Advice - Sanskrit Chants - Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami November 2016

NOTE: Not a huge fan of chanting but one of the great pleasures of attending Ramaswami's workshops, intensives or TT's is lying in savasana after a three hour practice (asana, pranayama, pratyahara, japa meditation) listening to him chant, either from memory of from the little chant book he seems to take with him everywhere. At LMU we practiced in a cavanous dance studio and Ramaswami's voice, so soft during his asana instruction, would resound...

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Pranidhi Varshney Led videos: Full Ashtanga Primary, Hallf and 15-20 mins short practice

A while back I was looking for a couple of demonstration videos of the Ashtanga primary series devided up into full practice, half and short for a friend. I like this from one of Manju's favourite teachers Pranidhi Varshney, I like the mixture of abilities here. Ive included a couple of other offerings from Pranadhi and Yoga Shala West's webpages, Pranadhi's CD of some of the chants Manju presents in his workshops, a link to some high def practice...

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Trailer: Mysore Yoga Traditions

from my previous postBut perhaps there is a context to this practice, Krishnamacharya taught and practiced in Mysore, as did all the boys of the palace, Pattabhi Jois assisted, led at times on his teacher's behalf...., and later Pattabhi Jois generously welcomed his own students into his home, his shala, he welcomed us.All walked those Mysore streets to practice in the early morning and/or late evening. However different those streets may be now,...

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A post on visiting Mysore after reaching fifty.

I posted this question to an earlier post on fb this last week.Krishnamacharya aged fifty (Mysore)http://tinyurl.com/zsk5tmy'After fifty can you practice what you want in Mysore?'It's a nice idea."For people over fifty, it is enough to practice some of the easier and more useful asanas, as well as some of the pranayamas. Those who have been practicing for many years, however, can do any asana or pranayama without a problem". Pattabhi Jois...

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On Vinyasa: "Yogasanas must be only practiced with vinyasas and never without it". Krishnamacharya. Yogasanagalu (Mysore 1934).

from my book Krishnamacharya's Original Ashtanga, Print version available from Lulu HEREfrom Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalau (Mysore 1941"Yogasanas must be only practiced with vinyasas and never without it. Vinyasas from 1 to 7 are equal in all asanas.Vinyasas create movement in the kosha (sheath), nerve, arteries, muscles and spaces between bones and helps eliminate impurities in these areas. In addition, muscle tissue develops and becomes...

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Specifics of the breath in yoga asana - Notes from Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu (Mysore 1941)

Krishnamacharya gets quite specific with regard to the breath in Yogasanagalu (Mysore 1941)."In pranayama practice (yogangabhyasis), inhalation and exhalation motion is performed using both nostrils, trachea, tip of the tongue, between two lips and in between two rows of teeth.Normally during yogasana practice, inhalation and exhalation is performed via the trachea deeply, subtly and with sound. This is common practice with everyone. This type...

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