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  • dtorpey
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    November 9, 2008 at 3:55 am
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    in reply to: Water during class #3686

    I read an article about mountain climbers who’s core tempetatures would flexuate 12 – 14 degrees during high altitude climbs. Other climbers would only flex 4-6 degrees. My guess is that there are different flexuations of body core tempetatures in hot yoga. I’ve seen some people who look like they hardly sweat while other people have sweat on the carpet all around their mat. They remove their mats and you know exactly where their mat was.
    To think one way should work for everyone is being very (what would Freud say?) anal-retentive.

    Dan

    dtorpey
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    June 15, 2008 at 12:12 am
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    in reply to: Balance Challenge #3249

    Gabrielle,

    Your response to my balance challenge got me thinking.
    Last night, I went out to dinner with friends and we had a conversation about focusing in yoga. During a pose, I’m concentrating on the pose, tightening muscles and breathing and I’m aware of everyone around me. Someone commented that I wasn’t focused if I was aware of others. A friend said when she goes to class she has no idea who was in class.

    That got me thinking. When I’m a passenger in a car and we get to our destination. I can tell you the conversation, the music playing, landmarks along the way and I can give directions back to our starting point. My friend said she was only aware of the conversation and had no idea what the landmarks were or how to get back. Seems we have completely different ways of focusing.

    We went a little further with the conversation and realized when she was young her survival mechanism was to go inside herself. Mine was to be aware of everything around me. It was one of those “AH-HA” moments for both of us.

    This morning, when I was taking a class I wanted to see if I could blank everyone out while focusing on the pose. Even though I spent most of the class looking at myself in the mirror focusing on what the instructor was saying, I could tell you the names of everyone in class and what they were wearing. I seem to be able to take most of everything in.

    When I meditate with my eyes closed I can blank most things out. It’s a different story when I have my eyes open.

    I wonder if others would share their experiences with focusing?

    Dan

    dtorpey
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    June 12, 2008 at 11:59 pm
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    in reply to: Balance Challenge #3246

    Thanks Robert,

    I like your idea of focusing on engaging your abdomen. There’s so many things to focus on in this practice.
    While focusing on my balance, sometimes I noticed my quadricep wasn’t always engaged. Had to focus to make sure I “pull up my kneecap with my quadriceps muscles”. This might be a new focus.

    By the way, I now give myself permission to fall.

    Dan

    dtorpey
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    June 12, 2008 at 3:33 am
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    in reply to: Balance Challenge #3244

    Gabrielle,

    I have no objections for you to use this post!
    I need to take a photo of the lockers I made for the studio I go to.
    On each door I have a pose cut out instead of a number. I used the photos from your other site as templates.

    Dan

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