Comments on: Biffed http://donutszenmom.com/2007/03/17/biffed/ ashtanga yoga. zen. life. words. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: laksmi http://donutszenmom.com/2007/03/17/biffed/comment-page-1/#comment-480 laksmi Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:00:43 +0000 http://donutszenmom.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/biffed/#comment-480 oh, and I like the nicknames you have for people. We had a guy at our studio that we called Underpants Man because when he first started coming, he would practice in his underpants~! oh, and I like the nicknames you have for people. We had a guy at our studio that we called Underpants Man because when he first started coming, he would practice in his underpants~!

]]> By: laksmi http://donutszenmom.com/2007/03/17/biffed/comment-page-1/#comment-479 laksmi Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:59:47 +0000 http://donutszenmom.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/biffed/#comment-479 I've been lucky in that I have never bonked my head. I read Iyengar's paragraph about drop backs (in Light on Yoga) and he said 'keep the arms straight, or you will hit the head on the ground'--something like that. Anyway, I thought, gosh, that makes sense! Also, I was very lucky because my teacher did drop backs with me for TWO YEARS before I was able to do them by myself. Therefore, I never fell or was dropped. I still had a lot of fear each time I did them and sometimes I would go to the bathroom and cry a LOT before I did them, but I have been doing them on my own for two years now and no disasters. I'm glad to hear that hitting your head isn't so bad. Sometimes it's 'good' to do these things, fall out of headstand, etc, so that you know it isn't so bad. Good luck and keep bending! I’ve been lucky in that I have never bonked my head. I read Iyengar’s paragraph about drop backs (in Light on Yoga) and he said ‘keep the arms straight, or you will hit the head on the ground’–something like that. Anyway, I thought, gosh, that makes sense! Also, I was very lucky because my teacher did drop backs with me for TWO YEARS before I was able to do them by myself. Therefore, I never fell or was dropped. I still had a lot of fear each time I did them and sometimes I would go to the bathroom and cry a LOT before I did them, but I have been doing them on my own for two years now and no disasters. I’m glad to hear that hitting your head isn’t so bad. Sometimes it’s ‘good’ to do these things, fall out of headstand, etc, so that you know it isn’t so bad. Good luck and keep bending!

]]> By: boodiba http://donutszenmom.com/2007/03/17/biffed/comment-page-1/#comment-478 boodiba Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:57:23 +0000 http://donutszenmom.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/biffed/#comment-478 Oh you definitely have to go through the head butting. Even after you "get it" initially, there are a few... It comes and goes in the beginning. And even NOW... well if you try a new method. I do the slightly ducky feet drop backs. I was with Venkatesh this winter. Second time in his backbending workshop. He cranked the hell out of me all session and then made me do hip-width, parallel feet drop backs. I got it that day. But the next day when I was a quarter as prepared? BONK! More humiliating than anything else. Oh you definitely have to go through the head butting. Even after you “get it” initially, there are a few… It comes and goes in the beginning.

And even NOW… well if you try a new method. I do the slightly ducky feet drop backs. I was with Venkatesh this winter. Second time in his backbending workshop. He cranked the hell out of me all session and then made me do hip-width, parallel feet drop backs. I got it that day. But the next day when I was a quarter as prepared? BONK!

More humiliating than anything else.

]]> By: yogamum http://donutszenmom.com/2007/03/17/biffed/comment-page-1/#comment-477 yogamum Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:22:22 +0000 http://donutszenmom.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/biffed/#comment-477 The first (and only, so far) time I tried a dropback, the teacher assured me she'd never dropped anyone, and then she dropped me on my head! I was surprised at how little it hurt. I shouldn't have been doing it anyway, I wasn't ready, but she was a sub and offered and I decided to try it. You're right, the crash kind of takes the fear out of it. The first (and only, so far) time I tried a dropback, the teacher assured me she’d never dropped anyone, and then she dropped me on my head! I was surprised at how little it hurt.

I shouldn’t have been doing it anyway, I wasn’t ready, but she was a sub and offered and I decided to try it. You’re right, the crash kind of takes the fear out of it.

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