Yoga Spires

These are the one-story black-colored balancing pillars people climb up to do partners yoga upon.

 

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Table of Contents:

1. Dimensions & Layout
2. Prerequisites
3. Displays
4. The Sexy and the Sexual
5. Additional Notes
6. Yoga Details
7. History
8. Tour Excerpt
9. Best of the Best
10. History
11. Sexy Poses (Images Begin)
12. With Partners
13. 2023/+
14. 2023 Update:  2022 Scale-model in Minecraft

 

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Dimensions & Layout:

• 198′-diameter spot on the beach; 30,790.75 sq.ft. (~.7 of an acre, thus room for a few thousand spectators)
• ~flat beach/sand terrain
• each platform:  overall flat-top, tall, narrow, conical form (like a rounded obelisk big enough for 1 or 2 human-sized people to stand atop)
• 9′ tall
• 2′-diameter base
• 1′-diameter top
• steep vertical slope
• smooth surface
• 1 “ladder” (attached/fused) handlebars at even intervals from bottom to top
• offset-grid formation; every other row is offset by half
• dispersion between every 2 platforms:  ~20′
• ~49 platforms in a circular group/cluster centered on their 30,790.75 sq.ft. area of this beach; capacity for 49-98 human-sized people atop them

 

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Prerequisites:

 

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Additional Notes:

* Each platform is just wide enough for two pairs of feet, or the majority of one Inisfreean belly or back.

 

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Yoga Details

Origin:

Yoga is believed to’ve originated in ancient Pakistan (Indus Valley Civilization partially where modern northwest India was) ~3000 BC or earlier; ~5,000 years ago as of 2000 AD, ~5,500 years ago as of 2500 AD.

Purpose:

Yoga is used for stretching, gas relief, muscle alignment, injury healing, meditation, breathing control, relaxation, chakras activation, and so on. Some Outlanders also use yoga for religious purposes.

Styles:

15 major styles:

1. Anusara
2. Ashtanga
3. Bikram
4. Hatha
5. Iyengar
6. Jivamukti
7. Kripalu
8. Kundalini
9. Prenatal
10. Restorative
11. Sivananda
12. Tantra
13. Viniyoga
14. Vinyasa / Power
15. Yin

Details about the 15 major styles:

• Anusara is often described as Iyengar (a purist form of yoga) with a sense of humor. Created by the aptly named John Friend, Anusara is meant to be heartfelt and accepting. Instead of trying to fit everyone into standard cookie-cutter positions, students are guided to express themselves through the poses to their fullest ability.
• Ashtanga: Six established and strenuous pose sequences — the primary series, second series, third series, and so on — practiced sequentially as progress is made. Ashtangis move rapidly, flowing from one pose to the next with each inhale and exhale. Each series of poses linked by the breath this way is called a vinyasa.
• Bikram features yoga poses in a sauna-like room. The heat is cranked up to nearly 105°F and 40% humidity in official Bikram classes. If it’s called “Bikram” (for inventor Bikram Choudhury), it will be a series of 26 basic yoga postures, each performed twice. If you want to experience yoga the way it feels during the Summers of India, but can’t make the flight over to that part of the world, this style is for you.
• By definition, Hatha is a physical yoga practice, which is pretty much all yoga you’ll find in this hemisphere. One of the six original branches of yoga, Hatha encompasses nearly all types of modern yoga. In other words, Hatha is the ice cream if styles like Ashtanga and Bikram are vanilla and chocolate chip. Today, classes described as “hatha” on studio schedules are typically a basic and classical approach to yogic breathing exercises and postures.
• Iyengar is a purist yoga named after founder B.K.S. Iyengar. Props such as blocks, straps, harnesses, and incline boards are used to get you more perfectly into positions and have earned the style its nickname, “furniture yoga”. Appropriate for all ages and abilities, Iyengar yoga is all about precise alignment and deliberate sequencing. Don’t take that to mean easy.
• Jivamukti is a physical, limit-pushing practice that reintegrates yoga’s traditional spiritual elements in an educational way for Western practitioners. Expect a theme for each class, Sanskrit chanting, and references to ancient scripture. Created by Sharon Gannon and David Life in 1984 in New York City, Jivamukti translates as “liberation while living”.
• Kripalu is a three-part practice that teaches you to get to know, accept, and learn from your body. It starts with figuring out how your body works in different poses, then moves toward postures held for an extended time and meditation. It then taps deep into your being to find spontaneous flow in asanas, letting your body be the teacher.
• The practice of Kundalini yoga features constantly moving, invigorating poses. The fluidity of the practice is intended to release the kundalini (serpent) energy in your body. Weren’t aware you had any? Well, just think of it as an energy supply, coiled like a sleeping snake at the base of the spine, waiting to be tapped; the practice aims to do just that — awaken and pulse the stuff upward through the body.
• Prenatal yoga postures are carefully adapted for expectant mothers. Prenatal yoga is tailored to help women in all stages of pregnancy, even those getting back in shape post-birth. When you keep your muscles strong through your term, they will still have the strength and energy to return to normal. *This style of yoga is taught to Inisfreean girls so that when they are deployed to the Outlands (where impregnation, gestation, birthing, and child-rearing are tolerated for Outlanders) they will be able to offer this medical wisdom to Outlanders worthy of it.
• Restorative yoga is less work, more relaxation. You’ll spend as many as 20 minutes each in just four or five simple poses (often they’re modifications of standard asanas) using strategically placed props such as blankets, bolsters, and soothing lavender eye-pillows to help you sink into deep relaxation. There’s also psychic cleansing; the mind goes to mush and you feel brand new. It’s something like group nap time for grown-ups. It’s better not to fall asleep, though.
• Sivananda is an unhurried yoga practice that typically focuses on the same 12 basic asanas or variations thereof every time, bookended by Sun salutations and savasana (corpse pose). The system is based on a five-point philosophy that proper breathing, relaxation, diet, exercise, and positive thinking work together to form a healthy yogic lifestyle.
• Tantra (a.k.a. Tantric) is a practice that can be used to expand the connection and awareness between a couple or larger intimate group (such as in a threesome or orgy), creating a deeper bond spiritually with each other. Think: tantric sex. That’s basically what it is but with yoga.
• Viniyoga is a highly individualized practice in which yogis learn to adapt poses and goals to their own needs and abilities. Vini actually means differentiation, adaptation, and appropriate application. Instead of focusing on stretching to get strong and flexible, Viniyoga uses the principles of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF). PNF simply means warming up and contracting a muscle before stretching it. This decreases your chance of injury.
• Vinyasa / Power is an active and athletic style of yoga adapted from the traditional Ashtanga system in the late 1980s to appeal to aerobic-crazed Westerners. After having studied with Pattabhi Jois, Beryl Bender Birch, and Bryan Kest simultaneously pioneered this westernized Ashtanga on the East and West coasts, respectively. Power yoga doesn’t stick to the same sequence of poses each time like Ashtanga does, so the style varies depending on the teacher. Classes called “vinyasa” or “flow” in your gym or studio can be vastly different but in general stem from this movement and from Ashtanga as well.
• Yin is a quiet, meditative yoga practice, also called Taoist yoga. Yin focuses on lengthening connective tissues and is meant to complement Yang yoga—your muscle-forming Anusara, Ashtanga, Iyengar, or what have you. Yin poses are passive, meaning you’re supposed to relax muscles and let gravity do the work. And they’re long — you’ll practice patience here, too. *Yin is the passive female principle of the universe, characterized as female and sustaining and associated with Earth, dark, and cold. Yang is the active male principle of the universe, characterized as male and creative, and associated with Heaven, heat, and light.

There are more than 90 styles in total, which you can find more information about here.

Positions:

Yoga poses are called Asanas. There are a couple dozen basic ones, with ~100 (including advanced and partners Asanas) most practitioners learn in total. However, ancient texts speak of a grand total of 8,400,000 Asanas.

Progression:

All students attending Inisfree’s school system learn basic yoga in elementary school (grades 1 through 5), expanding their portfolio of learned and mastered Asanas into middle school grades (6 through 10), high school grades (11, 12, 14, 15, and 16), university grades (17 and 18), and post-graduate grades (19 and 20). All yoga is nude, as Inisfree is a nudist community. Middle school students learn the Asanas of the 15 major yoga styles. High school students learn the Asanas of Aero yoga (similar to aerial silk dancing). University students learn the Asanas of Acro(batic) yoga. Post-graduate students learn the Asanas of Combat yoga designed to perfect their sense of balance whether operating solo or with a few teammates.

* Anyone in Inisfree near the Partners Balancing Platforms of Inisfree’s largest beach will see daily and nightly practices and demonstrations by yogis; yoga masters.

 

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History:

In the first few years of Inisfree, there were only a few of these platforms in the center of what today is their bigger cluster/group of dozens.

Year by year, as the popularity of them increased, more were added, usually at the rate of several each season.

Today, there are nearly 50, and there is still room in the allotted area on this beach for ~98 total.

1. 2012:  0
2. 2013:  3, and all of them are rarely used, almost always during daylight/daytime
3. 2022:  49, and most of them are frequently used, even sometimes during the night
4. 23000s/+:  ~98, almost always in use, and reserving them –well in advance– via the FOB-Net or an ICV is strongly recommended

 

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Tour Excerpt:

That afternoon there was a yoga class. Yoga in Inisfree started with the basic asanas everyone had likely tried in human yoga classes, and then went over the styles of yoga, of which there are numerous, just as there are different martial arts, like Karate versus Kung Fu.

Once students understood the different poses/asanas, and the different styles, they then talked about some of the thinking behind developing those different styles; why one style focused on certain asanas to stretch and relax their respective parts of the body, and why another style had its own intention / set of asanas.

That’s when the advanced yoga came into play; now everyone could begin to figure out which style or styles, and asanas, were right for them on different days, all based on how their body parts were all feeling and performing. …and, ultimately, how they could partner up with one or more others… to do partners yoga… including tantric partners yoga, which involved stimulating all the chakras and other body parts… like lovers in a slow-and-steady performance buildup, resulting in incredible boosts to their mood and sexual readiness.

Common/beginners yoga can help everyone in the same way,
understanding more about yoga’s styles and poses and help you target certain body parts,
partners yoga can help you do amazing counterbalancing; almost acrobatic feats,
and tantric partners yoga can get you ready for the best sex of your lives, thus the most full-bodied contact, love, bonding, and healing.

Demonstrations were made all along the way, and then everyone got to partner and triple up, with the hostess walking around to make minor posture and variation recommendations to each student. Whenever someone felt a little shy, the hostess would pair up with them instead of having them pick another. That way, she could help them feel the most comfortable.

 

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Best of the Best:

Due to their physical structures and upbringing, Aspara Urvashi and the Naga Tempest Thema are both virtually perfect at performing all of the asanas.

 

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History:

King Auz (in 2022) has started practicing with some of his Nina ICVs up here, one of Nina’s legs up over his shoulder as they eye-lock and fingers-interlace, fucking while holding poses such as that.  He’ll soon start practicing with his Amber and Xenia ICVs here, as well.  This is Inisfree.  (and what a long time coming it has been; he’s dabbled in yoga and wanted to get better at it for decades)

 

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Sexy Poses:

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With Partners:

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2023/+:

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2023 Update:  2022 Scale-model in Minecraft

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