{Local} Beginner Month

Monday, November 26 - Friday, December 21
TIME: 8:00 - 9:00 am
DAYS: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
(Can add Friday or Sunday for missed classes)

More information and registration

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

{Listen} NPR: Struggle for Smarts?

Americans tend to see struggle as a sign of low ability. Asian cultures see it as an opportunity...

Listen to the full segment here:



Or click here to listen/read at NPR:

{Archive} The Yoga Portfolio

The May 2007 Vanity Fair photo essay featuring Shri K. Pattabhi Jois (Guruji).

High quality image at Govinda Kai's flickr page here
Article at Vanity Fair here

{Local} ABQ Shala Fall Schedule 2012

CLASS SCHEDULE

Sunday
6:30am door opens
8:15 - 9:45am Mysore with Elise
(8:15am Led Primary Series with Elise replaces Mysore on 11/25, 12/9, 12/23, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20)
10am door closes

Monday - Thursday
6am door opens
6:30 - 9:45am Mysore with Elise
10am door closes

Friday
6am door opens
6:30 - 8:45am Mysore with Elise
9:00 am door closes 

Closed Saturdays and full/new moon days.

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Thu, Nov 22 Thanksgiving
6:30am door opens
7 - 8:45am Mysore with Elise
9am door closes

Fri, Nov 23
6:30am door opens
8am day after Thanksgiving Led Primary Series with Elise

Sun, Nov 25
6:30am door opens
8:15am Led Primary Series with Elise

More information:  www.AshtangaYogaAlbuquerque.com
Frequently asked questions:  http://aylibrary.blogspot.com/2012/04/ashtanga-yoga-mysore-faqs.html

Guy Donahaye ABQ - Bibliography

Source: Guy in ABQ, AAYS

Resources and references mentioned during Guy Donahaye's weekend workshop at the Albuquerque Ashtanga Yoga Shala October 19-21, 2012

 

 

GENERAL

Guy's Shala in NY:  Ashtanga Yoga Shala NYC
A good place to practice and a website full of valuable information.

http://aysnyc.org/

Guy's blog "Mind Medicine:  Ashtanga Yoga Darshana"
http://yogamindmedicine.blogspot.com/ 

Guy's book "GURUJI: A Portrait of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Through the Eyes of His Students"
http://bit.ly/RhagPj

Book extracts:
http://bit.ly/QCpfmU

Interviews:
http://bit.ly/OXgeGN 

DAY 1:  Fundamentals of Practice

Reading list at Guy's website:
http://ow.ly/eGhEQ

What is Yoga?

http://bit.ly/WEqaZ6

What is Ashtanga Yoga?

http://bit.ly/RRM7O0

Pranayama and mulabandha

http://bit.ly/TtDdvI  

Breathing

http://bit.ly/VwropM

Practice guidelines
http://bit.ly/RlVPLC

DAY 2:   Mind Medicine I

Ashtanga Yoga Mantram and translation
http://bit.ly/RlVIj3

Yoga Sutras & Hatha Yoga Pradipika

http://aylibrary.blogspot.com/p/resources.html

Why right leg first in padmasana

http://bit.ly/PGSi6L

Diet and lifestyle

http://bit.ly/UtMljY

What is the Self?

http://bit.ly/WEsUWk

Daily practice

http://bit.ly/MYrf3H

Ego, vrttis, householders

http://bit.ly/RQIJTS

Ayurveda, doshas, recipes, and many more resources
http://www.ayurveda.com/online_resource/index.html  

Ashtanga yoga history and lineage
http://bit.ly/Rapfc0

DAY 3: Mind Medicine II

3 gunas, Yoga Sutras, and more

http://bit.ly/UtOlsh

When to and not to practice

http://bit.ly/RL6UkY

Pain
http://bit.ly/MrZN4R

First you do asanas

http://bit.ly/TbI4j7

Mind control

http://bit.ly/PmoilT 

Guruji teaching

http://bit.ly/X3WQcU

Mad attention

http://bit.ly/PN4gkt

Nadis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadi_%28yoga%29

Check back soon for more updates...