Adam's Musings Archives

The Myth of Progress in Yoga

We all want to see visible, quantifiable progress in yoga practice. This is the predominent question regarding our yoga practice; am I getting better or...

Devotion in Yoga

Devotion in yoga is often mistaken as part of the process of yoga or how we reach it. Whilst there is some grain of truth...

Can Yoga Make You Less Flexible in Life?

I have come across many people over my years of teaching Ashtanga Yoga, who have either told me, or, otherwise it’s been noticeable, that they...

The Yoga Teacher-Student Relationship

Is it really such a big deal, after all? Can’t we be adults about it like any normal relationship, apply our regular ‘boundaries’ and operate...

Emotions in Asanas

It is assumed in the yoga process that we are trying to escape from our emotions. However, this may be the end result, that we...

Escaping Thought in Yoga

The Bias of Language About Ourselves and The World Western thinking never questions the I that is thinking. Thought then springs from the confused root...

Ashtanga Yoga Myths

In a group talk with students the other day someone referred to a teacher as being strict. This got me wondering what that actually meant, and...

Thoughts on Mysore

Mysore, the home of Ashtanga yoga. The Authorised Teacher. The Mysore Magic If Sharath sees it, it must be OK. Paying respects Stability, patience and...

Whos’ the Darth Vadar in the room?

Are we not meant to be doing Ujayi? We have all been in a class where one person is offering a reasonable challenge to our...

What is Hatha Yoga?

The term ‘hatha’ is quite widely and generally translated as relating to the intention in balancing sun-moon (ha-tha), representative of the same effort directed towards...