Knowlewdge Net
October 10 , 2008
Thousands of students flock to the Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, India each year in hopes of finding that missing piece to life’s puzzle. The Institute’s style of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga is particularly attractive to Westerners because they enjoy the physical rigor and discipline. While many forms of yoga are more about relaxing, this style is more about physically challenging poses that evoke mental release. Some people say the method attracts the “overachiever” personality type, but in reality it caters to people of every level.
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga was first brought to the Western world by the teachings of Patanjali Maharishi, a sage from Mysore India. He spoke about the significance of reaching internal purification and reconnecting with the “Universal Soul” through eight principles: moral codes, self-purification and study, posture, breath control, sense control, concentration, meditation and contemplation. He believed that each step built upon one another, much in the same way each posture (or “asana”) builds upon the next. Read more…
by admin on October 6, 2008
Express Buzz
K Shivakumar
04 Oct 2008
The ancient, time-tested practice of yoga will be another tourist attraction at the Dasara festivities at Mysore this year. Yoga teachers affiliated to the Pathanjali Yoga Shikshana Samithi, the Vivekanada Yoga Kendra and other institutes have coalesced under one banner, the “Mysore Yoga Okkuta.” Free yoga classes will be organised in sixty centres across the city.
In a bid to help tourists visiting the city get a feel of the ancient practice, the Okkuta has orgainsed yoga classes for occupants at Hotel President and Hotel Viceroy between 6 and 7 am. Tourists here may learn the basics of yoga and meditation. The Yoga Dasara Committee hopes to reach out to at least 3,000 people during the festival this year. Read more..
by Ashtanga - Google News on September 30, 2008
LA Weekly, CA - 1 hour ago
Noah Williams, seemingly sweet and sparkly, will sadistically whip your Type-A Ashtanga practice into Pattabhi-perfect shape in Silver Lake.If you’re looking for a kick-ass flow, perfectly sequenced to the sounds of classic rock & roll, with a little New York humor thrown in and around the hip openers, Vinnie Marino’s your man (see Best Yogi Rock). Bryan Kest holds down yoga for the masses in Santa Monica, with his suggested-donation classes geared toward the advanced practitioner and her 80-year-old grandmother alike (see Best Yoga Class for the Masses). ...
Best Compassionate Yogi
by Ashtanga - Google News on September 28, 2008
Announcing the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training Retreat at an exquisite seaside resort in Hawaii from March 26th to April 22nd, 2009. Immerse in the Ashtanga Yoga practice in this 200 hour Yoga Certification course with Ashtanga Yoga Instructor, Caroline Klebl. For additional information visit:
http://www.sourceofyoga.com.
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a highly effective method of Asana practice, which quickly builds strength, increases flexibility and clears toxins out of the body. This method includes numerous sequences of Asanas(yoga postures). Vinyasa (fluid movements, which are initiated by either the inhaling or exhaling breath) link one posture to another. The practice of Asana with Vinyasa stimulates the cardiovascular system and creates heat in the body, which eases the body into the Asanas. The Ashtanga Vinyasa practice removes impurities and strengthens the functions of the body and mind.
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by admin on September 27, 2008
Steve Dwelley is relocating the shala, Ashtanga Santa Barbara to the Santa Barbara Yoga Center in October. I dropped into a few classes last year while road-tripping through California. He’s a wonderful teacher! Read his message to the community below. [click to continue...]
by admin on September 23, 2008
Today’s Zaman
Urban Beat
September 24, 2008
Where is home? For yoga instructor Dylan Bernstein, “Home is in my yoga practice.” He explains: “When I roll out a mat, I feel really grounded, I feel really centered and at home. I guess home is an internal place.”
Bernstein, who teaches Ashtanga yoga at Yoga Sala in Nişantaşı (www.yogasala.com), has been practicing yoga in Asia and Europe since 2001. Always interested in world religions, especially Zen Buddhist philosophy, Bernstein started yoga when he was a boy of 13 in, in the US. In 2001 he left his 10-year career in childhood education and moved to Vietnam. He moved to India in 2004 and studied Ashtanga yoga with Vijay Amaran in Dharamsala (in northern India). Read more…
