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Recommended yoga books

Adam is often asked for his recommended yoga books. The list below will help to give you a broader perspective of yoga, including the Ashtanga...

Ten Most Important Yoga Sutras

This is a list of the most important Yoga Sutras in our opinion. It is a good place to start if you are a beginner...

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...

Yoga Philosophy for Beginners

This is a short introduction to yoga philosophy for beginners. Where should we start, what should we read? What is the essence of the method...

When Should I Start Intermediate Series?

When should I start intermediate series is a question that often comes up pretty early in Ashtanga practice. The second series was originally taught to...

Ashtanga Yoga Breathing – Is It Ujjayi Breath?

The Breathing in Ashtanga Yoga - Is it ujjayi? An incredibly common question to hear from students is what is the correct breathing in ashtanga...

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Can you learn Ashtanga Yoga Online?

With lockdown looming, I remember that last week in the London studio where I had taught for over ten years. As most of the shops...

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...

Is Ashtanga Yoga Hard?

"Is Ashtanga Yoga Hard?" I am asked this question often and it's asked a most common internet search. Well, as always, it depends on what...

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...