[QUOTE=charliedharma;54304]Yogiadam there is a little written about this connection and influence of indian wrestling on yoga asana , never read or heard anything about yoga coming from wrestling .
Dont forget we are talking about a small part of asana which in itself is a small part of yoga , but yoga as often practised nowadays is often coming from Krishnamacharya lineage , he was guru to BkS Iyengar , P Jois propogagator of Ashtanga vinyasa mysore style, to name bur two of his influential Students , he was based in Mysore India famous for its wrestling , so no doubt , this Influenced the Asana part of yoga especially jumpings , which were said to keep young minds and bodies still and out of trouble ,
as we mature in our practise we can be stiller in our practise , although as Gordon reminded us in another post no asana is fixed ,not even a 15 minute forward bend .
as mr Iyengar says about asana when I was young ( Immature) I played now I am old (mature ) I stay my words in brackets by the way.
Unfortunately Krisnamacharya is not here to talk about this , but this has certainly been speculated . You can find some videos of people practising wrestling jumpings , if I have time I may look for you they were over on the Ashtanga yuku forum /board , so you could search their.
Shandor is a great teacher and has studied yoga to great depth and is an interesting and charismatic fellow , he lives in Australia and certainly is more than an Asana teacher ,
actually I think he now spells his name Zhander or something like that google shadow yoga , maybe he is near you. He has great stories and was the one of the main teachers of one of my main teachers who also is Australian I think you might like them.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I’m not the type of person to hear something that appeals to me and instantly take it as “this is how it is, and I can’t believe anything else”. I doubt that yoga specifically comes from wrestling. I really only posted it, cause I like the idea yoga and wrestling do have some history together. I like that wrestlers used yoga to help there art, and I like the little union there. I’m a big fan of linking all my practices into one. For example, I meditated, and yoga is also a form of mediation, and yoga has exercises that help wrestling, and wrestling is a martail art, and so is Thai boxing, and Thai boxing has a Buddhist aspect, and Buddhism has meditation, and yoga is a form of meditation etc etc… I like the interconnectedness of it all. Please don’t think that I am saying “yoga comes from wrestling, and it’s as black and white as that”… cause I’m not. The relation between them just appealed to me, and I thought it may appeal to a few others. That’s all it is.
