Question about Prasara Primer

[Matthew]

I'm thinking about springing for the Prasara Primer course. The price is right and it seems interesting.

A big selling point for me is that it claims to "plug into" the tacfit commando cycle without "adding on". That's big for me because I have so much going on already I just don't have time for one more thing.

The problem is that I just don't get how it does that and I don't want to buy it and then find out I can't use it. I found a PDF online that sort of explains it but I still don't get it.

The pdf says something like "on the minute" and how fast you get the flow done determines how long you get to rest. That seems to imply that I do my 8 sets of 20 seconds on and 10 second rest and then do the Prasara flow during the one minute rest period. Is that correct?

If that's how it works that would be cool because then I could plug it into Mass Assault and Survival as well.

Can someone enlighten me?
Thanks in advance.

[Coach Clavijo]

I don't think that's correct, because of the text that immediately follows what you quoted: "The Prasara flow practice will be performed after the main workout and before the cooldown activities"

I could be wrong, but I would expect that to mean that you do your entire commando session, and then follow it with 5 one-minute rounds of the primer flow, followed by your commando cooldown.

[Matthew]

Ok, thanks, that makes sense.
I read it over and over and couldn't figure out how that's not an add on.

So it will add time to the workout then.
Believe it or not that extra five minutes could be killer for me. I barely have time to get through as it is.

I'll have to think this over a bit.

[RichardM]

I can appreciate being time crunched, but when you think that 30 minutes is less than 3% of the minutes in a day. Adding 5 minutes now on compensation is going to pay off in huge dividends years from now. I am not saying you need to go with the Prasara Primer program, but we can all use a little extra compensation to our daily activities.

[Matthew]

I broke down and bought it anyway.
I really dig yoga and I figure I can find a way to work this in somehow.
It seems like a good fit.
The pdf that I mentioned sold me.
I've downloaded the material but haven't gotten into it yet.
I'll let you know how I make out...

[gilestro]

I think they mean that if you are tight in you hips or shoulders you can slip in an extra flow to work that area. It's a great program anyway- I'm awful at it but I keep trying and am slowly improving. The "A" flows look way too hard to me to start with and the PP is much less intimidating.

[Matthew]

I started working on section A of the Cricket flow this morning as this was a moderate day in my MA cycle.
It took me about a minute to get the whole section down (you know what I mean, as in memorized not as in mastered) since I was sort of familiar with most of the postures from previous experience.

I'm thinking that I may be able to use this as I originaly thought was intended, performing the flows during the one minute rest periods, on my moderate days.

I tend to do Intu-Flow movements during the rest to keep myself loose and so far the Cricket flow (beginner level at least) doesn't seem at all strenuous. Maybe as I move up to the more advanced levels I'll think differently. Also, the section A flow takes about fifteen seconds to complete so I think I'll be able to finish the entire flow in less than a minute without rushing it.

Just kind of thinking out loud right now.
I may think better of this as I learn more.

[dugoutblog]

I would just do it on the low intensity days

[Matthew]

I'm really enjoying the Prasara Primer.
I also picked up a copy of Prasara Yoga - Flow Beyond Thought and the instructional DVD.
I'm eating the book up and had a quick preview of the DVD.
My plan is to get a good handle on the Primer flows before I progress to the A flows.

So with that in mind, I have a question about progression.
Lets take the Cricket flow for example.
I can execute several of the advanced movements cleanly but some of the others I feel more comfortable with the beginner level.
So I'm sort of doing a combination of beginner, intermediate and advanced with the asperation of eventually owning the advanced flow.

For the Vine flow, I've skipped the beginner version all together and started with intermediate.

Is that typical or am I rushing things?
I'm not in any hurry but at the same time I don't want to waste time practicing movements that I don't feel I'm getting any real benefit from.

Also, should I try to learn all of the flows on a beginner level first and then take all of them up a level or should I master one to advanced level before I begin learning the next?