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Ashtanga Yoga — The Powerful Yoga of Doing
What is Ashtanga Yoga? We all know that “Ashtanga” is the 8 limbs of Yoga and that the first 4 limbs- Yama, Niyama, Asana, and Pranayama, are the external limbs. Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi are the internal limbs. I like to think of the first 4 limbs as...
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 lot of people mentioning areas of pain they are experiencing in their practice, so I don't think it will hurt to address the issue of pain in the yoga practice again. I...
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 lines of: how do you face people wanting more variety/challenge? Getting people to repeat the poses each day/week with not much obvious progress, do you come up against...