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10 Hand Mudras. Also, Pranayama mudras.
One of the major elements of Manju's TT workshop at Kristina's shala in Rethymno, Crete last August, was the adjustment/assist sessions. The groups would switch and change as would those who had taken...
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GUEST POST: Finally Achieved full lotus - Khoi Kevin Pham
I noticed an update on fb from a friend who has recently found himself able to get into full lotus."New resolution for this year: being completely comfortable in full lotus pose. It took quite a long...
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Did Pattabhi Jois' teacher Krishnamacharya have an Advanced series, if so...
Following on from the Krishnamacharya Primary series and Intermediate series and the subtle rearrangement of postures from his Yoga Makaranda (1934) and Yogasanagalu (1941), I was asked if I had a...
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What is Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, there really is nothing to fear, no really.
I've become more aware recently of how many yoga practitioners and potential yoga practitioners are put off by the thought of practicing Ashtanga, quite frankly many run a mile.Often they have an...
View ArticleKino 4th series (and also 3rd) uncut and unedited, no not the pretty one, the...
There's a new video of kino going around fb this morning, one of those beautifully shot videos filmed around the streets and temples of Mysore. There's music, nice angles, great light.......I clicked...
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Still places on my January 14-26th (NEXT WEEKEND) Krishnamacharya Yoga...
Still places I hear on my Krishnamachrya' Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga Workshop in Valencia, Spain - January 24-26th. that's next weekend.Contact Living Yoga Valencia, for details on booking.Details of the...
View ArticleGuidelines for practice
This is intended as advice for Zazen practice but perhaps we might find much of it applicable to other forms of practice....ZAZEN YOJINKI: NOTES ON WHAT TO BE AWARE OF IN ZAZENby Keizan Jokin zenji...
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Introducing advanced asana into our Primary and Intermediate Series,...
''...these days I seem to be less and less interested in exploring the Advanced postures preferring to explore Krishnamacharya's approach to the breath, particularly his use of kumbhaka, in postures...
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Mark Singleton's Krishnamacharya - Gurus of Modern Yoga (2014)
I just came across a chapter on Krishnamacharya written by Mark Singleton and Tara Frazer in Gurus of Modern yoga, so far I think it's only out on Kindle, the hardback and paperback to follow later...
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Dr. Norman Sjoman workshop 1st-2nd Feb, a few places still remaining. ALSO...
Just a reminder that Dr. Norman Sjoman is coming to the UK next month, Feb 1st and 2nd, it should be quite something, all this squeezed into two days,2 Asana practice classes, 2 pranayama session, four...
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Photos - Ashtanga Vinyasa Krama session from my Valencia Krishnamacharya...
"...when you play that low Bb, you’re simultaneously hearing the entire series of notes shown above, but they’re actually more felt than heard, since the majority of the sound you hear is from the...
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My Krishnamacharya Workshop at Living Yoga Valencia last weekend
Here are some more pictures from on and around last weekends Krishnamachary's Ashtanga and Vinyasa Krama workshop hosted by Living Yoga Valencia in Spain. thank you to Andreea, Cecilia Cristolovean and...
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4 in 1 - I love this picture. I'm fat. Practice has shifted. Dr. Norman...
I love this pictureIt's from the Valencia workshop last weekend ( see previous two posts for more pics). If there is one image that sums up Ramaswami's presentation of Krishnamacharya's Vinyasa Krama...
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GOD-HEAD February Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami
Greetings from Chennai, India. For 2014.It was nice talking to the participants of the Yoga Therapy program of my friend Saraswathy Vasudevan in Chennai. I spoke about how yoga is called a sarvanga...
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Norman Sjoman's Workshop in Coventry last weekend - practice notes
An Exposition of Yoga with Dr N. Sjomanhttp://www.yogacoventry.comThis isn't the Norman Sjoman workshop blog post I want to write, it's going to take a some time before I can write that one, enough to...
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Iyengar's Library (picture) and posts on Prashant Iyengar's books.
Iyengar's Library, I've been looking for an actual picture of this legendary room for some time, thank you R. re Janu Sirsasana"... While holding the feet with the hands, pull and clasp the feet...
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Practising alone for the next three months
M. just sent her last text from the plane before heading off to Rome. A couple of hours there then she'll hop on a connecting flight back home to Japan. The plan is for her to find work, somewhere for...
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Post Norman Sjoman workshop practice, Backbending, Kapotasana, feeling...
As I mentioned yesterday a few short posts for M. on practice for the next few months, until I get to join her in Japan. She should have landed around 3am last night (my time). Hope it was a nice...
View ArticleVideo's Pattabhi Jois Old Shala 1999, Ashtanga bali Conference 2013 video and...
I mentioned yesterday that my kapo was coming back after the recent Norman Sjoman workshop, bringing in this sticking out of the chest/lifting of the thoracic region seems to be making all the...
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Which Yoga Books to take when I move to Japan in three months?
Here's a not so fun game.I'm following my wife M. to Japan at the end of May ( this time for good), so have to decide which books to take and which to leave behind.The current yoga bookshelfWhich would...
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