David Garrigues on Guruji, pain and injury; Sharath on not being able to go to India

I just watched this recent video by David Garrigues, in which he talks about the place of pain and injury in Ashtanga yoga. He starts by tal...

Breath: Duration and Volume (Can breathing loudly wreck your body?)

Recently, I've been thinking about a few things relating to the breath in practice. First, I've been thinking about length and durat...

Hot spring Ashtanga talk, the place of alignment in Ashtanga

Yesterday afternoon, I took a break from grading papers and exams, and went with a group consisting of a few colleagues from various other d...

Sharath in Copenhagen

Most of you probably have already seen this video which was first posted on Youtube three days ago. As of a few minutes ago, it already has ...

Sharath demos Karandavasana

I just stumbled upon this very beautiful video of Sharath demo-ing Karandavasana on the stage at KPJAYI in Mysore. At the same time, at the ...

Kapotasana in a dream, Kapotasana in waking life

Last night, I had a very interesting dream. In the dream, I was in Mysore, practicing at KPJAYI. Sharath came over and told me to do Kapotas...

An Open Letter to Sharath about Kino's Mysore video

Some of you may be aware that Kino has recently been on the receiving end of some negative reactions, both in social media and in the "...

First practice in Idaho, practice space, the trash can of conditioned existence

Did my first practice in my new apartment here in Idaho this morning. I did full primary to Sharath's led primary CD. When I first woke ...

Video of me doing primary series to Sharath's count

Here it is, finally: My first-ever Youtube video! After waiting for a very, very long time to get it uploaded (see previous post ), it final...

Phantom Ketchup Syndrome, Sharath on food, a mini-treatise on cell phones

I've never been much of a holidays celebrator; I've always seen holidays as just a time to do pretty much what I always do, except a...

Another congested full primary

I did full primary to Sharath's led primary CD again this morning. Like the last time I did Sharath's led (see this post ), this mor...

A congested, feverish full primary; interesting yoga times; Happy Birthday Mr Iyengar

I was feeling quite under the weather this morning; before I went to bed last night, I took my temperature, and it was 99.8 F. For most of t...

Body not dancing, mind dancing!

"You gotta dance. As long as the music plays... Don't even think why." Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance The above advice was...

Some thoughts about the possibly cyclical nature of the Ashtanga practice, based on the vinyasa count

I did full primary to Sharath's led primary CD this morning. There is something very calming about doing the practice to his precise cou...

Lightness and strength in Navasana; Rambling about rambling

This morning, I did full primary to Sharath's led primary CD. Gosh, doing full primary to Sharath's vinyasa count is the asana equiv...

Doing Led Primary to Sharath's count; Ashtanga, Kabbashtanga, and the separation of church and school district

This morning, I did full primary to Sharath's led primary CD. Sharath's led, as many of you know, is done in strict accordance with ...