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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...

The Long Walk to Kedarnath

It was an early start to the day as we had to have breakfast and be on the bus ready to go by 6....

A Practical View of Yama – Pt 1 Ahimsa

The first limb of Ashtanga Yoga is Yama. This consists of 5 parts; ahimsa; satya; asteya;...

A Practical View of Yama pt4 — Brahmacharya

Now we come to the discussion of Brahmacharya. When Eddie Stern's very good English translation of...

Winter Ashtanga Yoga — What’s Happening?

It is Winter in Aotearoa/NZ at the moment and this can be a difficult season for practice. We...