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Current gestation topic reminds me of one of my

teacher's remarks on 1st series. <br><br>In his opinion,

1st series was a process of *re-birthing.* I was

suprised to hear this, having never heard this view

before, but the more I considered the structure of 1st

series the more sense his POV made to me.<br><br>Working

outward through the sun salutations (Vedically, the

connection with the source of life's heaven- energy), we go

through basic standing poses, then forward bends,

(something like the folding process of fetal tissue

development), heat and opennings increasing as we head towards

the zenith of the 1st series -- garbha pindasana, the

embryo in the womb.<br><br>Maybe this is just a

metaphoric way of looking at 1st series, but I've always

liked it.