Ashtanga yoga
Is it dangerous to practise yoga on the full moon?
Friday, 05 May 2017 - Ashtanga Yoga
"The moone is founde, by plaine experience, to beare her greatest stroke uppon the seas, likewise in all things that are moiste, and by consequence in the braines of man.” (C.16, Moon Lore)Continue readingYoga Korunta - unearthing an Ashtanga legend
Wednesday, 11 November 2015 - Ashtanga Yoga - Yoga History
A questThere is an intriguing legend in the world of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. If you’ve never heard the story before, it usually goes something like this:Continue reading
The roots of postural yoga
Thursday, 25 August 2016 - Ashtanga Yoga - Patanjali
Modern Yoga is a composite hybrid of practices in which the somatic techniques of Hatha Yoga converge with the experiential philosophy of Patanjali’s Eight limbed path..Continue readingAshtanga Yoga and God
'From devotion to God, Samadhi is attained’ (YS 2.45 *)In Patanjali’s sutra, the final stage of yoga is Samadhi - ‘clear perception.’ Patanjali outlines two methods by which to accomplish Samadhi:Continue reading