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Labour Weekend Workshop with Martina Gotz
[ 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.
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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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Mula Bandha
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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Thought for Friday
Everything you can say about Yoga has already been said and everything you can think about Yoga has already been thought. Your Yoga practice is the process of discovering for yourself that Yoga is not saying and Yoga is not thinking. Practice, practice, practice…
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Easter Holiday Break 2011
[ April 21, 2011 to April 26, 2011. April 21, 2011 to April 26, 2011. ] We are taking an extended Easter Break this year. There will be no classes on Thursday 21st April and through to Tuesday 26th April. The school will re-open with classes as usual on Wednesday 27th April. Enjoy your Easter break.
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No Difficulty
One of the wonderful things about teaching yoga is how much you learn from your students. I have a guy who has been coming to my classes regularly 3 times a week for over 10 years. He is a pleasure to have in class. He comes in and works his way slowly and surely through [...]
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Welcome to the New Year at Te Aro Astanga Yoga.
We hope that you have all had a great start to 2011 and are ready to get back into regular yoga practice. Victoria, Holly, Isla and I have certainly had a good break with 12 warm days at Ohope Beach. We swam every day, ate lots of ice cream, berries, watermelon and sweetcorn, and cycled [...]
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Friday Led Full Primary Series
[ December 3, 2010; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Our next Friday Full Led Primary Series will be on Fri. 3rd Dec. This is a chance to come and do a Led class that emphasises Vinyasa, or breath and movement. You do not need to be practising all the Primary Postures to come and do this class as you can stop where you normally [...]
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Build a Foundation
The best attitude to take to your yogasana practice is that you are building a foundation. You want this to be a life times practice, so time is on your side. Build slowly and carefully always aware that you are building something that you want to endure.
Your asana practice is about creating a foundation so [...]
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Friday Led Full Primary Series
[ November 5, 2010; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Our next Friday Full Led Primary Series will be on Fri. 5th Nov. This is a chance to come and do a Led class that emphasises Vinyasa, or breath and movement. You do not need to be practising all the Primary Postures to come and do this class as you can [...]
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Musings on Our Recent Trip to Mysore and the Breath.