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My Knees Hurt – Pain in Ashtanga Yoga

I have blogged about this subject before, but this is the time of the year when I seem to get a...

Pandemics and Politics 2020

An Aotearoa/NZ Ashtanga Perspective: Now that we have finally got to 2021, I thought I'd do a...

Mula Bandha

What is this mysterious “root lock” and how do we access it in our daily asana practice? A quick...

Ashtanga Yoga – Bored Doing the Same Sequence?

I recently fielded a question from a student of mine who also teaches yoga. It went along the...

Yoga and Cultural Appropriation — Am I Guilty?

Yoga and Cultural Appropriation A little while ago a good friend was telling me that he'd been...