudevananda was a tireless peace
activist who rode in several "peace flights" over places of
conflict, including the Berlin Wall prior to German reunification.
Swami Satchitananda
Satchidananda
Saraswati (December 22,
1914 – August 19, 2002), born as C. K. Ramaswamy Gounder, was an Indian religious
teacher, spiritual master and yoga adept, who gained fame and following in the West during his
time in New York. He was the author of many philosophical and spiritual books,
including a popular illustrative book on Hatha Yoga.
He also founded the international school Satchidananda Jothi Niketan
located in Mettupalyam, Tamil Nadu.
Satchidananda
came to public attention as the opening speaker[3]
at the Woodstock music and arts festival in 1969. Over
the years he wrote numerous books and gave hundreds of lectures. He also
ordained a number of western disciples into the order of sannyasa. He
was the founder of the Integral Yoga Institute and Yogaville in
America, and Spiritual Guru of major Hollywood actors and western musicians.[4]
and in 1986 opened the Light of Truth Universal Shrine (LOTUS) at Yogaville in Buckingham, Virginia.
Their yoga were one size fits all
Krishnamacharya taught one on one yoga. Larry studies with Krishnamacharya and his son Desichkar.
Albert Franklin
One of Krishnamacharya’s students was Dr. Albert
Franklin, who studied the 3,000-year-old discipline for five years while
stationed in India as a career diplomat. After the five years of training,
Krisnamacharya gave Dr. Franklin a diploma, a string of beads and a command.
"You teach!" he told his pupil, and Dr. Franklin took his command to
heart. When the University for Man started, Dr. Franklin, then the director of
the KSU South Asia Center, volunteered to teach a class in Yoga. The classes have
been going strong ever since and now Dr. Franklin has a waiting list of Kansans
who would like to learn the mysteries of this ancient Far Eastern discipline.
Unlike his mentor, who took students only on a one-to-one basis, Dr. Franklin
allows eight students into each class. His lessons are measured in weeks rather
than in the years of a traditional Indian yogi. But, as these pictures of one
of his classes show, Dr. Franklin's students take to this ancient and alien art
with the same fervor shown by the most ardent Indian devotees. The world of T.
Krishnamacharya has spread to the wheatfields of Kansas. Yoga, Dr. Franklin
believes, improves health, encourages relaxation and teaches the dedicated
student the oneness of his own body with the manifest universe. It differs from
most Western forms of exercise in that the mind is also involved.
Viniyoga is a yoga style that you teach based on the total
package.
A.G. Mohan is another student of Krishnamacharya
A. G. Mohan (born 1945) is a renowned Indian yoga teacher,[2][3] author,[4] and co-founder of Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda.[5][6] Mohan is a longtime[7] disciple of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888-1989).[8][9][10][11] Krishnamacharya, best known as the "father of modern yoga," was a legendary yoga master, ayurvedic healer, and scholar of the last century who modernized the practice of yoga and whose students dramatically popularized yoga in the West.
Mohan co-founded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram[12][13] in Chennai, India, and was its Honorary Secretary from its inception, in 1976, to 1989. Mohan was also the convener of Sri Krishnamacharya’s centenary celebrations.
Indra Mohan, wife of A. G. Mohan and co-founder of Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda, is one of the few people who received a post-graduate diploma in yoga from Krishnamacharya.[14]
Yoga should be taught
Shiksana – 8 to 40
Rakshana – mid life and beyond
Chikitsa – Yoga Therapy
PNF stretching, or proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching, is a set of stretching techniques commonly used in clinical environments to enhance both active and passive range of motion with the ultimate goal being to optimize motor performance and rehabilitation. The literature regarding PNF has made the technique the optimal stretching method when the aim is to increase range of motion, especially in short-term changes. Generally an active PNF stretch involves a shortening contraction of the opposing muscle to place the target muscle on stretch. This is followed by an isometric contraction of the target muscle. PNF can be used to supplement daily stretching and is employed to make quick gains in range of motion to help athletes improve performance.[1] Aside from being safe and time efficient, the dramatic gains in range of motion seen in a short period of time may also promote compliance with the exercise and rehabilitation program.[2]
Isotonic Muscle Contraction
-
Move in
and out
-
Move
in and down
-
Lenghthening
and Widening
Tightening and Relaxing
Dynamic Warm Up
Back pain – When we bend forward too much
Don’t do standing bends, plough, downward dog and too much sitting
Arching is key when you have rounding issues
Bhavana (mind set)
Bhāvanā (Pali;[1] Sanskrit, also bhāvana[2]) literally means "development"[3] or "cultivating"[4] or "producing"[1][2] in the sense of "calling into existence."[5] It is an important concept in Buddhist praxis (Patipatti). The word bhavana normally appears in conjunction with another word forming a compound phrase such as citta-bhavana (the development or cultivation of the heart/mind) or metta-bhavana (the development/cultivation of lovingkindness). When used on its own bhavana signifies 'spiritual cultivation' generally.
When you wake up and go to bed have a affirmation
Yoga meditation has a mantra
Spend time in Nature
Community
Biomechanical re-education
Time helping people
Create a personal program
Personal Practice
Journal
Rate 1 to 10 – Did you do your practice, how much water did
you drink, and a journal of aha moments.
Carbohydrates are not your friend as you get older
As you age you should eat less
Cryotherapy – The art of ice – Effective way of healing
Yoga Breathing Breaks – Swami Ram Dev is using breathing to
heal people
Rest and Relaxation are very important
Magnesium to balance adrenals
½ hour before you go to bed turn off all screens
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