” Begin the pose with an exhalation!”

On Monday in the multi level class at 10:00 am,  I experimented with using breath to go deeper in all the poses.  B.K.S. Iyengar mentioned in a book to go into the pose with an exhalation; however, I think that I didn’t fully understand this and I hadn’t heard any of the instructor say to do this.

Two weeks earlier, I became interested in flexibility.  I had a few questions. Could a person that was not flexible become flexible?   What could be done? Absolutely.. Breathing, tension, and relaxation helped flexibility.  My interest was caught from a book which led me to find a You Tube video by Pavel Tsatsouline, Russian martial artist.  Commrade!

Pavel Tsatsouline Relax Into Stretch part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IeG1ZgG4Us

Pavel stated that we were already flexible but our minds were rigid.  Ironically, the yoga instructor mentioned the same thing.  In fact, we did a pose where when we relaxed we were able to stretch much further.  It was the mind that was difficult.