1/18/11
nutation
Claudia was the one to ask about nutation the other day. Ray Long who with Chris Macivor produce the great books with anatomical illustrations of what happens to the body while doing yoga asanas, discuss nutation in their site. Now, I can't remember if it's counter nutation or nutation that helps in backbends. I think it's counter nutation, since nutation, a "nod" of the pelvic bone, helps in forward bends, according to Ray.
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Gregor Maehlers (spelling!!) second book on Intermediate series goes into this in great depth....very very very highly recommend this book!
Dear エスタ
oh, I think I have the first one. I confess to not having read it yet. i'm reading the VK book at the moment. Good to know he covers the subject.
what i like about self practice at home is that the propio-ception of what is going on in the body is better. i am able to reflect on what is going on in the muskoskeletal system and my anima (energy, spirit, whatever) as i am practicing. this is difficult to do when distracted in a room with others. so when i paid attention to nutation in the spine this morning, i noticed subtle changes and improvements in how my body responded to making the yoga shapes.
i'm talking too much
hugs
Arturo
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