Thank you!
I just wanted to say thank you to the hundreds of people that have supported us and bought the Prasara Primer 2.0 material. In just the past three days! I’m so happy that people are excited about our little labor of love.
It may seem funny now, since I am known in the Rmax community for my proficiency in yoga, but before 5 years ago I had no interest in yoga. None. Less than none actually, since I actively avoided it! But when I first saw the fluidity and strength of Coach Sonnon and Coach Wilson debuting the flows at an Instructor Seminar…. It just flipped a switch in me. If this is what yoga can be, then sign me up!
Deal ends soon for the Prasara Primer!
Get the Prasara Primer for the lower price now before its too late!
Yoga Assessment
Yoga Assessment: A Case Study
By Jarlo Ilano, M.P.T., C.S.T.
A client came to me to address some of her challenges in her Yoga practice. She has some difficulties in her performance of her Downward Dog posture and in other such asanas which require a good mobility through the Superficial Back Line.
In my Intuitive Assessment, I asked a variety of questions about her sensations during her Yoga practice. Her answers led to her remarking about her further problems in achieving a comfortable flat foot squat and the standing forward bend position. Drawing upon these Satellites, we moved directly into Poise Analysis and I evaluated her technique in the Flat Foot squat. I observed that her knees and feet were externally rotated and her weight was shifted forward onto her toes. She also appeared to have some breathing difficulty and was not allowing the position to “breathe her” into a proper exhalation. Her standing forward bend demonstrated a significant difficulty in maintaining a straight legged position and her quadriceps were visibly shaking. I asked her to move in and out of this position by bending and straightening her knees while maintaining her chest on her thighs. She was unable to continue this for more than a few repetitions, as she became quite fatigued.
Breath Awareness and Control
Breathing is simple right?
Inhale and exhale. Rinse and repeat. Done and done! Well, not really.
I’m sure we all have had an experience at work, when everything just seemed to go wrong. Paperwork was lost, co-workers suddenly decided to forget how to do their job, your boss was breathing down your neck, and every time you just about caught up, something else gets dropped in your lap.
Go back to that time at work for a minute, or another stressful situation in your life that really got you worke up. Close your eyes, and imagine yourself there, feel the sensations of stress and anxiety, get back to how you were feeling, and what your body felt like. Do this for just a couple of minutes.
Prasara Primer DVD Sale
It’s been three years since Coaches Hurst and I released the Prasara Primer ebook and DVD. Though it has held up quite well and continues to sell, the time has come for a major update.
The ebook is currently being revamped and rebuilt with more content, clearer explanation, and a better layout for ease of use. We’re shooting for a May release, and those who have already purchased the Prasara Primer ebook will get copies of the updated version at no cost whatsoever (thank you, by the way). For everyone else, it will be available with the DVD for a package price of $47 plus shipping.
Yoga Assessment
Yoga Assessment: A Case Study
By Jarlo Ilano, M.P.T., C.S.T.
A client came to me to address some of her challenges in her Yoga practice. She has some difficulties in her performance of her Downward Dog posture and in other such asanas which require a good mobility through the Superficial Back Line.
In my Intuitive Assessment, I asked a variety of questions about her sensations during her Yoga practice. Her answers led to her remarking about her further problems in achieving a comfortable flat foot squat and the standing forward bend position. Drawing upon these Satellites, we moved directly into Poise Analysis and I evaluated her technique in the Flat Foot squat. I observed that her knees and feet were externally rotated and her weight was shifted forward onto her toes. She also appeared to have some breathing difficulty and was not allowing the position to “breathe her” into a proper exhalation. Her standing forward bend demonstrated a significant difficulty in maintaining a straight legged position and her quadriceps were visibly shaking. I asked her to move in and out of this position by bending and straightening her knees while maintaining her chest on her thighs. She was unable to continue this for more than a few repetitions, as she became quite fatigued.
Movement, Breath, and Structure
The Importance of Integrating Movement, Breath, and Structure: The Breath
by Jarlo Ilano, M.P.T.,C.S.T.
CST’s mantra of Integration of Movement, Breathing, and Structure holds the key to optimal physical performance. Of these three key ideas, breathing arguably holds a special place. How can the simple act of breathing mean so much? We do it everyday, mostly with no thought, sometimes with great intensity, and rarely with as much reflection as we put into the question of “what’s for dinner?” The fact that the breath is so omnipresent and can be both forgotten and uncontrollable in the same moments, are indications of its incredible role in our physical health and well being. We “hold” and “lose” our breath, we have to “catch” it or “build” it, but what if we could just ALLOW it? We could have it be in such sync with our activities, that we ARE our breath! This is what I think Coach Sonnon means to Be Breathed.
The great somatic innovator Elsa Gindler was said to have concentrated so much on her breath, that she was able to heal her tuberculosis by resting her diseased lung and more fully utilizing her healthy lung! Such a refined awareness of breath seems impossible, and it may be if we are unwilling to spend the hours upon hours of patient observation that she was able to devote to herself. However, her example is a wonderful one to help us realize that our breath is more than just air moving in and out, seeming to speed up during our exertions, or as we are anxious. She demonstrated that breath is a part of our mastery.
