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Photo: Indra Devi teaching Marilyn Monroe Yoga 1960 ALSO Indra Devi in Mysore
Indra Devi teaching Marilyn MonroeI just came across the picture above of Indra Devi teaching Marilyn Monroe Yoga ( thank you Agnieszka for posting it this morning), I'd seen the Marilyn yoga pictures...
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Book review: Teaching Yoga, Teaching Asana based on the Ashtanga Primary...
Melanie Cooper (website http://melaniecooper.co.uk) got in touch recently and I asked if I'd be interested in reviewing her book Teaching Yoga Adjusting Asana. Melanie teaches in London, runs the...
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Update on the Solo Chakra Bhandasana in a month challenge end of 2nd week.
Tuesday tapas UpdateRelates to the one month to chakra bhandasana projectAnother update/progress report on One month Chakra Bhandasana challenge - Missed the...
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Pattabhi Jois' Pranayama in Lino Miele's 'Ashtanga Yoga'. Clearer layout and...
Pattabhi Jois' Ashtanga Pranayama as found in Lino Miele's book, 'Ashtanga Yoga'.Pattabhi JoisUnlike the asana vinyasa descriptions, I've tended to find the presentation of the Pranayama instructions...
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David Garrigues’ workshop in London -The razor’s edge: a balance of opposites
My friend Rachel attended David Garrigues workshop in London last week, I'd completely missed that he was coming, knew about Ulm but not London. Rachel is a Saxophonist, composer, improvisor as well as...
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Towards Chakra Bandhasana in a month project, a slice of brilliance from...
See this last update for the reasons behind all this.http://grimmly2007.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/update-on-solo-chakra-bhandasana-in.htmlMy fb friend Michael Joel Hall posted a video on my feed...
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Sharath discussion on Ishvara, Japa Mantra Religion, God at Sunday Conference...
image from http://joisyoga.comI thought this was an interesting discussion/exchange with Sharath on Ishvara, Japa Mantra Religion, God etc. the whole shebang at Sunday Conference in Mysore, picking...
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Review: Feetup headstand prop, hmmmmmmmm
I often get asked to review things on this blog, there was the underwear for men that makes your bottom looks... fuller, plumper? I don't know actually, never really understood the concept, or whether...
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Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu - the extra asana (descriptions taken from his...
NOTE: Krishnamacharya wrote Yogasanagalu in 1941 while still in Mysore and while still teaching the young Pattabhi Jois. These extra asana seem to have been added in a latter reprint perhaps in the...
View ArticleText only version : Interview/discussion with Certified Ashtanga Teacher...
Kristina Karitinou is a certified Ashtanga yoga teacher, and has been teaching through the tradition of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois since 1991Earlier this year I attended a Manju Jois' Teacher Training course...
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Entelechy : An Interview with Certified Ashtanga Teacher Kristina Karitinou
"Each one of us bears a personal responsibility to discover the different parts of ourselves and experience life through entelechy so that we can progress to mentally and physically healthy cells of...
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UPDATED (New Version) Early Krishnamacharya Ashtanga Resource Book
One of the joys of Ramaswami's Teacher training course in 2010 was a week long module on Krishnamacharya. We read Yoga Makaranda and Yoga Rahasya line by line in the classroom with Ramaswami commenting...
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Chapter Previews; My Early Krishnamacharya Ashtanga Practice Resource Book
For some reason the earlier post where I introduced my Krishnamacharya Resource book has gone a little strange, the right side of the post seems to be missing.So here it is again but this time with...
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Book Launch for Melanie Cooper's Teaching Yoga Adjusting Asana, The Life...
You may remember I reviewed Melanie Cooper's upcoming book Teaching Yoga Adjusting Asana in an earlier post (click on the link below).Book review: Teaching Yoga, Teaching Asana based on the Ashtanga...
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Ramaswami chant tutorials including the Yoga Taravali where the opening...
Yoga Taravali of Adi Sankara-Chanting by Srivatsa RamaswamiBegins with the first part of the Ashtanga opening chant, if you'd ever wondered where it came from....Some other wonderful chants from...
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David Garrigues Ashtanga Yoga Intermediate Series DVD
I subscribed to David's newsletter a while back and just had this one come through with details of his new DVD. It struck me how Ashtanga video's/dvd's have changed over the years. We have the Led...
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Tapas: Final update, One month Chakra Bandhasana Challenge. YES or NO....or...
So 'final' update on the one month Chakra Bandhasana challenge, first a recap.... Here's, the original postChakra Bhandasana - Grab heels in a month backbend...
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Moving back to Japan and yoga mat bags from recycled kimono's
So the big news here is that M. and I are moving back to Japan. My wife is from Osaka, that's Osaka castle above. We actually met at University and after our studies went to live in Japan for a number...
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GUEST POST: Esther's AsobiGokoro Bags, Beautiful Yoga Mat Bags from Recycled...
My friend Esther lives in Japan, In Yamagata, mountain country. She's from the England and I had the pleasure of meeting her a couple of years back, we took in some Art, coffee, lots of Ashtanga talk....
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Krishnamacharya on jumping
I've been looking closely at Krishnamacharya's descriptions of 'jumping' in his 1934 text Yoga Makaranda. This of course was written while Krishnamacharya was teaching the young Pattabhi Jois in...
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