wild russian yogis

[Guest guest]

if you haven't checked out the photo section in a

while, ezh108 posted about 15 really nice photos of

russian yogis en posture, a lot of them in natural

settings, ala swenson. i particularly like the urdhva

vrishcikasana shot with the guy wearing sunglasses, a portable

cd and headphones in posture on a beach of rocks.

strong motivation not to face plant

[Guest guest]

wow--those are great photos. I like the one with the factory in the background

(for the contrast). Nice bodies, too.

[Guest guest]

I like the link to the website of Anatoliy

Zenchenko, a yoga teacher based in Kiev/Ukraine, that I

found in the 'teachers' section of the yogagoa.com

site:<br><br><a href=http://yoga.kiev.ua/ target=new>http://yoga.kiev.ua/</a>

..<br><br>Apparently Zenchenko is a student of one

of the best-known exponents of 'wild Russian yoga',

A. Sidersky ('Sid'). It's not Astanga Yoga, but the

pictures in his photogallery are impressive nonetheless.

Gosh, this dude is flexible. Clearly his bones must be

made of chewing gum - or does he have any bones at

all?

[Guest guest]

Well, if you like to see more, there is a huge load<br>of yoga picture links on

the links page here<br><a

href=http://members.fortunecity.com/limbermen/links.html

target=new>http://members.fortunecity.com/limbermen/links.html</a><br><br>George

[Guest guest]

I'm glad Senor has got us laughing again.

Speaking of flexible...today I watched the 2nd series

being practiced after I finished the 6 a.m. and there

was a woman who touched her feet with her head when

Sharath proded her in paschimattanasana!!!! And some of

those backbends were beyond what i thought was

possible! <br><br>I think Lino Miele is here, not

practicing with us in the morn, watching. I could be

wrong...I have only seen his videos.

[Guest guest]

He's coming to Penzance, Cornwall, in mid-October

to do a workshop, and I'll meet him then - and let

you know whether he is indeed human!<br>He's

currently in Buenos Aires at the Olympic Yoga World Cup.

[Guest guest]

"I watched the 2nd series being practiced after I

finished the 6 a.m. and there was a woman who touched her

feet with her head when Sharath proded her in

paschimattanasana!!!!"<br><br>???<br><br>You yogi photogs.... *this* is the kind

of thing to

take pics of! The full rooms are nice, but we have

enough of that.

[Guest guest]

<<"I watched the 2nd series being practiced

after I finished the 6 a.m. and there was a woman who

touched her feet with her head when Sharath proded her in

paschimattanasana!!!!"<br><br>???<br><br>You yogi photogs.... *this* is the kind

of thing to

take pics of! The full rooms are nice, but we have

enough of that.>><br><br>But... *that's* the

regular everyday stuff...

[Guest guest]

But...2 dozen photos of a full room of downdogs is getting boring. I appreciate

you and others who are taking photos, but we're seeing the same things over and

over again.

[Guest guest]

you could probably find LOTS of other photos on the internet that aren't

"boring"...

[Guest guest]

Not of KPJ's tour, I can't.

[Guest guest]

try www.contortionhomepage.com/

[Guest guest]

Seen it...but even they don't have a paschimo feet to head toucher...they do

have a guy with his elbows on the floor though, which is impressive!

[Guest guest]

[feet to head paschimotasana]<br>maybe you find

it

here<br><a href=http://members.fortunecity.com/limbermen/

target=new>http://members.fortunecity.com/limbermen/</a><br>There is one of a

Zen master

<a href=http://members.fortunecity.com/limbermen/martial-arts/

target=new>http://members.fortunecity.com/limbermen/martial-arts/</a> (bottom of

page)<br><br>George