I've met a lot of people who categorize headstand, chakras, and Hanumanasana as difficult asanas.
But here's the thing - none of these asanas are difficult, they're all basic asanas.
Yoga really shouldn't be practiced in the pursuit of difficult asanas, because yoga focuses more on its own practice than on performance. These yoga asanas are meant for us to use as tools or as pathways to achieve our own progress. Doing the difficult asanas themselves will not bring you any special use, but precisely in the process of our pursuit of these asanas, the practice of these basics, is the source of our progress.
The difficult asanas are not for everyone; some people are more talented and may learn them quickly, while others may not be able to do them for the rest of their lives.
The reason we don't go for it is so that we can put our minds at ease in the present moment and do the exercises we should be doing now. Blindly pursuing asanas that you are not capable of, instead, tends to make your practice ineffective. And the reason we want to be able to do these difficult asanas is precisely because of vanity, and the practice we lead in vanity is also an ineffective practice.
So practicing yoga can't just go after difficult asanas.
But that
is not a reason not to do any asanas that we find difficult
.
Like these three asanas I mentioned at the beginning, you probably find them quite difficult, right? I've even heard of a lot of people who have been practicing yoga for two or three, three or four years and can't do them. But what's so hard about them, it's not hard at all, it's just that we think in our minds that we can't do it, so we don't do it. We may suffer a little bit in practicing these asanas, and some people don't want to suffer, so they use those axioms as a reason.
Most people are able to learn headstand as an asana within a week, and learn the God Monkey Hanumanasana and the wheel pose within two months. This time can be even shorter if the correct method is mastered.
Most people!
Is an asana that can be learned in two months considered difficult?
You go and learn whatever you want, dance or martial arts or whatever sport you want, what can you learn in two months? It's all about the basics, right?
Of course, there is another possibility: you simply do not grasp the correct method, so you can not learn.
So many people expect me to follow a video, read a book, take a group class, and practice.
This is probably the same as going to the square every day and dancing with the older women, so that you can be a dance teacher and perform. This is still not practiced out of the action must be all difficult asana, must be all I do not want to go to the pursuit of things.
Wrong ah, wrong.
Yoga has existed for more than 7,000 years, so long inheritance, generations of masters of the accumulation of experience, I practiced for almost ten years, do not dare to say that they have any achievements, but also can only admit that they only learn a little fur. A beginner does not know anything about the case, participated in a little yoga courses, read a little book, or watched a little video, you have to put forward a high level of insight.
This is not right.
Let's not talk about the beginner, but let's talk about an ordinary student who has just come out of a course, how much can he learn, how much can he be exposed to?
It's just a beginner's class, so where are the difficult asanas
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The fact that you are slow to learn and can't learn proves that you haven't found the right method. What you need is to find an experienced, well-taught teacher to take you to learn and practice with you.
Want to practice on your own is not impossible, first of all, these things you have to have learned, have mastered, and then slowly drilling, slowly their own experience. When you encounter difficulties, you can find a way to solve them yourself, consult the information, and try to do it yourself. This process is very bitter, may be a few months, or even a few years do not have any clue.
I've been through this process, so can we say that these asanas that can't be done are difficult asanas?
No.
I've experienced many times that a bottleneck I couldn't solve for several years was instantly learned in a class with one of the masters.
Being a yogi, a YOGI, is all about learning and learning and learning and learning, and attending all kinds of classes and enriching yourself.
There's no end to learning!
It's not impossible that you don't want to take these courses and want to use other methods. Then, like I just said, take your time to figure it out and study it. If one does have the talent, one day it can be researched. But how long it will take is hard to say.
In addition, I would also like to add that the asanas that seem to be a bit difficult, such as the headstand, the wheel pose, the monkey Hanuman pose, the crane pose, the eight twisting poses, etc., are in fact very basic exercises. As long as the heart in the practice, do not be lazy, a few months can certainly learn.
Of course, there are people who practice every day, why do they practice for a long time or not?
Because, only do this one asana practice is useless, to practice the whole set of practice, there is a sequence of practice. It is important to practice the whole set of exercises, in sequence. It is only through gradual progression that you can do these asanas. Don't try to build a palace, first, second, third floor, don't want to build directly to the tenth floor. It is impossible. If you practice this asana thousands and thousands of times, you will not be able to do it or you will not be able to do it. Other asanas should also be practiced, and also in order, according to the scientific method.
When the real body reaches this condition, this asana can be done without even doing it once.
If you're asking me what a scientific practice is, a practice that is precise, in the right place, and that respects the laws of the human body is a scientific practice.
If you have to ask what is precision and what is proper position? What are the laws of the human body?
That's what you're going to have to learn, and it's much, much, much more complicated than a few asanas.
That's what you're going to learn.