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Short Ashtanga Practices
Download Short Ashtanga Practices Here Short Ashtanga Practices Firstly, we have to pay homage here to the orginator of this idea David Swenson. His Ashtanga...
An Outline Of Jason Birch And Mark Singleton’s Article On The Hathabhyasapaddhati
An Outline Of Jason Birch And Mark Singleton's Article On The Hathabhyasapaddhati A Background And Comparison Of The Text (see full article in PDF here)...
Yoga as Physical Therapy
Yoga as Physical Therapy The roots of yoga have always been physical. With the upsurge of yoga as physical therapy, many say this is not...
The Kleshas – A Story
The Kleshas - A Story Obstacles to Yoga - The 5 Essential Causes of Suffering Let me tell you a story: Once upon a time,...
Graduation From The Original Jois Academy And Amping It Up
Ashtanga Certified Teacher David Williams was the first Western student to be an Ashtanga certified teacher from Jois yoga academy. He recalls a great ceremony...
Ashtanga oil bath
The Ashtanga Oil Bath - by Marika Ohtani After Adam's last led class discussion there was a question about oil baths at the end of...
Pattabhi Jois – The Last Man Standing
Pattabhi Jois, The Last Man Standing Indra Devi was probably the first foreigner as well as the first woman to be taught by Krishnamacharya, at...
Introduction to The History of Ashtanga Yoga
Introduction to the History of Ashtanga Yoga in The West This is a preliminary sketch of the history of Ashtanga Yoga as it evolved over...
Ashtanga Teachers in Mysore by Date
Ashtanga Teachers in Mysore by Arrival Date We created the chronology below after interviewing so many Ashtanga teachers and hearing about their early experiences in...
The Original Ashtanga Yoga Sequence
The original Ashtanga yoga sequence of Ashtanga yoga differs from how students learn the 'traditional sequence' today. When the first western students arrived in Mysore...
Nancy Gilgoff Ashtanga Yoga As It Was
Nancy Gilgoff Ashtanga Yoga As It Was This is a direct repost of Nancy's article. I have already covered a lot of this in blog...
Yoga and Ayurveda
Yoga and Ayurveda There's always been an intermingling of ideas between yoga and Ayurveda. So much so that Ayurveda has often been called the 'sister...
