The Third Branch of Yoga: Asana (Being in the Flow)

by Ram The Japanese Bridge by Claude Monet The underlying principles of the yoga philosophy are to foster the wellbeing of an individual at ...

Flow state, art, beauty, and yoga

One of the courses I am teaching this semester at the university is Philosophy of Art (a.k.a. aesthetics). Over the past couple of months of...

Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series Demo

Here is the second video we shot while in Mysore, India with a focus on the poses of Primary Series. My favorite part of the video is the do...

Yellowstone, and Garbha Pindasana troubles

Ah... I am finally in Pocatello, Idaho. I got here a few hours ago, checked into my new apartment, carried whatever little belongings I have...

Some thoughts on the private nature of asana practice and the public nature of asana demonstrations

Yesterday, I got together with a few friends for lunch. It was a sort of informal farewell lunch for me, as I am moving to Idaho at the begi...

Kapo-attachment/obsession, breaking the no-watching-Kapo-videos rule

Over the last couple of weeks, as I added the leg-behind-head postures to my practice, I have also almost simultaneously discovered that Kap...

Sharath on bandhas (what would he say about anal breathing, I wonder?); Guruji's Lille Speech

Claudia has recently posted the latest conference notes with Sharath from Mysore, as complied by Megan Riley. They are very compelling to ...

Sharath on asanas

I just read the conference notes from the last two conferences with Sharath (September 9th and September 2nd) in Mysore that Megan has very ...

To asana or not to asana? A Dialethia

I just read this recent post by Patrick Nolan , in which he talks about there being a dialetheia of progress in the practice of Ashtanga yo...

Is it possible to be totally present with the body while doing the practice?

I'm guessing that some of you out there might be getting a little sick of reading my quotes from Eckhart Tolle in my posts over the last...

Yoga brings me to my knees

Literally. During the finishing backbends this morning, I tried to follow Kino's instructions in her recent video as closely as possible...