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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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Krishnamacharya's Pre-Jois Mysore 'Ashtanga' Primary Group Practice.
Just as I no longer wish to have a photo of Pattabhi Jois in my practice room I find that I no longer wish to practice my Ashtanga as Pattabhi Jois presented it. And yet Jois' presentation of Ashtanga...
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Krishnamacharya's Mysore Yoga students 1941 Yoga demonstration photos
Reposting this from this Feb. last year asĀ Dr. TRS Sharma will be giving a lecture today (one of three) on the Mysore yoga retreatĀ https://www.mysoreyogatraditions.com/mysore-retreatIf you are...
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Krishnamacharya and Burmese Insight meditation practice, breath and focal...
Update 2019Spoiler Alert: This is all highly speculative.I'm reminded, updating this post, that Insight meditation practice was were I started, I actually went to the library to pick up some books on...
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February 2019 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--Vasishta
February 2019 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--VasishtaI completed teaching a 20 hr five day program on Upanishad Vidyas @ Yoga Vahini Chennai for a compact group. Taught Sad Vidya from Chandogya...
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March 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--Children Yoga
March 2018 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--Children YogaDuring February 2019, I taught a 100 hour 15 day Vinyasakrama yoga program at Yoga Vahini, Chennai. 30+ dedicated and talented participants...
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April 2019 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--Texts
April 2019 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--TextsI have written about the videos of my talks on Bhagavad Gita for Yogabhyasis. A few years back I gave a 20 hour program on the Gita to a compact...
View ArticleSpinal Movements by Tangkao Tan. Vertebrae by Vertebrae wave action.
In this post I want to give a shout out to a student of Simon Borg-Olivier's, Tangkou Tan. I only just stumbled upon him, mentioned in an instagram post by Lauren at suthernyogipdx. OnĀ checking...
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A rambling post on Ashtanga and throwing babies out with bathwater
I'm out of practice posting, this is just rambling.I spent twenty years reading Heidegger, I still read him occasionally but less obsessively so of late. It was probably in my second year of reading...
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No longer identifying as an Ashtangi..... or a 'yogi' for that matter.
I saw this expression recentlyĀ '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...
View ArticleMay 2019 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--Angry Me
Note: Being a good Stoic (or at least trying to be) I assume A-C. D isn't expected and thus a pleasantĀ surprise should it come about.A. My plane cancelled, I lose the money for my flight, receive no...
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Ashtanga was/is not about the selfies but rather developing discipline.
This was an instagram post grimmly2016, I seem to be posting more there than here of late.Typically, the critics look in the wrong place in their search for easy ammunition, they miss the big picture....
View Article'Ashtanga in crisis', what crisis?
Sharing this because there are so many useful links throughout the article and I still get mail asking me why I've written and shared posts on Pattabhi Jois' sexual abuseĀ see my Ashtanga :...
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"I honestly don't recognise the characterisation of Ashtanga by it's critics".
I honestly don't recognise the characterisation of Ashtanga by it's critics.Wednesday I practiced my first full Ashtanga Primary series in, oh I don't know how long, almost a year perhaps. And this...
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Returning to Ashtanga - a journal
This isĀ new stand alone page (at the bottom of the pages list beneath the blog title photo above 'Coming back to Ashtanga.' ) thatĀ I've been using as a journalĀ - started May 18 2019Ā IntroductionWhen...
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Prana -June 2019 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami
June 2019 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--PranaIn June I am scheduled to teach a 100 hr Vinyasakrama yoga TT program at One Yoga in Victoria, Canada. I understand that there areĀ a few bright spots...
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after ashtanga
I wasn't sure I would post again but I read a comment from somebody this week who made me think that, now more than ever is when we should be posting, as many of us who do not choose to look the other...
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Proficient Primary
If advanced asana can be endlessly promoted through Instagram then perhaps we can also promote Primary asana and the proficiency we can explore there, in postures that most can approach....
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Final chapter from Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu Part I An asana sequence.
Thank you to Satya for coming back to Krishnamacharya's Yogasanaglu (Mysore 1941) for us and translating the final chapter that was added to the 3rd edition of the text in 1972, along with all the...
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Final chapter from Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu Part II Pranayam. Plus the...
NOTE: With the translation of Krishnamacharya's second book Yogasanagalu ( Mysore 1941 - 3rd edition with additional chapter 1972) now complete, I'm just putting the finishing touches on a free to...
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