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Originally Posted by TonyTamer
David Williams, the Ashtanga yogi ( Check out his website of him in his younger days ( he's in his 50's now ) told me over the phone once, when he was visiting from Hawaii and kind enough to personally answer my e-mail I sent to his website, that Pattabhi Jois didn't like for him to do both sides; he said that crossing the left over the right ( as I remember ) hurt the liver. David Williams said that he didn't agree and always did both sides equally. So this post isn't promoting either way but just reporting an interesting aside. Until I understand the way it may hurt I'll have to keep being symetrical. Namaste
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Thanks for replying this post. Would you mind to clarify what position hurts the liver as per Pattabhi Jois? I mean doing left first and then the right hurts the liver or doing right first and then the left hurts the liver?