Trikonasana

But even there, is that because you're pressing and using those little subtle muscles in your hands in the dynamic balance of crow, bakasana, or another arm balance? Or in the warriors, you see this all the time, people really grab at the floor with their feet.

or triangle, that's another one, Trikonasana, I see a lot of grabby toes.

So think about a way to encourage people to really spread and press without grabbing.

I mean, this is such a rich, again, there's so much, we could keep going at this, but may we all find a way to sort of cultivate a little more contentment, which we'll also talk about.

And there are certain things we've got to check off that are included in every class, like five minutes of Surya Namaskar.

And there's a Trikonasana for five breaths on each side.

There's a

twisting asana for five breaths on each side.

And then we'll exhale and slide over towards the left.

and then tipping into your Trikonasana.

Now take a bend in that left knee.

Scoop the left hip under.

From the pelvis, reach down into the feet.

Roll all the way up to standing.

unfurling into Tadasana connecting the heels the tail the heart the crown bring your left knee in towards your chest we'll take a huge big step back with the left foot and we're going to turn to face the long side of the mat on the left side So it's Trikonasana right side, sorry.

So the right toes are pointing to the short end of the mat.

exactly.

Because everything's been, as it should be, kind of molded into more personalized practices, right? More things that can be for, it's not about like being the perfect Trikonasana, right? It's about what does triangle look like and feel

like in your body, right? I feel like it's the opposite.

What

They get into us.

And we can see it even in something as simple as Utthita Trikonasana.

You know, if you think about the first few years of taking the pose and what you're able to experience and feel in it now in practice.

And then I think about, like, studying the sutras you know the first time you opened light on the yoga sutras and started reading it was like what what is this and but now you know after i don't know how many times of going back and and reading that text and reading other commentaries things start to settle in yeah

And the reason why I share this practices that I find to be powerful that I know are potent if people do them is because, and I've said this before, the time for playing around is over.

The time for trying to figure out the proper, you know, alignment for Trikonasana and it's done.

We need to be doing something deeper because we are in and approaching even more dire time

that

So this is particularly for Iyengar Yoga teachers or Iyengar Yoga practitioners.

Teach them Trikonasana.

Don't just teach them to do this way, that way, stipulations, etc., protocol, etc.

Ask them to observe the spine, observe the back, observe the waist.

Do you mean to say Guruji was imperfect after light on yoga? While light on yoga, photographs were taken in mid 40s.

But he did yoga when he was in mid 90s.

If Light on Yoga Trikonasana is perfect, he is not emulating it.

It is not done the same way.