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 ...