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Pushpam Magazine Review issue 2 - Yoga magazine from Hamish Hendry and team,...
1. ReviewPushpam magazine - Issue 2Publisher - Hamish HendryEditor - Genny Wilkinson PriestCreative Direction - Emma Hetherington and Matt RoachYou may have caught my Review/Look Inside of the first...
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Ashtanga Advanced series? Why does the Advanced series presentations differ...
I was asked a question about Philippa Asher's Advanced B poster and video I posted a link this week in connection to Philippa's article in Pushpam magazine.It was pointed out that Philippa's Advanced B...
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Sharath Rangaswamy Jois Resource
It was pointed out to me that while I have resources for KrishnamacharyaK. Pattabhi JoisManju Jois Srivatsa RamaswamiI don't have one for Sharath.My defence for this is that I don't tend to buy into...
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Ashtanga from twenty something to forty something and beyond - Philippa Asher...
Last week I posted a review of Pushpam Yoga magazine that included an article by Phillipa Asher. on ageing/maturing in the practice.Philippa's article, the second article in the magazine on ageing or...
View ArticleMay 2016 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami—100 Hours
100 HoursSome ten years ago when I started teaching at LMU, it was a 60 hr complete Vinyasakrama program. My book “The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga” was about to be published. Soon thereafter it was...
View ArticleJune 2016 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--Dream (स्वप्न svapna)
I returned from Saskatoon in Canada on May 3, 2016after teaching a fortnight long 100 hr TT program in Vinyasakrama Yoga . The stay was very pleasant and the participation really great. Thank you...
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Asana names - Ramaswami's July Newsletter
July 2016 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami—Asana NamesIn July I will be teaching two programs. The first one is a 15 hour weekend program at Yogashala in CT.on Patanjali's Yogasutras Here is the...
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On Series and Vinyasa - from Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu
"This yoganga sadhana has been divided into three series: power (strength) series, treatment series and the spiritual series".Krishnamacharya Yogasanagalu (1941)*"Yogasanas must be only practiced with...
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A response to The Luminescent's article "VINYĀSA: Medieval and Modern Meanings
Interesting article on '' from The Luminescent.(My post below needs a drastic rewrite - it's more of a work in progress)"VINYĀSA: Medieval and Modern Meanings"The term vinyāsa rarely occurs in medieval...
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Original Ashtanga syllabus as a teaching tool ( Danny Paradise's copy)...
On a previous post on the Ashtanga Advanced series my friend Gilad Harouvi posted the Ashtanga syllabus he was given by his teacher Danny Paradise, a cheat sheet for Ashtanga. I got in touch with Danny...
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Taboo (menstruation) - August 2016 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--
Taboo ( from Ramaswami's Vinyasa Krama newsletter page - https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/vinyasa-krama-announce/AzJ-2T_bai0)One of the questions a yoga teacher is asked frequently is what...
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Krishnamacharya recommended Four Key asana/mudra..... make that six..
I was just sent an email asking for a recommendation"What 3-5 yoga poses should all men practice daily?"In several posts in the past I know I've referred to the four key asana Krishnamacharya strongly...
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On being held back and/or moving on to Ashtanga Intermediate, back bending...
I was sent an anonymous question/comment on an old old post, my response got quite long so thought I might as well turn it into a post, I was curious how my answer/response to this may have...
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Ramaswami's Upanishad Stories - September 2016 Newsletter from Srivatsa...
Upanishad StoriesOne of the reasons many people do not show much interest in the 'spiritual' dimension of yoga and related philosophies is because it is made extremely academic and hence difficult....
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On yoga practice and ageing
You may have no problems at all up to the age of fifty or sixty. After that, the real problem arises when the tissues of the body do not bear the load. What I practise now is more difficult than what I...
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Krishnamacharya's bhardvajrasana - Also, a new blog title and layout
Seeing as I don't post as often as I used to, I thought I might use the blog header photo as a place to occasionally present Krishnamacharya's asana/mudra instruction alongside either a photo of myself...
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The Emergence of Yoga - A seminar with Sri TK Sribhashyam, T....
My friend Chiara recently attended Sri TK Sribhashyam's workshop at Harmony Yoga organised by Steve Brandon, (I'm now living in Japan and unfortunately was unable to attend), Chiara kindly agreed to...
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Notice how, for Ashtangi's...
An Ashtangi friend who has attended one of Ramaswami's Vinyasa Krama workshops finds himself confused perhaps at how now to proceed, Ashtanga and Vinyasa Krama seem So far removed from each...
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Final chapter from Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu Part I An asana sequence.
UPDATEFirst edit of the full English translation of Yogasanagalu can now be downloaded for personal study from here.http://tinyurl.com/z9jy7cp(future edits to come perhaps with some of my own notes on...
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Texts for Yoga Students - Ramaswami's October 2016 newsletter PLUS a...
Ramaswami with with his teacher of over thirty years T. Krishnamacharyaयोगः कर्मसु कोशलम्yogaḥ karmasu kouśalamTexts for Yoga StudentsSri Krishnamacharya, apart from Hatayoga (asanas, pranayama, mudras...
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