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Ashtanga Jump back workshop from Peg Mulqueen, Rice bowl from Mike and a...
While on Manju's Led Primary at Stillpoint Yoga Sunday, Mike ( who occasionally comments here) came up and said hello, thanked me for my blog and gave me two of these wonderful rice bowls. Mike it...
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Ashtanga Pranayama and Meditation, Chanting from Manju (also Sharath) and my...
I mentioned after the recent TT with Manju that he taught Pranayama and Chanting at the end of practice, at the end of Primary, at the end of his led 2nd series ( with the Sanskrit count). He referred...
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Yoga History, Mark Singleton and Krishnamacharya on the distinction between...
Influenced by the International Physical culture movement?I linked to a Q. and A. on Richard Freeman's Yoga Workshop site this morning. The questioner asks.."Recently I have started studying Ashtanga...
View ArticleUPDATED: Ramaswami's Vinyasa Krama slideshows plus Yoga sutra chant, 10 Vedic...
Ramaswami has been busy while I've been away in Crete and working on the transcripts of the Q and A from Manju's course. There are the Slide shows made up of the pictures from his book The complete...
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Manju Jois' Adjustments and Assists for Primary and intermediate series...
Notice, that for Manju, the feet are crossed above the head here, not behind the head/neck/shoulders as I'd grown accustomed to doing it after practising 2nd seriesTwo videos I came across that run...
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Ramaswami's Yoga Sutra Chanting Tutorial on Youtube plus other resources.
As promised Ramaswami uploaded his Youtube tutorial to chanting the Yoga Sutras ( first chapter only so far)Here are just the audio (downloadable) versions from Ramaswami's Vinyasa krama CHANT...
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Can Zen ( Rinzai and/or Soto branches) be of assistance in approaching...
"The other Sunday at Stillpoint Yoga I practiced Led primary with Manju Jois. On coming to the final padmasana we practiced pranayama and then chanted shanti mantras. Ramaswsami refers to chanting here...
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The ups and down of Ashtanga's kapotasana
So I've had this Kapotasana progression post up for a few years, running from December 08 - Feb 2012, starts with first attempts, through spider walking to my toes, up my feet, dropping back to my...
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Sharath's Uttkatasana and Virabhadrasana video also Sharath's Pranayama...
Sharath posted a 'tutorial' on Uttkatasana and Virabhadrasana this morning, I suspect he has a bee in his bonnet (bee reference for M.) about the lifts at the end, he does seem to come back again and...
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YS 1-33 Ashtanga Yoga and Loving Kindness II, the four Immeasurable as...
“May all sentient beings enjoy happiness and the root of happiness.“May they be free from suffering and the root of suffering.“May they not be separated from the great happiness devoid of...
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UPDATED: Why did Krishnamacharya introduce kumbhaka (breath retention) into...
In this post I explore why Krishnamacharya included Kumbhaka (breath retention) in his descriptions of asana in his 1934 manual Yoga Makaranda. I question too why it has not been passed along in...
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'Much More to Mysore' Part II - Vinay Kumar and Prana Vashya's kumbhaka
Trianga mukhottanasana -Vinay Kumar Prana VashyaIf you saw my guest post from Michelle recently ( Much More to Mysore) you'll see that she was writing about some of the other shala options available in...
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Chakra Bhandasana - Grab heels in a month backbend challenge
I must admit I've never been that bothered about grabbing my heels and taking my dropback into chakra bhandasana. Dropping back and coming up was a big deal to me, loved working on that, making it all...
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A Mystery: Who was 'The Old Man of Hassan', one of Krishnamacharya's earliest...
WARNING: This is Pure speculation, a bit of fun only.....for now.What happened to all these kids, did any of them end up teaching Yoga?In recent posts I've been looking at the idea of 'Much more to...
View ArticleVidya -Ramaswami's Novemeber 2013 Newsletter. 'How to find the me within me'...
Warm greetingsI have uploaded about 50 videos so far on You Tube. I have grouped them into five play lists1.Yoga sutra2.Sanskrit chants3.Vinyasakrama asana videos4.vinyasakrama asana slide shows5. Yoga...
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Facts/stories - Seven years in Tibet: Krishnamacharya in the Himalayas with...
On an recent post 'The Old man of Hassan', about the possibility of a lost student of Krishnamacharya's pre Mysore teaching, it was suggested in a comment that I should just get in touch and check the...
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Some Ashtanga History: Ashtanga in Greece. Kristina Karitinou, Derek Ireland
Kristina Karitinou posted these few lines on fb Saturday about her first Ashtanga teacher Linda Kapetaniou and the early days of Ashtanga in Greece ( and thus Europe). I asked her if I could post them...
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Backbends - Progress report One month to Chakra Bhandasana challenge plus 108...
Last week I came up with the bright idea of giving myself a one month to Chakra Bhandasana challenge. I kind of forget why, grabbing my heels after dropping back was never something I was particularly...
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Another update/progress report on One month Chakra Bhandasana challenge -...
I vaguely remembered walking in to touch my heel once but assumed it was in 2011, around the time of my old 108 dropbacks video I posted yesterday, turns out it was 2009.2009, I couldn't even drop back...
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My first Workshop, December 13th and 14th Yoga Centro Victoria, León Spain.
It seems I'm now available for Weddings, Bar Mitzvah and Yoga Workshops.....I've been invited by my friend Óscar (Óscar Montero, Profesor de Yoga Centro Victoria) to give a workshop, my first, at his...
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