Richard Freeman's Vicarious Yoga, being stopped at a posture and the hidden postures between postures.

Long title but we're off to see snow monkeys (more on that later) so need to cram the two or three posts I've had in my mind into one.This from Richard on fb this morning, always a good reminder.http://www.richardfreemanyoga.com/In my review of Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor's new book The Art of Vinyasa last week I think I failed to mentioned the section on the yama and niyama's. I expected these to be discussed at length in the book but the discussion...

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Ashtanga for (relative) beginners: Joey Miles: learning the Sanskrit names for Ashtanga Primary Series. Plus my old post on learning the Sanskrit count.

A couple of videos from Stu Girling and Purple valley with Joey Mileshttp://www.yogagoa.com/I thought the first one, a call and response of the Ashtanga vinyasa Sanskrit names, an excellent idea.Learning the names of the asana along with the vinyasa count can help maintain focus, especially in the early years. Pattabhi Jois' son Manju has a video out that is a call and response Led class of all the names as well as the vinyasa count in the Ashtanga...

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YogaGlo 15 day Free trial - Exploring Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor's Internal form of the practice'

Richard Freeman on YogaGloFollowing on from my previous post and  my review of Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor's new book 'The Art of Vinyasa Awakening the Body and Mind through the practice of Ashtanga Yoga', I felt the need to revisit some of Richard's Led classes, to work through some of the '...visceral visualizations that describe internal form of the practice' , outlined in the book, in the context of actual practice.My...

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