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Krishnamacharya, standing pranayama ? |
From My Re-Emergence of Yoga blog.
The Kapala Bhati while standing is the big surprise in today’s practice. The instructions have us bending our knees slightly and rounding the back with our hands on our thighs almost as if we were going to practice belly rolling Nauli.
That clearly not what’s happy in the Krishnamacharya photo. However, following on from the standing Kapala Bhati, Shribhashyam instructs us to stand in Samastithi and practice Ujjayi breathing. He also instructs B.K. 5s ( Bhaya Kumbhaka ) generally we close the nostrils with the hand in Migi Mudra for kumbhaka, is that perhaps what Krishnamacharya is showing us in the photo, his belly does seem to be drawn in as if he is perhaps practicing kumbhaka and none of his fingers are raised as we might expect with Nadi Sodhana?
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This blog is intended as a practice companion to T. K. Sribhashyam's book Emergence of Yoga ( see link at end of page ). I'm offering some practice guidelines below but these are in no way intended as a substitute for the book itself which I consider one of the most interesting and valuable texts I've purchased on yoga.
May be available on Amazon but check the language.
Also available direct from T. K. Sribhashyam's school.
I heard the website says it doesn't ship to the US but if you contact them direct it might be able to be arranged for a little extra shipping cost.
