Prashant's Tuesday Class

I continue to be baffled and amazed by Prashant Iyengar's teaching. Tonight's class was out of this world. We started out with abdominal work. We were doing Urdhva Prasarita Padasana (aka leg lifts) for what seemed like forever. (after class a friend told me she timed it and it was 30 minutes of leg lifting!) Each set of leg lifts was to be done using different breaths - lifting on an exhalation or inhalation. Then we moved on to Janusirsasana - ABOUT 30 REPETITIONS, interspersed with a dog pose here and there! Believe it - 30. We were doing Janusirsasana for nearly an hour. He instructed us to use all the different breaths in that pose too. And of course there was lots of discussion about Uddiyana Bandha. (google it) We ended the class with a long Sarvangasana with our heads wrapped. It was intense. His philosophy discussions during class are intense. He is intense. I am amazed by this man. My lousy words here cannot describe the magnitude and profundity of his teaching. After I leave here I look forward to exploring these ideas. It took nearly a year and a half after my last visit before I noticed a change in my practice. I think I will notice any changes more quickly this time because I feel much more open to what he is trying to say.  -Aaron