Vinyasa Sequence week of 3/8/15
“The body is formed first in the mind” -Shri Yogi Hari What muscle are we stretching? I spent a summer a few years ago living at Yogi Hari’s ashram in Miramar, Florida. I’m still not exactly sure how...
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“One month, two months, one year, two years, ten years... no use. Whole life. Whole life is practice. That is method.” - Sri k. Pattabhi Jois Yoga: The Art Of Stillness In Movement and Movement In...
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The Most Important Asanas? Few yoga teachers would disagree that tadasana or samasthiti is the structural blueprint of asana practice. The names tadasana and samasthiti are used interchangeably, with...
View ArticleVINYASA SEQUENCE WEEK OF 3/29/15
“Tightness is weakness” - Bill Polk Yoga makes you strong! For one reason or another, I have continued to reflect lately on Yogi Hari and his ashram. I have a friend and colleague who also lived at...
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“During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky” -B.K.S. Iyengar Monthly Focus - The Abdomen and Ribcage Learn to breathe into the abdomen. Belly swells, chest...
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“What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.” -Shunryu Suzuki Muscles Of The RibcageLast week we covered the muscles of the abdomen, and learned that in...
View ArticleAsana Sequence Week of 4/26/15
“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.” -Rudyard Kipling Doers and Feelers: Thoughts on Iyengar and Ashtanga Yoga Although there’s been some reconciliation between the...
View ArticleSitting Vipassana
I am sitting a vipassana meditation retreat from May 1st to May 11th. My group yoga classes will be subbed by Miranda Mollendorf while I am away.For information on vipassana please...
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What's in a dog pose?
"What I can not create, I do not understand"-Richard FeynmanOf the thousands of known yoga asanas, there is no pose more archetypal of modern posture practice than Adho Mukha Svanasana, the downward...
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Same Pose Different Plane - Utthita Trikonasana
“Exploration by real people inspires us” - Stephen HawkingAsana practice is a dance with gravity. If you change the body’s relationship with gravity even slightly, the work – and even the intent – of...
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