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Norman Allen - Not on the KPJAYI (now sharathjois.com) 'list'..... and never...
"In 1973, Norman Allen was the first American to be taught by Pattabhi Jois. Norman attended a yoga demonstration at the Swami Gitananda Ashram in Pondicherry; the yoga was performed by Manju Jois, the...
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'Developing a Home Practice' and 'The List' - Mark Darby, David Swenson,...
With all the discussion of the list of Ashtanga teachers recently, who remains on it, who is off...., or back on again, I'm reminded of the teachers who inspired me to practice Ashtanga in the first...
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Why did I waste so much time on the fancy asana?
It strikes me now that only one of these postures is worth my time and that’s the first, Maha Mudra, why did I waste so much time and energy on all the others?Is it really to keep us coming back to the...
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The Ashtanga.com Teacher's List (including criteria) but also so much more...
On my earlier posts concerning Ashtanga Authorisation 1980-Present and on the later posts concerning the KPJAYI.org list ( now Sharathjois.com) I mentioned the role of Ashtanga.com and how it had the...
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January 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami---2018
January 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami---2018Warm New Year Greetings from my "white House", my home for more than 75 years in Madras (chennai), my father built way back in 1942 soon after I...
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February 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--- Newsletter Articles
February 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--- Newsletter ArticlesIn January 2018 I taught a 5 day, 20 hour program on Samkhya Karika written by Iswarakrishna. It is considered both a literary...
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Trikonasana , past, present and future.
"Trikonasana (Figure 4.48)First, stand following the instructions for tadasana krama. Then, keeping the legs spread no less than 3 mozhams apart, take either arm and lift it straight up, lower the...
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Dhruva - March 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--
DurvasanaOn One Leg 'Tapas' sequence Regular speed version HEREMarch 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--DhruvaDhruvaIn the course of teaching my 100 Hr Vinyasakrama Yoga Programs, I have found...
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An Asana Tool Chest - The Ten main sequences of Vinyasa Krama Yoga.... in ten...
Vinyasa Krama Sequence OverviewSpeeded up from around five hours - See the playlist of the originals on my channel for the regular speed version. PlaylistsFull sequences, regular speed or speeded up x...
View ArticleCurrent practice, the why and the wherefore of Active Spinal movements.
I mentioned Simon Borg-Olivier in the intro to the previous post and added these videos to an Appendix."I'm also looking to bring my exploration of Simon Borg-Olivier's active and spinal movements...
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NEW KPJAY SHALA (K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Shala) Authorised Teachers Page
This post will end up as an update on my Ashtanga Authorisation 1980s to present post and page.http://www.kpjayshala.com/australia-and-new-zealand.htmlThe new KPJAYI (not the Sharathjois.com) list is...
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Bhagavad Gita as taught to Srivatsa Ramaswami by his teacher T. Krishnamacharya.
Ramaswami just finished teaching a fifty hour course on the Gita"Just returned to Chennai from New Delhi after teaching a 50 hour (almost) Bhagavat Gita program to a compact dedicated group of yogis at...
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Reflecting on Spinal Sequence footwork and how to improve/develop it. - Ankle...
Focussing on the feet in Simon Borg-Olivier and Bianca Machliss' Yoga Synergy Spinal sequence.... or any other approach to asana come to think of it..I find this a highly Meditative practice with a lot...
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April 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami-अक्लिष्ट akliṣṭa
In March I taught a ten day fifty hour program on Bhagavat Gita for a compact nice group of participants. It was in New Delhi organized by Mini Shastri of Om Yoga. It was very satisfying experienceI am...
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I'm sure there's still an Ashtanga practitioner buried within me somewhere...
I'm sure there's still an Ashtanga practitioner buried within me somewhere but more and more I feel...at a distance, only occasionally, when I see old friends practicing, Kristina, her shala in...
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Simon Borg-Olivier on Kino's Omstars channel.
I came across a trailer for a new course by Simon Borg-Olivier on Kino MacGregor's, Omstars channel (https://omstars.com/) , a channel she describes in their mission statement as "Netflix for yogi's"....
View Article"Yoga's Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories".
We can love our practice yet still question it's context. My own inspiration for practice, comes not from the Jois family or from those teachers who looked the other way, or excused or justified but...
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Fly - May 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami
May 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--FlyNote: The Fly, by Blake is my addition not Ramaswami's.I returned to USA after almost a five month stay in India. The stay was nice in part, I taught for...
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Upanishad Vidyas - June 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami-
I was for three days in Germany teaching a workshop on yoga.The program was organized by BDY (German Yoga Body)( my translation). About 50 yoga teachers and practitioners attended the program.On...
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No longer identifying as an Ashtangi..... or a 'yogi' for that matter.
I saw this expression recently 'I no longer identify as...', it's not ideal perhaps but it struck a chord, it seemed a convenient way to encapsulate my thinking (feeling?) of late and certainly as a...
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