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Practice, Practice, Practice….What Practice?

Thank you for the intelligent questions in relation to my Blog post “Time to Give up Asana, Old...
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Ashtanga Yoga — “Beauty and the Beast”

A couple of weekends ago I read an article in the Saturday magazine section of the Dominion Post...
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Consolidation Asana in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

Everyone who practices Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, no matter how strong or how flexible they are,...
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Yoga and Spirituality — “Pick a God. Any God”

Years ago in the Shala in Lakshmipurram one of the students asked Guruji which God they should...
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Pain and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

It seems lately that there has been some debate about the perils or otherwise of practicing Yoga....
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Xmas Hours

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Yoga in Cambodia 2017

I thought I would write down a few of my impressions from our “Cambodia Adventure” in July this...
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“The Professor” & Imagery Borrowed from the Bhagavad Gita.

On my first few trips to Mysore in the 'nineties I would study Sanskrit chanting with a beautiful...
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23 Years of Ashtanga Yoga Practice

I attended my very first yoga class at the Wainui Beach Tennis club rooms in 1992. I cannot credit...
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First, Master Asana

My Guru, Sri K Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India said to me on numerous occasions “First, master asana, then take Pranayama. When you have mastered Pranayama, then take meditation”.

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“Mysore Style” Ashtanga Yoga — Adjustments and Consent

I first started teaching yoga in 1994 as an assistant to Peter Sanson in his “Mysore...
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