Good day today, two packages I've been looking forward to arrived at work.
Quite exciting.
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The sax at the back is a beautiful Selmer Ref 54 alto in honey gold lacquer
Vayu Siddhi
A Two Disc DVD/Book Set of Ashtanga Yoga's Pranayama Sequence by Certified Teacher David Garrigues
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Championing your breath is the key to truly enjoying the fruits of your yoga practice, because it is through caring about your breathing that your tapas, your stubborn dedication and your pointed, daily toil will yield its important inner rewards. Through working with your breath in using this dvd/book set I hope you will turn to and trust your breath during times of celebration and challenge, that you will cultivate healthy breathing habits, and view breath as the key to unlocking the secrets to all yoga techniques.
UPDATE (first look)
Just practiced the Ashtanga Pranayama Sequence with David, it's quite a bit lighter than the Derek Ireland CD (although the same sequence), the breath faster than I'm used to but that wont be a bad thing for somebody just starting pranayama and they can slow it down a bit once they've learned the sequence.
Nicely broken down VERY accessible.
On the one hand I think it is over priced, the book is quite light, nicely cloth bound hardback but only 100 pages (actually more like 75 of quite large print) mostly just instructions and the minimum expansion (although I'm still only half way through it) nice style to his writing though. The video is just a camera in a room tracking over a guy breathing or talking to the camera, kind of YouTube like. It's broken up into sections though. There's a little prep and set up, some exercises and then your down to the sequence which also can be broken down into different sections so you can work on it bit by bit and build up to the full sequence. there's also a kind of Q&A.
But then on the other hand it's so accessible, clear and simple, very Ashtanga, just what you need to get on the mat. It will give anyone who buys it an established, basic Ashtanga pranayama practice. How do you put a price on that and besides, forking out that amount of dollars will make you damn sure you do actually read the book and practice along to the videos.
No longer any excuse for not having a pranayama practice.
Go into more detail on my review post next week.
Ashtanga Yoga: Beginners Course Manual for Teachers
By Dr Monica Gauci
A step-by-step guide with a word-for-word detailed script on how to safely and effectively teach Ashtanga Yoga to beginner. This manual came into creation as a resource and aid to help Yoga teachers-to-be to find the words to describe some of the techniques and asanas when teaching yoga. It is a modification of the Primary Series of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, which deletes or modifies any postures which are not accessible to the average beginner student. This present method has been distilled from many years of observing students practice and the influence certain ways of demonstrating and delivering instructions achieves. You will find that this method will achieve a high level of proficiency and quality in your student’s performance, while adhering to the highest safety standards. With this comes the highest level of benefit for the student. Foreword by Gregor Maehle.
Hopefully have a provisional look up on the blog sometime Tuesday (day off).
Nice cloth cover on David's book reminds me of having books sent over from India, wrapped in cloth rather than brown paper.
Monica's book was a nice surprise too bigger than I assumed from the picture on lulu and ring bound.
Quite exciting.
The sax at the back is a beautiful Selmer Ref 54 alto in honey gold lacquer
Vayu Siddhi
A Two Disc DVD/Book Set of Ashtanga Yoga's Pranayama Sequence by Certified Teacher David Garrigues
Vayu Siddhi
Championing your breath is the key to truly enjoying the fruits of your yoga practice, because it is through caring about your breathing that your tapas, your stubborn dedication and your pointed, daily toil will yield its important inner rewards. Through working with your breath in using this dvd/book set I hope you will turn to and trust your breath during times of celebration and challenge, that you will cultivate healthy breathing habits, and view breath as the key to unlocking the secrets to all yoga techniques.In presenting this material I aim to transform your ideas about the role that your breath can play in your daily practice, to see how the consciousness that you develop through breath awareness leads you into the greater spiritual context of your life. I aim to set your imagination ablaze on the vital subject of breathing as your principal source of Self knowledge.
Just practiced the Ashtanga Pranayama Sequence with David, it's quite a bit lighter than the Derek Ireland CD (although the same sequence), the breath faster than I'm used to but that wont be a bad thing for somebody just starting pranayama and they can slow it down a bit once they've learned the sequence.
Nicely broken down VERY accessible.
On the one hand I think it is over priced, the book is quite light, nicely cloth bound hardback but only 100 pages (actually more like 75 of quite large print) mostly just instructions and the minimum expansion (although I'm still only half way through it) nice style to his writing though. The video is just a camera in a room tracking over a guy breathing or talking to the camera, kind of YouTube like. It's broken up into sections though. There's a little prep and set up, some exercises and then your down to the sequence which also can be broken down into different sections so you can work on it bit by bit and build up to the full sequence. there's also a kind of Q&A.
But then on the other hand it's so accessible, clear and simple, very Ashtanga, just what you need to get on the mat. It will give anyone who buys it an established, basic Ashtanga pranayama practice. How do you put a price on that and besides, forking out that amount of dollars will make you damn sure you do actually read the book and practice along to the videos.
No longer any excuse for not having a pranayama practice.
Go into more detail on my review post next week.
ALSO
Ashtanga Yoga: Beginners Course Manual for Teachers
By Dr Monica Gauci
A step-by-step guide with a word-for-word detailed script on how to safely and effectively teach Ashtanga Yoga to beginner. This manual came into creation as a resource and aid to help Yoga teachers-to-be to find the words to describe some of the techniques and asanas when teaching yoga. It is a modification of the Primary Series of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, which deletes or modifies any postures which are not accessible to the average beginner student. This present method has been distilled from many years of observing students practice and the influence certain ways of demonstrating and delivering instructions achieves. You will find that this method will achieve a high level of proficiency and quality in your student’s performance, while adhering to the highest safety standards. With this comes the highest level of benefit for the student. Foreword by Gregor Maehle.
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Hopefully have a provisional look up on the blog sometime Tuesday (day off).
Nice cloth cover on David's book reminds me of having books sent over from India, wrapped in cloth rather than brown paper.
Monica's book was a nice surprise too bigger than I assumed from the picture on lulu and ring bound.