An Approach to Ashtanga that Supports Aging & Fatigue
Below, is an email exchange I had with a friend in the Ashtanga community, someone who is struggling to find a way into her practice such that it supports her fatigue and depression. I…
pattabhi jois
Five Element Series Part 6: Fire Element
In the five-element tradition, fire offers a language for warmth, passion, anger and expression. This essay explores how we work with those experiences, including the limits we find…
A Living, Breathing Practice
A group of friends and I have started to gather at my house monthly to take a deeper dive into Yoga than the kind we get when we go to the yoga studio or even when we do a teacher training.…
Ashtang-ulous!
Earlier this week, I noticed that a bunch of my yoga friends on Facebook were commenting on some notes from a conference led by Sharath Jois . Sharath was giving a talk partly on sirsana…
The Age of the Guru is Over…Now What?- Part 2
This is second part in a three-part series. In the previous posting , we explored what the traditional relationship of guru and disciple was like. In this postings, we'll examine how this…
Chit: Noticing What Is
In my previous entry , I discussed Sat-Chit-Ananda, an ancient yogic compound of three Sanskrit roots: sat , chit , and ananda , that describes the qualities of the experience of yoga. I…
Ashtanga Yoga: The Tradition and The Dogma
A few days ago, while a student was coming up from backbends, I noticed that she was breathless and grimacing. I asked her what was up. She said that her previous Ashtanga teacher…