Ashtanga Yoga Breathing – Is It Ujjayi Breath?
Almost every day in the shala in Mysore you will hear Sharath say ‘free breathing’, it’s not ujayi breath that we’re asked to practice during yoga-asana or physical performance of posture.
The Myth of Progress in Yoga
We all want to see visible, quantifiable progress in yoga practice. This is the predominent question regarding our yoga practice; am I getting better or not? Indeed, if the answer is no, there can be no rational reason as to why we are keeping on. It makes no sense logically as to why we would …
No Better Teacher Than Direct Experience – Marque Garaux Ashtanga
Guest Post by Marque Garaux of Great Lakes Ashtanga Yoga This past week I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Adam Keen for his podcast Keen on Yoga. Adam is a long time student and accomplished teacher of the Ashtanga method. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience of his own. He has practiced …
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#39 – Keen on Yoga Podcast with Marque Garaux
Welcome to the Keen on Yoga Podcast with Marque Garaux. Marque is a US Marine Veteran, long time rock climber and overall outdoor enthusiast. He discovered Ashtanga Yoga while seeking different ways to alleviate his lower back pain. After noticing an almost immediate physical change, he also slowly began to see other positive changes happening …
Devotion in Yoga
Devotion in yoga is often mistaken as part of the process of yoga or how we reach it. Whilst there is some grain of truth in this, as Socrates says, by acting well, we become so. In reality devotion is more than a technique to arrive at a better feeling. “Sacrifice observing scripture Without desire …
#38 – Keen on Yoga Podcast with Mary Taylor Freeman
In this Keen on Yoga Podcast with Mary Taylor Freeman Adam discusses food and diet to support a yoga practice. Mary began studying yoga in 197. Soon after she came home from France with a grande diplôme from Julia Child’s cooking school, L’Ecole des Trois Gourmandes. She found yoga at first a means of finding …
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#37 – Keen on Yoga Podcast with Dena Kingsberg
Welcome to the Keen on Yoga Podcast with Dena Kingsberg. Dena has been studying and practicing traditional Ashtanga yoga for over 30 years. She is a devoted long-term student of the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and is among the most respected and senior practitioners and teachers in the world. Dena has a disciplined, yet lyrical …
Can Yoga Make You Less Flexible in Life?
I have come across many people over my years of teaching Ashtanga Yoga, who have either told me, or, otherwise it’s been noticeable, that they have suffered with difficulties around eating. In the very first place, that we refer to it as suffering only goes to show that it feels like something happening to us, …
#36 Keen on Yoga Podcast with The Happy Pear
In this Keen on Yoga Podcast with The Happy Pear are Irish twins David and Steve Flynn. Travelling on opposite sides of the world, they both unknowingly switched to a plant based diet within a week of each other. Proof of twin power and The Happy Pear seed was sown. The guys are all about …
#35 Keen on Yoga Podcast David Williams
Welcome to the Keen on Yoga Podcast with David Williams. David has been practicing yoga daily, without interruption, since 1971. In 1972 he was at Dr. Swami Gitananda’s Ananda Ashram in Pondicherry, South India. There he met Manju, the son of K. Pattabhi Jois, and saw him demonstrate the Ashtanga Yoga Primary series. In 1973, …