by Mike Berghan | Aug 7, 2016 | Events, News
SALUTING SPRING! 108 SUN SALUTES Yes: 108 all in a row! This is challenging, but not as difficult as it may sound. We’ll flow through just the “A” salutes, without holding in downward dog. You’ll come away feeling sunnier: lighter, brighter, and glowing on the...
by Mike Berghan | Jul 4, 2016 | Mike's Blog
Satya is Truthfulness. In the “Yoga Mala” Guruji writes, “One should always tell the truth in thought, word, and deed.” I also remember him in “conference” in Mysore, asking someone who claimed to have experienced “kundalini rising,” if they practiced Satya. He...
by Mike Berghan | Apr 5, 2016 | Events, News
Afternoon Tea at The Shala is a series of short workshops for beginners and regular practitioners who want to refresh their base knowledge of the practice. The afternoon will be divided into two parts in line with Astanga Yoga Philosophy: 1% theory, 99% practice....
by Mike Berghan | Mar 23, 2016 | Events, News
Peter is here again. 5 Mysore Morning Ashtanga Yoga practices starting on Wednesday 13th and ending Sunday 17th April. Start times 6 or 6.30 am on Wed. to Fri. and 8 0r 8.30 on Sat. and Sun. Cost is $135 for all 5 sessions or $30 per session. If you have yet to...
by Mike Berghan | Mar 23, 2016 | Mike's Blog
The first limb of Ashtanga Yoga is Yama. This consists of 5 parts; ahimsa; satya; asteya; brahmacharya; and aparigraha. The first of these is ahimsa or nonviolence. As Guruji says in his “Yoga Mala” this means “not causing injury to anyone, including animals, in any...
