Fifteen years ago, I gave the first class in the small room that I called Ashtanga Yoga Paris. Before opening that day, I wondered if anyone would show up. I had been teaching for 2 years all around Paris but nowhere near the 13th arrondissement where AYP was first born. To my delight and gratitude, …
We all have experienced betrayal or hurt by the words or actions of another. Most of the time it just rolls off us and we forget about it but at times the hurt and betrayal feels too big to forgive. Or the situation keeps repeating itself tearing open the wounds time and time again, never …
Here is a demonstration with a skeleton of what it looks like when we overdo our forward bends. And then how to be attentive to not going too far.
I did this article for my friend’s new really cool magazine. It’s about Muladhara, the first chakra which is pretty relevant to us Ashtangis!
by Linda Munro In order to explore the ways Karma Yoga can be practiced in our contemporary lives; we must first know what Karma Yoga is. I’ve heard it described as “selfless service” for years and understood this to mean doing work for others for free. With the help of the Gita I have a …
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I think ultimately the yoga is meant to serve our daily life. We don’t live to do yoga, we do yoga to live a healthy, happy, meaningful life! If we get on our yoga mat and compare, judge and use it as a way to prove something; then it is not using the yoga in …
As many of you know, I’m an avid anatomy lover. So, as you can imagine, finding an Ashtangi that is an even bigger anatomy geek than me brings me much happiness! David Keil has been teaching anatomy and ashtanga for many, many years and brings with his knowledge, a humble and warm personality. We were …
If you want to study deeper into the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga System but don’t live near a teacher or have a very unusual schedule where it is easier if you set your own times of practice and study…then try our new on-line teacher training and deepening your personal practice training!! We send you a manual …
To be able to do the half lotus position can require lots of muscle groups that circulate and stabilize the hip joint to be lengthened. In this video you are given one very good exercise to use a preparatory lengthening exercise for Marichyasana B, in particular. Something that isn’t discussed in this short video are …
I met Paul in Mysore so many years ago and ever since I’ve admired him for his commitment to yoga as a whole….he was the one who introduced me to Sri O.P. Tiwari and really feeling the benefits of pranayama. He explains the subtleties of the pranayama practices in a way no other can! And …