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Jul 11, 2014
Guru Purnima
Saturday, July 12 is Guru Purnima.
Practice with Sharath in the US.
Guruji's teacher: Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Mary Flinn was one of my first serious teachers
Guy Donahaye was my first Mysore teacher
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah
Jun 12, 2014
Moon Day Tomorrow and Some Inspiration
The week in review:
Albuquerque Ashtanga Yoga Shala resident teacher, Elise Espat, is teaching this week at The Yoga Shala in Winter Park, Florida. More information and registration here.
PJ Heffernan is the current teacher in Albuquerque. PJ comes to us from Wisconsin where he teaches at his shala just west of Milwaukee in Waukesha. Yes, that is the same guy from the documentary "Mysore Magic". He'll be here through next week so be sure to get ye to practice. View schedule and register here.
Tomorrow is a moon day. All classes are cancelled and do take rest from asana practice.
Some moon day reading from around the web:
“Through practicing asanas, your mind should change. That is the transformation that happens within you….Then you are a true Ashtanga practitioner, not just bending your body…Practice should not be just two hours, this practice must be for the whole day, whole life…Then there will be meaning to your practice.”
- Sharath Jois, Krista Shirley's conference notes
"Don’t hurry, this practice take time, the more you try to rush
it, the more you will miss what it is actually about.... Everything
has its own time."
- Saraswathi
"It is very important to understand yoga philosophy: without philosophy, practice is not good, and yoga practice is the starting place for yoga philosophy. Mixing both is actually the best."
- Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, "An Interview with K Pattabhi Jois: Practice Makes Perfect"
"Yoga teachers say: Practice once a week, and you’ll get sore. Practice three times a week, and you’ll get FIT. Practice every day and you will transform your life."
- The Purple Mat Blog
"[Mysore] provides the space to be learn directly and almost privately from a teacher, but within the context of a group environment. A student is introduced to the practice at the appropriate pace for them. Poses are taught in a way that is right for that specific body, with its own limitations and strengths. It’s a very individualized process, yet firmly rooted in a tradition and a community. Mysore offers the opportunity to be inspired by other practitioners, of all levels, without practice becoming a competition, since everyone is practicing the poses that were given to them, at their own pace."
- Frances Harjeet
"It was harder NOT to practice actually. I realized then that you could chop off my arm or leg and I would still practice. I don't do it because I should. I do it irrationally because I love it.
- PJ Heffernan
Albuquerque Ashtanga Yoga Shala resident teacher, Elise Espat, is teaching this week at The Yoga Shala in Winter Park, Florida. More information and registration here.
PJ Heffernan is the current teacher in Albuquerque. PJ comes to us from Wisconsin where he teaches at his shala just west of Milwaukee in Waukesha. Yes, that is the same guy from the documentary "Mysore Magic". He'll be here through next week so be sure to get ye to practice. View schedule and register here. Tomorrow is a moon day. All classes are cancelled and do take rest from asana practice.
Some moon day reading from around the web:
“Through practicing asanas, your mind should change. That is the transformation that happens within you….Then you are a true Ashtanga practitioner, not just bending your body…Practice should not be just two hours, this practice must be for the whole day, whole life…Then there will be meaning to your practice.”
- Sharath Jois, Krista Shirley's conference notes
"Don’t hurry, this practice take time, the more you try to rush
it, the more you will miss what it is actually about.... Everything
has its own time."- Saraswathi
"It is very important to understand yoga philosophy: without philosophy, practice is not good, and yoga practice is the starting place for yoga philosophy. Mixing both is actually the best."
- Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, "An Interview with K Pattabhi Jois: Practice Makes Perfect"
"Yoga teachers say: Practice once a week, and you’ll get sore. Practice three times a week, and you’ll get FIT. Practice every day and you will transform your life."
- The Purple Mat Blog
"[Mysore] provides the space to be learn directly and almost privately from a teacher, but within the context of a group environment. A student is introduced to the practice at the appropriate pace for them. Poses are taught in a way that is right for that specific body, with its own limitations and strengths. It’s a very individualized process, yet firmly rooted in a tradition and a community. Mysore offers the opportunity to be inspired by other practitioners, of all levels, without practice becoming a competition, since everyone is practicing the poses that were given to them, at their own pace."
- Frances Harjeet
"It was harder NOT to practice actually. I realized then that you could chop off my arm or leg and I would still practice. I don't do it because I should. I do it irrationally because I love it.
- PJ Heffernan
Mar 30, 2013
Weekend Edition #7 Videos
One can't learn yoga from youtube videos, but if you are going to watch videos, watch these ones :)
Mini documentary on London's Stillpoint Yoga capturing the warmth of practicing together:
Kino MacGregor describes the stories we tell ourselves in "Strength of Body and Mind in Yoga - Stay Up for the Full Ten Counts in Utpluthih":
Mini documentary on London's Stillpoint Yoga capturing the warmth of practicing together:
Kino MacGregor describes the stories we tell ourselves in "Strength of Body and Mind in Yoga - Stay Up for the Full Ten Counts in Utpluthih":
Guy Donahaye shares footage from the old shala in 1999:
An interview with Saraswathi Jois & Sharmila Mahesh:
Yuko's Story - Cancer Recovery and Yoga | URBAN YOGIS Episode 2:
Mysore clip from the film Enlighten Up:
Mr Ramesh - La peur (the fear):
Nov 17, 2012
2013 Sharath & Saraswathi US Tour
US Tour 2013
Greenwich, CT April 1-5, 7-12
Led primary, intermediate, pranayama
More information & registration
Charlottesville, Virginia April 5
Led Primary
More information & registration
New York, NY April 13
Led primary
More information & registration (scroll down)
Encinitas, CA April 19-24, 26-30
Led primary, intermediate, pranayama
More information & registration
Watch more videos from last year's tour
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