Peacedog wrote:It's a good interview and I bought a copy of his Tibetan Yoga book. I've also got a friend that travelled to Bhutan with him a few years back. He's an interesting character.
My big take away so far from the practice has been the use of vase breathing, rotation of the abdomen and breath retention to pressurize various parts of the body. The gentleman I learned from also stated that at advanced levels of practice that you could use vase breathing with rotation in other parts of the body.
On a practical basis, the exercises reduce the sensation of pain within the body. At this point it seems to last for about 48 hours. Very useful for reducing minor aches and pains. Considering the amount of impact upon the spine from doing beps this is very surprising. Beps involving jumping up from a seated position and dropping from a standing position onto the buttocks.
Frankly, I think a lot of people here would enjoy the practice. The gentleman I learned from referred to this as "using the body to strike the mind."
Various body training methods are a specific interest of mine based off their efficacy in training the meditative/yogic abilities.
Conventional yoga practices lacking much in the way of active visualization and a reliance on static versus moving breath retention seems to result in much slower development. That said the body locks and things like nauli kriya are quite genius when applied properly.
I'd wanted to learn Ken Fish's body training method for this reason, but when I approached him about it a few years back he was uninterested. It's something I should probably re-engage him on at some point.
Peacedog wrote:Conventional yoga practices lacking much in the way of active visualization and a reliance on static versus moving breath retention seems to result in much slower development. That said the body locks and things like nauli kriya are quite genius when applied properly.
I'd wanted to learn Ken Fish's body training method for this reason, but when I approached him about it a few years back he was uninterested. It's something I should probably re-engage him on at some point.
Peacedog wrote:I've long maintained that classical barbell training is in fact the Western version of yoga. It involves breath retention and moving the body through its full range of motion. And from a yogic perspective it radically enhances the various energies of the body.
I liked the video and am checking out more of his stuff on Youtube. Again, thank you. As I often say, "I don't know what I don't know."
The Indian Hatha yoga traditions are my weak point in yogic/meditative practice. That said, Tao Semko has a vault of several thousand hours of material on this available online. However, the membership fee is substantial.
And I have no doubt Ken has a lot to offer. Hopefully, one day I can take advantage of that.
Peacedog wrote:Thanks.
I've long maintained that classical barbell training is in fact the Western version of yoga. It involves breath retention and moving the body through its full range of motion. And from a yogic perspective it radically enhances the various energies of the body.
I liked the video and am checking out more of his stuff on Youtube. Again, thank you. As I often say, "I don't know what I don't know."
The Indian Hatha yoga traditions are my weak point in yogic/meditative practice. That said, Tao Semko has a vault of several thousand hours of material on this available online. However, the membership fee is substantial.
And I have no doubt Ken has a lot to offer. Hopefully, one day I can take advantage of that.
I was unaware of the Facebook group. Is it worth checking out?
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