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e_anil
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Aug 15, 2005, 2:30 PM

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Hi,
What is the significance of the order of asanas illustrated in the 'Light on Yoga'? It is different from the order in the Asana Courses in Appendix A.

Can one also do the asanas in the former order?


rita
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Sep 6, 2005, 5:40 AM

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The asanas in Light on Yoga are almost all ordered in different groups: standing poses, sitting poses, forward bends, inversions, twists, arm balances and back bends. In the different groups they are ordered regarding their difficulty. So if you practice from asana 1 to asana 200 you will end up with practicing asanas from difficulty one* to sixty* (according to Mr. Iyengar's Light on Yoga) which I guess is too much.

In the asana courses at the end of the book they are ordered in the way you should practice them. So start with these practice sequences.

If you are interested you can also see a very good sequencing article at

http://www.bradpriddy.com/yoga/sequen.htm.




e_anil
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Sep 6, 2005, 9:05 AM

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Thanks. That was a good answer (worth the wait!). The article on sequencing was very informative.

The reason I got thinking was that in Course One, after 14 weeks of Trikonanasana, Virabhadrasana, Parsvottanasana, Sarvangasana, Halasana and the like, suddenly there was Sirshasana. I didn't feel my body was ready to do a head-stand and, since I can do standing asanas much better, I thought I could just follow those through, possibly to around a forty*.


DamienL
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Sep 9, 2005, 4:03 AM

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While 'Light on Yoga' is the classical textbook on Iyengar yoga keep in mind there have been many changes in the Iyengar approach. I suppose most markedly is the use of props. Types of poses covered in courses currently would be different to how they have been introduced in 'light on yoga'. For a more recent approach I reccomend Silva,Mira & Shyam Mehtas book "Yoga: The iyengar way". Also I can't stress enough the importance of seeing a teacher, there are many points that you may be missing, and I wouldn't attempt headstand without such guidance.
Best Wishes.


sharad
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Jul 30, 2006, 8:50 PM

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