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alignment of iyengar yoga only external to those

who cant find their way inside. direct experience

with him reveals that his concern is the free flow of

consciousness in the nadis, not simply structural integrity.

could it be that the one requires the other? why is the

first ashtangavinyasa series yoga chikitsa? isnt there

enough divisiveness in the world? ashtangavinyasa is a

fantastic practice form, iyengar a method for learning the

integrity of the postures. they are not, on my mat at

least, separate though they may be defineably different.

most iyengar teachers seem unable to distinguish

between his proscriptive and descriptive verbalisations.

when you can, and you have experienced the bandhas it

becomes clear that alignment and the bandhas are not two

seperate things unless you make them that way. what

happens to the perineum when you hit the inner ankles

back in uttanasana? what happens to the floating ribs,

lumbar spine, groins and sacrum when you engage the

bandhas? what happens to the bandhas when you spread the

heels outwards in urdvadanurasana? what are the bandhas

for? can you feel that? if a guru is like a wife,

maybe a yoga teacher is like a friend? is iyengar a

guru? is pattabhi jois? or are they great yoga

teachers? my thanks to them both for enriching my life.