By ryan October 13, 2014 artistic interpretation backbends David Garrigues practice Backbends, moving from the center, asana practice as artistic interpretation In the last couple of weeks, I have been devoting more attention to backbends in my daily practice. In particular, I have been working on op...
By ryan October 13, 2014 backbends sex wreck your body I am a sex god, and didn't even know it I said a few days ago that I wasn't going to blog about this yoga-can wreck-your-body affair again, but things have now taken such a bi...
By ryan September 25, 2013 Ashtanga backbends kino practice Backbends, candy and nuts, upcoming book reviews This morning, I did full primary and second up to Ardha Matsyendrasana, followed by three UDs and dropbacks and standups, and then went on t...
By ryan September 24, 2013 backbends practice tick-tocks Sleep-deprived half-tick-tocks I did my practice this morning on about three-and-a-half-hours of sleep. I got back from Bozeman last night at around eight-thirty in the ev...
By ryan September 22, 2013 backbends handstand Lino Miele practice Got handstanded this morning I suppose the more correct expression would be to say that I got stood on my hands during this morning's practice with Lino. But even th...
By ryan April 13, 2013 backbends dropbacks kapotasana Michael Gannon practice The State of the Backbend, Friday April 12th 2013 These days, it seems like the only thing I really have to say about my practice is my backbending. Perhaps I should start a weekly (or maybe...
By ryan April 06, 2013 April backbends kino positive self-talk practice Simon and Garfunkel More backbending thoughts; April come she will As I worked on my backbends this morning, more things from Kino's recent LA workshop came up in my mind. One thing that came up most pro...
By ryan March 09, 2013 backbends kino Los Angeles practice A little practice non-report, and my upcoming presence in the City of Angels Ah... it's Friday again (TGIF?). The end of another week. What do I have to say here? Well, my practice is... going on. I'm still wo...
By ryan February 23, 2013 backbends block practice premature ejaculation Backbending with block, premature ejaculation Haven't had much to say since coming back from Randa's workshop in Bozeman last weekend. During the workshop, Randa brought my atten...
By ryan February 09, 2013 backbends dreams kapotasana practice Sharath 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...
By ryan December 27, 2012 backbends Boxing Day dropbacks and standups practice second series Some thoughts on doing primary only and dropbacks and standups; Boxing Day and the vicissitudes of blog stats As I mentioned a few posts ago, I have scaled back my practice to primary only for the next few weeks, in order to energetically adjust myse...
By ryan November 06, 2012 assists backbends durian leg-behind-head postures Yoganidrasana Deep forward bending, deep backbending and getting assists; or, how to have your hips open like a durian This morning, I did primary up to Supta Padangusthasana, followed by second up to Yoganidrasana. This has been my practice for the last two ...
By ryan October 20, 2012 backbends kapotasana patience practice second series time Kapotasana: Some practice notes It seems that I can never say enough about Kapotasana; actually, talking about Kapo seems to be becoming my default thing to do when I find ...
By ryan October 05, 2012 backbends Gregor Maehle leg-behind-head postures saying no saying yes Technology Technology, backbends, leg-behind-head postures, saying yes and saying no It's official: Technology is a bitch. Can't live with it. Can't live without it. And yes, I do know the irony of this pronouncem...