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Returning to Ashtanga 2nd series - looking ahead to long stays in...
Illustrations from my earlier, Old Ashtanga Illustration Posters/cheat sheets PostAn old style blog post for a changeI seem to have slipped back into practicing Ashtanga 2nd series and pretty much by...
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Tapas - Austerity and Moderation (mitabhashana and mitahara)
"There was also a significant static asana practice component of several minutes ( 5 to 10 mts) in asanas as sirsasana, sarvangasana, paschimatanasana, mahamudra and also stay in one legged tapasvin...
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Pranayama: Learning the Pranayama Mantra. Inc. My 'Pranayama doesn't need to...
Krishnamacharya teaching pranayamaI was asked if I had a better copy of the Pranayama Mantra that's sitting on my Pramayama page at the top of the blog. It is/was a little dark, here is a slightly more...
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Krishnamacharya's Chakras as places in the body where the mind gets hung up
I've always been..... resistant to pretty rainbow coloured chakra books...but here's an interesting presentation of the chakra model in this passage from Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu. Chakras as...
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Krishnamacharya: "We need some who are demonstrators. However,......"
We need some who are just demonstrators. However, if they don’t learn these secrets and want to only promote, it will not be of much use". Krishnamacharya : Yogasanagalu 1941Krishnamacharya"It is...
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Devastated 2nd series, one brick at a time
the current state of my 2nd series (link to earlier post)thinking about getting on the mat feels a little like thisand wondering why it can't be like thisstill......our bricks and mortarMohenjo-Daro -...
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-आनन्द (ānanda) Bliss - October 2015 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami
October 2015 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami - --आनन्द (ānanda) Blissआनन्द (ānanda) BlissThe Yoga and Samkhya texts are concerned about the enormity of Duhkha or pain from various sources and look...
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Ashtanga and Greece, Manju Jois, Tim Miller, Nancy Gilgoff, David Williams,...
Hard to miss a moon day in GreeceNice to see this piece from Tim Miller this week on his workshop at Porta Pandana, Athens as well as his visit to Santorini.The best way for us to show our support for...
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Ashtanga : When to move on to the next asana.
Disclaimer: Reading this post it sounds as if I'm writing from knowing what I'm talking about, as if I'm teaching everyday myself when I actually rarely teach. This is just another opinionated piece...
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Ashtanga 2nd series made up of Vinyasa Krama subroutines plus Q and A...
I was sent some questions about Vinyasa Krama this morning from somebody who generally practices Ashtanga but recently picked up Ramaswami's Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga and is wondering how to...
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The most Important Yoga - In the context of a broader practice
In the context of a broader practiceA personal interpretation of the yamas and niyamasStunning video, demonstration and monologue from Simon Borg-OlivierI think what I like about this video (and the...
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Practicing with Wrist strain. How ? Alternative to Sun salutation and upward...
I seem to have a wrist problem again, this time quite stubborn and doesn't seem to want to go away using the trigger point therapy I used last time See this postAshtanga wrist issues and therapy:...
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David Garrigue's and flexibility within the Lineage PLUS Ashtanga for all...
ƒ"For people over fifty, it is enough to practice some of the easier and more useful asanas, as well as some of the pranayamas. Sri K. Pattabhi Jois - Yoga mala*I just watched this video from David...
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Pattabhi Jois' 1989 'extreme' regular Led Ashtanga Advanced series videos
I've posted these videos before, Clifford Sweatte, an early student of Pattabhi Jois, posted them some time back on his website Prana Airways http://www.pranaairways.com/ his site is well worth a...
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November 2015 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--Illusion
During October I with my wife Uma, went to the beautiful home of my friend Jyoti Chittur and met several of her yoga students and friends, There were several Tamil speaking yogis hailing from Madras,...
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Yoga Clothing for Men : OHMME YOGA Product Review
My iMac is sick at the moment and needs a new HD but manages to work for a day or two after a clean install (this is my fourth), long enough to finally get this review up.Relates to this previous...
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Slow Ashtanga?
I was asked about my practice here in Rural Japan between the mountains and Lake Biwa. While my Mac is out of action and in need of a new Hard drive I'm basically following the Slow Ashtanga outlined...
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Re the young girl in Kurmasana in Krishnamacharya's Yoga Makaranda and in my...
This post started as a fb comment"There seems to be a young girl in the poster"from Krishnamacharya's Yoga Makaranda (Mysore 1934)In response to a comment/question. Re the girl in Kurmasana in my...
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Yoga, Ashtanga -The Source, Parampara, lineage
One of those posts that just popped out, perhaps I'd write it in a different way tomorrow, in a less provocative way or edit the life out of it but this is the way it emerged and hey, it's a blog.Ideas...
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Corrected Version of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Makaranda as Ashtanga Primary...
These are the corrected versions of My Krishnamacharya Yoga Makaranda as Ashtanga Primary Series'poster' in both Sepia and Black and White. The previous version had an error in the title. Thank you to...
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