How to get up for yoga, and do it; more thoughts on Encinitas and Jois Yoga

If you practice Ashtanga, you will know that there are two major obstacles that we commonly have to overcome in order to have a wonderful pr...

Practice on the path of recovery, some thoughts about the opening and closing chants in Ashtanga Yoga

Since I haven't posted for a week (why have I been so unmotivated to blog lately?), I suppose I'll start by saying a couple of thing...

How important is it to chant the opening prayer at the beginning of practice?

Yesterday afternoon, I got together informally with a couple of friends who wanted me to teach them some Ashtanga yoga. We know one another ...

Bowing to some dude's lotus feet, surrender, and the practice

I have been reading with great interest Ellie's latest post about the Ashtanga Yoga Opening Mantra. As we know, the first line of this ...