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BEING POSES ARE PERFORMED IN ALL CATEGORIES OF PRACTICE:

• Back bends

• Twists (seated, supine, and prone variations)

• Forward bends

• Inversions

• Miscellaneous (seated, side lying, supine, and prone)

BEING poses are held with support anywhere from 2 to 20 minutes. Refer to the practice timetable in chapter 10 (page 167).

I often hear from yoga students that practicing BEING poses has better prepared them for DOING, or classical, poses. And yoga teachers often tell me they learn more about the DOING poses while working with students and their own bodies in the BEING poses. This happens because whoever you are in any given DOING pose — however you avoid or overwork an area — presents itself quite loudly in the BEING poses. For instance, you can practice Utthita Trikonasana (Extended Triangle Pose) classically — standing upright in the middle of your mat. Any difficulties with front leg alignment, femur rotation, hamstring flexibility, or perhaps a neutral pelvis position will show up in the BEING version of the pose. But in the BEING version, you will have to address the challenges. The floor beneath you will prevent you from doing anything other than facing yourself, and so it goes with all BEING poses.