If you feel clear, alert, and energized and have no discomfort in your back, you can do as many as six repetitions of
Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana, holding the pose for 30 to 60 seconds each time to refine your actions and build stamina.
Before you move on to the classical version of
Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana, practice it with the support of a blanket and chair.
When Guruji does
Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana, he is totally in that moment, he is, at least as far as I can tell, absorbed in the infinite Now.
Guruji is absorbed in
Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana.
Mr. Iyengar demonstrated his mastery of this when he stayed in physically difficult postures such as
Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana for long periods of time, as much as forty - five minutes, unsupported.