Sadhguru on the order of asanas

Nov 7

Woke up fresh around 6 am. But I slept back and wake up at 7 am
Did Bhuta Shuddi and followed by cat stretch with slow deep breathing. Now learning to be at ease in the posture.

Forego Angamardhana as advised by hata teacher. She said since my pain at lower back instead of middle back, doing Angamardhana will slow down the healing process. She asked me to do Surya Kriya but without the back stretch.
Did Surya Kriya with slow breathing, now learning to ease into the posture before doing the breathe count. The forward bend was truly good. Alignment was great. Except for the first cycle where the 4th mountain pose, left feet can't touch ground. The rest was great, I can rest easily into mountain pose.
At first plan fro 3 cycles, and then extend to 5 cycles and in the end do 6 cycles...
This is the first time ever since I started Surya Kriya three years ago.

Yesterday, I found out that I shouldn't do the plough back after Shambavi. According to teacher, we cannot change the sequence of hata yoga. Actually I read this before but I ignored it cos I tot it relates to yogaasanas and I didn't change. I forgot that me doing plough back after Shambavi morning and Shoonya every evening is actually changing the sequence or rather, I omitted all sequence. Sadhguru said no one is to change as the sequence was not decided by him. 

Sadhguru
In Hata Yoga, this organ comfort is always considered. Energy comfort is also considered. Your energy functions in such a way that if you activate one aspect of your energy without activating another aspect of it, your system will become disjointed.
There are many disjointed bodies everywhere. Disjointed energy means living a broken life. Somehow, you may manage to live long, but no matter what enters your life, you will not be complete. You may win the lottery, you may get married to the best man or woman in the world, you may pray 24 hours of the day – no matter what you do, you will live a disjointed life.

Soul
No wonder..I wasn't feeling grateful and blessed for all the good things in my life.
I have a great supportive family
I have good financial security
I have a good boss who gives me freedom
I have a 3 days work that gives me good money and ample rest time.
I can go early every day.
I have good support team at work.
I got Isha, I got the shrine..I got my receptivity...I got everything..
I got good friends.
I got a good body, albeit RA which will go soon as it is not needed.

All these I ignored and only tot of me without my husband...truly unnecessary.

Now that I stop plough back this week..I found myself suddenly feeling thankful.
I am so thankful that I can wake up late today cos I m not working.
so thankful I can sit in the cafe and do my writing that I enjoy.
So lovely.

Sadhguru
The order of the asanas is not according to my or your preference, it is the way the human system is made. We need to activate it from one end to the other. Sudden activation of a certain part will lead to disjointedness. Life situations can be such that there is no choice about how to act and no system to it – you may have to jump into action whichever way it comes.
But if you have activated your system in a certain way, whatever situation occurs in your life, you will be able to take it without causing too much disturbance to your system. One can distinctly see this – if you do proper classical yoga, whatever situations you face, they will not leave you scattered. This preparation creates a certain integrity in the system. So the order of asanas is not by choice, it is according to the way the human system is structured.

Soul
Amen...
Thanks much.
Surprisingly after the 6 cycles of Surya Kriya, back stiffness has reduced.
Lets see.