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Alignment and Injuries, Ashtanga Adaptability, Pose How To, Teaching Ashtanga, Uncategorized, Videos
Pose of the Week: Supta Kurmasana
Tips on Supta Kurmasana
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Pose of the Week: Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana
How To Do Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana
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Pose of the Week: Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Tips on Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
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Pose of the Week: Parighasana
How To Do Parighasana Don’t forget about the KPJAYI Mat Rug Giveaway! You can enter until September 22, 2015. Go to Yogalifestyle.com and get 15% off a KPJAYI mat rug and the Ashtanga Yoga Anusthana until the end of October! Coupon code for the Ashtanga Yoga Anusthana APP15AYA Coupon code for the KPJAYI Mat Rugs APP15AYMR
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Pose of the Week: Paschimottanasana
How To Do Paschimottanasana
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Words of Wisdom For those on the Ashtanga Yoga Path
A friend posted this and I wanted to share it. Great advice for the Ashtanga journey from David Swenson * I want you to understand, the Ashtanga Yoga can be practiced for the rest of your life. You can enjoy this practice. About Yoga * This mat should be the place we come to free ourselves from all the stresses of the world. Don’t make it another place to be stress to you. * The mat is like a loving mother; The practice is a loving place. * If you enjoy your practice today, you will want to practice tomorrow. No one has to tell you. * Keep…
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Alignment and Injuries, Ashtanga Adaptability, Reblogs, Teaching Ashtanga, Uncategorized, Videos, Yoga Philosophy, Yoga Sutras
Asteya: Stealing a Yoga Practice
Photo above by Wanda Koch When our culture (our media, our power structures, our society) says, “people who look like you shouldn’t expect to have a life like that,” we’re stealing. Stealing from people capable of achieving more, and stealing from our community as well-Seth Godin I feel blessed to have started yoga with my Atlanta teachers. In my 5 or so years of working with them. Never once did anyone tell me that I could not do anything. There were never any talk about the short falls of my anatomy. There were never any talks about disadvantages of my body or body type. The message was always…
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Pose of the Week: Garbha Pindasana to Kukutasana
How To Do Garba Pindasana & Kukkutasana
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Pose of the Week: Urdhva Dhanurasana
How To Do Urdhva Dhanurasana
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Alignment and Injuries, Ashtanga Adaptability, Ask The APP, History, Teaching Ashtanga, Uncategorized, Yoga Sutras
What You Need To Know About Mysore Style Ashtanga
You are taught the poses by a teacher! The most common misconception about Mysore style Ashtanga is that you are not taught the poses or that you have to know them before you get there.The teacher teaches you the poses! If you enter a Mysore class for the first time and the teacher just hands you a sheet of paper and walks off, roll up your mat and leave. They don’t know what they are doing. Many descriptions of Mysore style ashtanga say “self led” or “self practice”. This is because you are given a set of poses and as you continue to come, you memorize them and flow through them while…
