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I really like to read Yoga Sutras, they keep me alert, they help me get back to my practice, they are grounding me. Patanjali, in the opinion of many (and mine), is a scientist, a scientist who has analyzed man and can help you if you study and practice yoga
The fourth in the series of yamas (moral limitations) and perhaps one of the most misunderstood and much debated in our times … Can I, ask many yoga practitioners, to apply this quality to my life in the modern world? The common misconception that Brahmacharya only refers to celibacy means
There are many forms of breath-work in yoga (called pranayama). Some are very active and stimulating, and there are times when these pranayamas are beneficial. But to turn on the parasympathetic nervous system, which is our rest-and-digest system, we need the slow, deep pranayama known as ujjayi. Jaya means victory.
This an amazing text for breath or Prana. I found it in the book The Art of Vinyasa of Richard Freeman and Mary Tailor. It is a “must-read” for all the ashtanga practitioners and for the vinyasa practitioners in general. It is a journey at the breathing function on the
The way I see the practice of yoga through my journey changes and evolves, exactly as the way I see life. As the years go by, experiences help you learn, develop, grow, bloom. I always believed that this is a never-ending journey, that we have the duty to taste different
All the practitioners of Ashtanga Yoga know what a Mysore class is. The Mysore practice of ashtanga yoga is the traditional way of practicing ashtanga – as non-guided practice. Mysore is named after the south Indian town, where the late K Pattabhi Jois, the establisher of ashtanga yoga taught until
Halloween provides a time to put on masks and costumes. We can pretend to be someone else. However, after Halloween, we take the masks and the costumes off. But what happens with the invisible masks or armor that we wear in order to protect ourselves. Things like: … I am
Chanting and mantra recitation have accompanied yoga practice for thousands of years. Chanting is of course both the in-toning of the rich vibratory sounds and the simultaneous listening to them. The concentrated in-toning of sound vibrates all along the axis of the body from the perineum up through the head,
