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Crete - Derek Ireland and the British/European school of Ashtanga
Just heard my place on Manju's TT course in Crete is confirmed, thank god for that, had already booked the flight and hotel.M. asked me why Crete ( she noticed that I'd mentioned there was a much...
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Light Centre Moorgate Now Open in London.
NOW OPEN!!!My (our) friend Susan will be teaching here TONIGHT and Thursday, 18:45!Go to Information tab for FREE introductory class voucher!! http://www.lightcentremoorgate.co.uk/from the...
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Crete - Derek Ireland tribute in old edition of Fusion magazine also...
Totally unrelated to post but just saw this on fb Dancer, Painting on limestone in the Museo Egizio of Turin, Italy, c. 1292 - 1186 BC, Ancient EgyptA nice comment from Rani on the video of Derek...
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Research: Full Vinyasa Primary, 10 long slow full inhalations and exhalations...
If you caught the fb updates yesterday you might want to jump straight to the 'So what was it like' section. The Notes at the end are just a little background on Full vinyasa, Longs slow inhalations...
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Something for the weekend - Pranayama inc. Ashtanga pranayama
Something to dip in and out of for the weekend(s) perhaps.Included below.i. How I was taught pranayama by Ramaswami, inc. some short 'tutorials' that I made ages ago and need to redo.ii . Followed by...
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Matthew Sweeney Vinyasa Unlocked DVD
Now this is interesting, a couple of videos from Matthew Sweeney appeared on YouTube this morning. First one looks particularly interesting....and yet....And yet I wonder who it's aimed at.Excellent...
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Kino, splits from Ashtanga. Trivikramasana, Supta trivikramasana,...
"37 Trivikramasana (Figure 4.85) This has 7 vinyasas. From the 1st to the 5th vinyasas and then the 7th vinyasa, practise following those for utthita hasta padangushtasana. Practise the 2nd and 7th...
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Manju's Saxophone, a Buescher Super 400 Alto PLUS Taittiriya Upanishad SIKSHA...
I wrote in an earlier post, my current, provisional, work in progress (possibly nonsense) theory that...'Ashtanga has to hurt (not bone crunching tendon tearing hurt), it has to cost you something'or...
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Ariadne's thread: Sharath on Japa, Ramaswami on Japa mantra 'meditation'
Ariadne's thread ( last few seconds are a little gruesome)Mediation in the context of Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga can be confusing. Sometime the idea is presented that the asana practice is itself...
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Mac seems to have up and died, freezing then a grey screen when you try to restart. Just a file icon in the Center of the screen with a question mark, lost and confused amongst the shades...Run to the...
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Floating to handstand in Suryanamaskara
Giving the Blogsy app another chance while my Mac is still down.A moment of inspiration. I was watching Kino's straight leg jump through post this week and she makes a big thing about drawing the...
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Sharath and Pattabhi Jois Interviews plus... Best jump through, jump back...
This ruddy throat infection is a pain. I've practiced while sick with a bunch of things over the last few years, colds, flu, kidney stones, stomach flu, sprains, osteoarthritis but a throat infection...
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Vinyasa
Quite the joyous practice this morning. Throat infection Is pretty much gone, ujjayi back, thus rhythm back, thus practice back. Was having so much fun that I added a few of those float to headstands...
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SURYA - June 2013 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami
http://www.harmonyyoga.co.uk/June 2013 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami—SURYADuring May I spent a couple of weeks in Wells, Somerset, UK teaching at Steve Brandon's Harmony Yoga. Yoga cikitsa,...
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Replacing Mac Hard Drive ALSO Kino's new book arrived
I mentioned in the last couple of cobbled together posts that my mac had blown up, basically the Mac couldn't find the hard drive and was all confused, lost amongst the shades.Had to rely on the Blogsy...
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Book Review : Kino's new book The Power of Ashtanga Yoga
Just added a new tab/page to the top of the blog with the 'reviews' of books, dvd, mats etc that I've posted on over the past six years REVIEWS-------------------“I highly recommend The Power of...
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My review of Kino's new book on Amazon
Slight reworking for Amazon of my blog review yesterday of Kino's book. Tried to bring out the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced approach to Primary series that Kino presents, for whatever series you...
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Reviews from the blog, Books, DVDs, mats etc.
This is something I've been working on for the last couple of days. Bringing together all the.... I hesitate to call them reviews although some of them clearly are, the others, snapshots perhaps.This...
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Long stay in Baddha Konasana and handstand from navasana
Seems I haven't done a post like this for ages but was having fun with this so why not.And besidesMoon days are play days no? lighter practice, extra pranayama...party tricks , balloons, jelly and...
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Upcoming Reviews: David Garrigues' Vayu Siddhi and Dr Monica Gauci's Ashtanga...
Good day today, two packages I've been looking forward to arrived at work.Quite exciting.The sax at the back is a beautiful Selmer Ref 54 alto in honey gold lacquerVayu SiddhiA Two Disc DVD/Book Set of...
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