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Yoga Sequences | Home Yoga Practice
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Practicing svadhyaya by reflecting on learnings in yoga class. Michael’s teaching schedule. A standing pose sequence if you have minimal props (new). A sequence for raw beginners. A standing pose sequence accessible to everyone. Paschima pratana sthiti for beginners (forward bending sequence). A restorative sequence for a tough week. A backbending sequence for beginning students. A simple forward bending sequence for experienced students. Iyengar Yoga with no props? A sequence for men. Liked by 1 person.
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Tributes to Guruji | Home Yoga Practice
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Practicing svadhyaya by reflecting on learnings in yoga class. Michael’s teaching schedule. An early birthday tribute to B.K.S. Iyengar. Why BKS Iyengar is a strong candidate for the Nobel Prize. BKS Iyengar receives the Padma Vibhushan Award from the President of India. Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People 2004. Google to recognize Iyengar on his 97th birthday. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Follow Blog via Email.
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yogibattle | Home Yoga Practice
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Practicing svadhyaya by reflecting on learnings in yoga class. Michael’s teaching schedule. Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. Starting a personal mantra practice. The mystic powers arise due to birth, herbs, mantras, the performance of austerity, and samādhi.” Edwin F. Bryant translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali. Traditionally, mantra-s are given from guru to shishya (teacher to student) in what is called diksha (initiation) and are kept in secret otherwise the potency of the mantra will vanish...
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Why this is a perfect Virabhadrasana II | Home Yoga Practice
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Practicing svadhyaya by reflecting on learnings in yoga class. Michael’s teaching schedule. Why this is a perfect Virabhadrasana II. The first thing that comes to mind in her posture is how wide her stance is. It seems infinite. Notice the outer edge of her foot is pressing down. That is keeping her from slipping on this oriental carpet. No sticky mat needed. The knee is at a 90 degree angle and the femur bone appears parallel to the ground. Effortless effort) aspect of the posture. August 3, 2015. I saw...
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Why Yogibattle? | Home Yoga Practice
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Practicing svadhyaya by reflecting on learnings in yoga class. Michael’s teaching schedule. Many people ask my why I have chosen such an odd moniker for my online handle. Yogibattle! Isn’t yoga supposed to be peaceful? Here is the short of it: in the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna and Arjuna are in the middle of a battlefield. To one side are all of Arjuna’s teachers. To the other side are all of his family and friends. There will be much calamity when the two sides meet. 8 thoughts on “ Why Yogibattle? Thank yo...
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Essays | Home Yoga Practice
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Practicing svadhyaya by reflecting on learnings in yoga class. Michael’s teaching schedule. Iyengar Yoga cannot be defined. Taming the mighty ego. Pratyahara, the forgotten limb of yoga. Why do we use Sanskrit when teaching Yoga? The concept of “absorption” in Yoga. Why this is a perfect Virabhadrasana II. Yoga is beyond body issues. Asana as a means, not and end. The Yoga of not doing Yoga. Taming the Mighty Ego. Is Your Practice Too Rajasic? Clearing up a few misconceptions about Iyengar Yoga. Iyengar ...
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Disturbing trend: booze and Yoga classes | Home Yoga Practice
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Practicing svadhyaya by reflecting on learnings in yoga class. Michael’s teaching schedule. Disturbing trend: booze and Yoga classes. As I have been blogging for a while, I am aware that there is a sizable segment of the yoga community who is in recovery from substance abuse. Many have come to yoga as a solace from mainstream culture. Now Big Alcohol has identified yoga as an untapped marketing mecca and is wasting no time in exploiting the practice to increase alcohol sales. A studio in New Mexico, a st...
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Asana-s | Home Yoga Practice
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Practicing svadhyaya by reflecting on learnings in yoga class. Michael’s teaching schedule. Gomukhasana Arms (The arms of Cow Face pose). Utthita Trikonasana (Extended Triangle Pose). Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose). Pasrvottanasna (Intense stretch of the sides of the body pose). Prasarita Padottanasana (Expanded Intense Leg Pose). Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon Pose). Chatuse Padasana (Four footed pose). Salamba Sirsasana (Supported Head Pose). UJjayi I and II. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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