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'Pattabhi Jois recommend up to fifty breaths in baddha konasana' - Kino...
"My teacher (Pattabhi Jois) would recommend that students who felt very tight in their hips hold this pose for up to fifty breaths". Kino Macgregor's - The power of Ashtanga yoga.hasta vinyasa options...
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Yoga mat Bags made from Vintage Japanese Kimono material....coming to...
My friend Esther lives in Japan, In Yamagata - mountain country, an Ashtangai and teacher she also makes quality Yoga Mat bags from Vintage Kimono material AsobiGokoro Bags. I put up a post about her...
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Ashtanga terminology I have no use for.... and find frankly irritating
I've had a post floating around in my head for the last few weeks (years probably), the last week has brought it back to mind.Ashtanga terminology that I have not interest inor seemingly much use...
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Patanjali vs. Pattabhi Jois - What are the actual similarities? Alex Medin...
Stumbled upon this old article from Alex Medin, an interesting read and argument, thought provoking....., as it happens Alex was yet another of Derek Ireland's students. I heard that back in the day at...
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Purpose of (hatha) Yoga Postures. "Traditional yoga for modern body" - Simon...
As mentioned before HERE, I'm currently registered on Simon Borg Olivier and Bianca Machliss' Yoga Synergy Fundamentals course. The first week, was kind of an introduction, History and Philosophy of...
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Breath bandha, drishti..... Guru? Plus “Buddha & the Yogis: The Vajra Body”....
Perhaps I understand why Sharath stresses the Guru idea (see this video where he compares the Guru to God as in if you found God surely you wouldn't then look elsewhere.... or would you).Sharath's...
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On Mountains, retreats, and the origin/meaning of Yoga.
“Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men,...
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How Pattabhi Jois learned Yoga from Krishnamacharya ( from Interviews )
For several years now one question has been giving me pause...What and how did Pattabhi Jois practice with Krishnamacharya in that first encounter in Hassan in 1927, that lasted to two years?Later...
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SPINE - August 2015 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami
Warm Greetings. I am still looking at doing a 200 hr TT program in India and possibly Europe. I will be doing a 100 hr Advaned Vinyasakrama TT program in New Delhi and Chennai. There has been some...
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Shala spill over video - Ashtanga Led Primary at Casa vinyasa, Lisbon,...
Blogs used to inspire us to get on the mat occasionally, didn't they? Back when it was a struggle, over coffee, we would jump around each others blog lists and hopefully hit on something that would...
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July 2015 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--Review
My last 200 hr TT program in Vinyasakrama in US starts on 20th of July 2015 at LMU, and there are large open spaces available to spread the yoga mats on. Here is the link to...
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Lino Miele: What Primary Series looks like after 25 years
This video of Lino practicing Primary is giving me pause this week, just as his Full Vinyasa DVD did six years ago ( see below, my old review post from 2009).It reminds me a little of Sharath's Primary...
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Shala spill over video - Ashtanga Led Primary at Casa vinyasa, Lisbon,...
Blogs used to inspire us to get on the mat occasionally, didn't they? Back when it was a struggle, over coffee, we would jump around each others blog lists and hopefully hit on something that would...
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How to practice Krishnamacharya's Early Mysore Yoga?
In 2010 I had the privilege a of attending Srivatsa Ramaswami's 5 week teacher training (Ramaswami had studied with Krishnamacharya for over thirty years), as part of the course we worked through...
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Miley Cyrus' Intermediate Ashtanga Marichiyasana D. ALSO Madonna's Eka pada...
Miley Cyrus Marichiyasana D from YogaDork Good, honest, asana.Now that I shamelessly have your attention perhaps, here's a curious thing about Marichiyasana D, Krishnamacharya had it in his middle...
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R SHARATH JOIS - How yoga is being diluted world over - 10 quotes as well as...
I've been looking forward to an in depth, 'on the record' article, interview or extended newsletter, from Pattabhi Jois' grandson Sharath for some time, rather than the pickings of a conference talk...
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Yoga, perhaps it's hardwired into us.
Yoga, perhaps it's hardwired into us.LINK...we don't always listen however.LINK to my original postNB: a. Yoga, defined here, following Patanjali, as the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind b....
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The Govt. of India's 35 min. Common Yoga Protocol, Video and pdf
"The event (International Yoga day) will start with the Rig Vedic prayer – samgacchadhwam samvadadhwam samvo manamsi janatam. It means: “May you move in harmony, speak in one voice; let your minds be...
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The first International Yoga Day - UN Video, PM Modi in Delhi, Photos PLUS...
UN video outlining the 21st June as International Yoga Dayhttp://webtv.un.org/watch/yogaday-celebrate-the-first-international-day-of-yoga/4307927817001PM Narendra Modi performs Yoga at Rajpath on...
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Srivatsa Ramaswami Newsletters 2009-2015 plus article and interview link.
Ramaswami chanting with KrishnamacharyaI Just tried to update the Newsletters on my Ramaswami Resource Page ( see tab at top of blog or this LINK) and it's allowed me to cut and post links to all of...
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