The 6 series

[Guest guest]

Hello, I'm a new member, and I have read alot on

various web pages about the 6 series of postures in

Ashtanga. I would be interested to see a complete set of

diagrams or pictures of the postures in all 6 series. Does

anyone know if there is a site showing these?

[Guest guest]

ive heard a wierd rumour that the sixth series is

no longer available to the general public. anyone

know anything about this one. someone told me its just

a feint by the old ashtanga lags to give KPJ a bad

name so the likes of you and i wont clutter up the

shala space

[Guest guest]

Nobody has been taught the 6th series.PK Jois is first going to teach it to

Sarath, the inheritor of the lineage, when he is ready.

[Guest guest]

javra, thanx, but...wot if someone else gets

ready first? personally not that impressed or

interested but then i cant even remember what the first

series is, or was. no wonder im half dead, but then

again the other half of me is well alive. still its not

gonna be me. so why should i care about a series that

didnt used to even exist when i started. how about you?

would we inherit the lineage? why do monkeys have

incandescent minds and light fingers? maybe blow an aromatic

sweat with you one day?....

[Guest guest]

The 6th series was known by a former name:

"advanced B"(series 5 & 6) and several people know it. I

learned it from the venerable David Williams in Maui and

practiced it with Sri KP in Mysore. This was pre "advanced

A" being called the 3rd series with the latter part

of "A" disappearing. Sharat watched the B series

even though he was a young lad. When asking Guruji

about additional postures beyond this "B"series, he

laughed and said "why?".<br><br>Laughter seems to have

also been dropped as an integral part of the practice

by many of the new "teachers". Sri KP always laughed

at it all. Yours in yoga.

[Guest guest]

Based on the replies to this one thing is

certain. There is a lot of "misinformation" floating

around out there with regard to Yogas history. Lets all

try to be CAREFULL in what we say, and wether we know

it to be true.<br><br>And i agree 100% with

takeitup_2000 lets not forget to laugh and love too! Anyway try

an Iyengar class if you don't want to laugh! (no

offence meant to any Iyengaries out there)

[Guest guest]

That would mean the David Swenson video with

Advanced A and B has all the postures in it(3rd,4th,5th

and 6th series).But I thought PK Jois has added more

postures in the new 6th.<br>Here's what Richard Freeman

said about the 6th in a recent interview (1998):"Q: Is

there a sixth series? A: There is, but it is

practically a mythological series.Pattabhi Jois has it

written in an old notebook.I don't know if I want to

learn it.Fifth series is challenging enough.No one to

my knowledge does it.Perhaps at one point Pattabhi

Jois could do all of the series....."<br><br><br>By

the way, has anybody seen the 3rd Series Solana Beach

video (by<br>Sewell) with PK Jois? It is different than

D. Swenson's 3rd series video.

[Guest guest]

With all due respect to Richard Freeman.., He

wasn't practicing this yoga until the 80's. Richard is

in the video of Solana Beach in 89 to my knowledge

has never been through the "B" series. There is a

video of Guruji and some of his original crew in Kona

in '86, which is from Sri KP's original list. I

haven't viewed David's video, but hope to post the 3rd

series from a syllabus handed to me by Guruji long

ago.<br><br>KP Manju is also a keeper of the orginal series.

Anyone lucky and strong enough to hang with him long

enough to prove to him you are serious will benefit

greatly.<br><br>The teachers are out there, look into their eyes and

if you like what you see, check it out!<br><br>Love

& Light.