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Ashtanga seduces : Home Ashtangi/Shala practice
It's seductive Ashtanga, no? There's always that next posture, the next series....."O wicked wit and gifts, that have the powerSo to seduce!"Did I mention that there is such an atmosphere of industry,...
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1989 Helsinki: Derek Ireland Teaching Ashtanga Primary. "Derek Ireland...
Thank you to my teacher Kristina Karitinou-Ireland for fishing out these old tapes of Derek Ireland from Helsinki in 1989 and sharing them with me, this one is of Derek teaching Ashtanga Primary...
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1988 Yoga Journal Ashtanga yoga with Pattabhi Jois interview/article inc. 10...
10 second inhalation, 10 second exhalationFrom Ashtanga Yoga with Pattabhi Jois YJ 1988I like this presentation of the rate of inhalation and exhalation, it's not saying one is right, the other wrong...
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Early Ashtanga; 1989 Derek Ireland and Radha full Demo of Ashtanga 2nd series...
My teacher here in Rethymno, Crete, Kristina Karitinou, gave me access to an old Ashtanga file and some discs last week, I've been busy posting some treasures. You might have caught the old Ashtanga...
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Asana as Mudra as dharana- 'Krishnamacharya's own practice'
Krishnamacharya's son, Sri TK Sribhashyam, considers mudra to be a support for pranayama a practice to develop concentration and one pointedness."Yoga has two elements to support our spirituality...
View ArticleDhāraṇā (धारणा)- August 2014 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--
Dhāraṇā (धारणा)I am now in Los Angeles teaching the 200 hr Vinyasakrama Yoga Teacher Training Program at Loyola Marymount University. Another ten days to go before completing the 35 day program. Very...
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Pranayama by Pattabhi Jois
You might have seen my earlier post with all the old Ashtanga 'cheat sheets', all those early Ashtaga sequence sheets were from an old Ashtanga (teaching) materials file of Derek and Kristina Ireland's...
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Injury: Shala or Home Practice
I mentioned that I did my back in moving house just before coming to Crete, slipped disc we think, all those boxes of books.No problem in a home practice of course, adapt and modify and Vinyasa Krama...
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Asana, Drishti and Dhyana - Dharana
"When once a fair proficiency has been attained in asana and pranayama, the aspirant to dhyana has to regulate the time to be spent on each and choose the particular asanas and pranayama which will...
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Sri K. Pattabhi Jois London 2002 Led Primary Videos Second visit to London.
Finally managed to upload the last of the videos from the discs Kristina gave me the other week, taken two weeks with the slow internet (especially for uploading) in the internet cafes here in Rethymno...
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My Workshop in London at StillPoint Yoga Sunday September 7th 10-6
THE HISTORY OF KRISHNAMACHARYA AND ASHTANGA YOGA with ANTHONY ‘GRIMMLY’ HALLPlus Intro to Vinyasa Krama inc. backbending, inversions, pranayama, pratyahara and meditation Stillpoint Yoga LondonBoland...
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Manju Teacher Training, Rethymno, First Day
I don't tend to blog abut a workshops until after they're over but I couldn't resist sharing a video of the first day of Manju's Workshop here in Rethymno, Crete right away.Such a pleasure to see...
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Yoga Philosophy Reading List
Last day of Manju's TT. After practice we were talking over coffee and a friend mentioned that we didn't get to ask so many questions this year, that she had wanted to ask Manju for any recommendations...
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Updated: Ashtanga and the Body. Hatha and Raja yoga in Krishnamacharya
"Janu SirsasanaThis form follows the hatha yoga principles. Another form follows the raja yoga method. The practitioner should learn the difference". Krishnamacharya. Yoga Makaranda (1934)This is a...
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Keeping Yoga clothes and Yoga Towels clean on a two moth retreat. Also taking...
I've been practicing at Kristina' shala (http://www.yogapractice.gr) for the last two months, down to my last couple of days.Kristina said the nicest thing this morning, or asked me the nicest question...
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Flexibility within the system of Ashtanga ; Pattabhi Jois' Yoga Mala
"As the bodily constitution of each human being is different, it is important to practice the asanas accordingly. The benefit to be had from one asana or pranayama can be derived just as well from...
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Ashtanga Backbends: Kapotasana, catching ankles without adjustments, also 25...
I was talking with Kristina this morning, we've been having an ongoing 'discussion' concerning adjustments and assists all summer, we were talking about Kapotasana and why I decline the assist.My...
View ArticleThe seven utterances are bhuh, bhuvah, suvah, mahah, janah, tapah, satyam....
September 2014 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami— vyāhṛti (व्याहृति)I completed teaching the 200 hr Teacher Training Program at Loyola Marymount University by Aug 10th. I now find it a bit difficult...
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Maha Vedha? Krishnamachrya's lifted, spun and dropped padmasana plus other...
Paul Harvey posted on FB yesterday morning, a link to a download on his site of a Krishnamacharya documentary '100 Years Of beatitude', marking Krishnamacharys 100th birthday celebrations.You can...
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Origin's of Modern Yoga Asana: Comparison of Krishnamacharya's teachers...
Sure I've seen this picture elsewhere, the house isn't shown in the original, a child's imagination?In my post yesterday I embedded the documentary concerning Krishnamacharya's 100 year centenary...
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