Tag Archive for ‘ashtanga yoga’
Tim Miller Shares the Yoga Sutra and A Light Practice
It was another incredibly gorgeous spring night in Central Virginia when Tim Miller arrived for his annual weekend workshop at the Yoga Barn in Ivy. Our recording begins with Sutra I.4 Vrtti Sarupyam Itaratra and Tim asks, If we are not identified with the essential self with what then are we identified? Tim leads us [...]
06/19/11 7:58 PM
May News 2011: A Day in Ceremony, Ashtanga Yogini Kino MacGregor and The Way of the Happy Woman
Yesterday, I spent the day in ceremony honoring my mother and grandmothers who have passed away and their mothers and grandmothers, who I never even met. I also honored some women in my life who passed on too early to experience motherhood and yet nurtured me through a difficult time. And then I honored the [...]
05/24/11 10:04 AM
Video Selections from Kino MacGregor: Ashtanga Yoga Workshop in Richmond, Virginia
Kino MacGregor visited Ashtanga Yoga Richmond for the fourth time in early April 2011 and brought a wealth of knowledge to the growing Ashtanga Kula in Central Virginia. Friday night, Kino led the class through the Ashtanga Primary Series and claimed that “For those of you who know me, I talk a great deal, so [...]
05/9/11 11:07 AM
Ashtanga Yoga and the Penetration of Breath
04/23/11 5:54 AM
Led Primary Series with Sharath Jois, Kino MacGregor, Tim Miller and Jennifer Elliott
What do these 4 fabulous teachers have in common? By the end of this week, we will have recorded or attended the live stream of these fantastic four Ashtanga yoga Teachers’ Led Primary Series Classes! I found Ashtanga Yoga in 2002 when I moved to Charlottesville. I had studied Kundalini Yoga for 3 years and [...]
04/12/11 9:08 PM
Live Stream of Sharath Jois, Grandson of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Leading Primary Series in New York
Just finished practicing the primary series of Ashtanga Yoga with the grandson of the founder, Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois. The Ashtanga Practice as founded by Pattabhi Jois is a strenuous physical practice meant to be practiced as a series from start to finish either on your own or led by a teacher. Groups of practitioners [...]
04/8/11 6:39 AM
Tristana
There is an aspect of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga practice called tristana. Like “yoga” it is both a practice and the state achieved through the repetition of that practice.
01/10/11 3:20 PM
Ashtanga Yoga Basics: First Limb: The Yamas: Ahimsa or Non-Harming
Ahimsa is the first of the moral observances on the eight-limbed path of Ashtanga Yoga. This is the first of the first. The most essential step to take on the path of Yoga. This is where we begin. Everything evolves from here. We must practice non-violence. In medical terms, “First Do No Harm”. One could [...]
08/24/10 3:22 PM
Dhanurasana – String Your Bow Pose
Listen to the Pronunciation of Dhanurasana. Courtesy of the Online Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide. Dhanurasana, or Bow Pose, is a fantastic back-bending pose for opening the chest and shoulders and strengthening the back. This pose is challenging as it reminds how important the legs are in back-bending poses. In addition to the strength in the back [...]
02/25/10 11:00 AM
Tim Miller Introduces the Yoga Sutras
Tim Miller was the first American certified to teach Ashtanga Yoga by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Center in Mysore, India. That was over 25 years ago. He claims he was “hooked” ever since. After several trips to India and many years of personal practice, Tim opened the Ashtanga Yoga Center [...]
12/7/07 9:55 PM
