Monday, April 13, 2009

Asanas= Exercise + A LOT MORE!!!

As I read all the post, I refer back to wonderul article by Brownstone, A (see links for detailed reference). Asanas are described as rich "proiprioceptive" food for the central nervous system/ CNS and thus a catalyst to normalization of tone and movement pattern. Another idea that is stressed is how emotional reactivity influences muscle tone and thus the underlying premise of training mind and creating minfulness. Kinesthetic, proprioceptive, and vestibular feedback is deemed very important for CNS organization and all asanas have adundant of that.
Please share from your experience and expertise what those "a lot more" are that give yoga its healing power. What makes asana application so potent opposed a similar exercise or pose performed?
Rashmi