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Parampara- The Importance of Lineage in Yoga

By Mike | Published: May 14, 2012
Later this year I will celebrate 20 years of Ashtanga Yoga practice. My first year of practice was like most people, attending a class 2 evenings a week, but from Nov. 1993 I have maintained a daily Ashtanga practice. In this time I have learned many things. One of the most important being the concept [...]
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John Scott Easter Workshop “a WORK-IN with in a WORK-OUT”

By Mike | Published: March 8, 2012
[ April 6, 2012 7:30 am to April 9, 2012 10:30 am. April 6, 2012 7:30 am to April 9, 2012 10:30 am. ] Friday 4th April to Monday 7th April 2012 Shri K Pattabhi Jois – Guruji always used to say “That Man only Exercising” “Ashtanga Yoga is a Spiritual Practice” For a yoga asana practice to be considered as a spiritual practice it must have 3 components present they are: 1. STRONG BODY 2. STRONG MIND 3. PURE HEART An Asana practice definitely produces a feel good factor, Join John [...]
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Pain and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

By Mike | Published: February 17, 2012
It seems lately that there has been some debate about the perils or otherwise of practicing Yoga. I thought it might be worth giving my view as a practitioner of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga for close to 20 years. Guruji was always very upfront about pain in the Ashtanga practice. Basically, he said that if you do [...]
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Yoga Stops Traffick

By Mike | Published: February 9, 2012
[ March 10, 2012; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] On Saturday 10th March from 10am to 12pm Nick will be taking a traditional "Mysore style" class as part of the "Yoga Stops Traffick" initiative. This class will be by koha (donation) with all funds going to Odanadi Seva Trust, to give survivors of human trafficking the chance of a better future. To find out more [...]
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The Yoga “Journey”

By Mike | Published: December 19, 2011
I often hear or read people talking about their “Yoga Journey”. Today it occurred to me that this concept of a “journey” has a fundamental flaw. In essence, Yoga is about dwelling in the moment. Forget how good or bad you were yesterday or whether you will get that new asana tomorrow. Be totally in [...]
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Christmas 2011 Holiday Times

By Mike | Published: December 7, 2011
[ December 22, 2011 12:00 am to January 16, 2012 6:00 am. December 22, 2011 12:00 am to January 16, 2012 6:00 am. ] Our last class for 2011 will be a Led Full Primary Series class on Wed. the 21st December. We will go out for dinner after the class. Our first class for 2011 will be the morning Open class on Monday 16th January. Thank you to all our students for a fantastic 2011. Your continued support and efforts are much appreciated. Victoria, [...]
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Musings on Our Recent Trip to Mysore and the Breath.

By Mike | Published: October 25, 2011
I have been meaning to comment on our trip to Mysore for some time now, and have finally sat down in front of the computer to do it. Victoria, Holly, Isla and I stayed in Mysore for 5 weeks in July and Aug. of this year. The trip did not start in an auspicious manner [...]
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Labour Weekend Workshop with Martina Gotz

By Mike | Published: September 28, 2011
[ October 21, 2011 6:00 pm to October 24, 2011 11:00 am. October 21, 2011 6:00 pm to October 24, 2011 11:00 am. ] Friday 21st 6pm-8pm                Led ½ Primary in English  -A technique detailed led practice to ease into the weekend. [caption id="attachment_607" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Martina in Ustrasana"][/caption] Saturday 22nd 9am-11am      Mysore Style  Sunday 23rd 9am-11am          Led Primary in Sanskrit  -Experience the flow of the current method of led practice in Mysore.  Monday 24th 9am-11am      [...]
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Disintegration

By Mike | Published: June 10, 2011
I had an interesting experience in Padmasana and Savasana today. Quite suddenly in Padmasana I observed the breath as completely separate from my body. In fact, it seemed to me there were 3 distinct entities; my body, my breath, and the me that was observing both. The separation was strongly defined. This experience was repeated [...]
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Mula Bandha

By Mike | Published: June 1, 2011
What is this mysterious “root lock” and how do we access it in our daily asana practice? A quick search on Google will reveal there has been much written about Mula Bandha including this article by my friend David Garrigues; http://ashtangadavidgarrigues.blogspot.com/2011/04/ashtanga-yoga-and-secret-of-mula-bandha.html. However, I tend to think that reading about something like Mula Bandha is like [...]
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