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Cheyyur, South of Mahābalipuram

This village is located outside the tourist circuits, 30 km South of Mahābalipuram, before Merkanam, a little away (6 km on the right) from the road that goes…

26 November 2014 · 2 min
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The three points in the Ashtanga Yoga pra…

The key point of the « garland of postures » (Yoga Mālā), taught by Sri K.…

21 October 2014 · 1 min
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Invocations or chants in Ashtanga Yoga pr…

According to Sri K. Pattabhi Jois’ teachings, this prayer expresses the wish/desire to liberate…

21 October 2014 · 4 min

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Māyā Māyā

Found this term in the hymns of the Rig Veda, which means: the illusion of reality, the reality is elusive.

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Ashtanga Yoga News Letter n° 6

This “News Letter” No. 6, was written in December 2012 to Mahabalipuram – India Continuation of New Letter,…

4 December 2015 · 3 min
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Ashtanga Yoga News Letter 3 : march 2019

Yoga « way to fullness » …  On the way to the intuition of “non-duality”, we try to be coherent…

3 December 2015 · 3 min
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Newsletter #5

The first september 2021 Good evening,It’s the end of summer, the joy of living without too many barriers…

1 September 2021 · 4 min
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Newsletter #4

Good evening, “Being in quarantine, Buddhism calls it a retreat. In the cave of our house, like the…

22 March 2020 · 4 min
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Ashtanga Yoga News Letter n°2

[box title=”” align=”center”]Good evening, Here is to nourish your inner fire with this new Newsletter on just before…

24 December 2016 · 5 min
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The sequence of rhythmic postures: the su…

The Sun Salutation or Sūryanamaskāra is a dynamic sequence of postures; it is a ritual in honor of…

20 November 2014 · 3 min
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Information about Ashtanga Yoga classes

You should arrive 5 to 10 minutes before the class starts. Registration and payment is done with the teacher after…

20 November 2014 · 2 min
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Addressing and coming out of a posture in…

In Ashtanga Yoga practice (Yoga Korunta), there is a precise progression, established with a lot of wisdom, in…

20 November 2014 · 2 min
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Focused gaze in the Yoga asana (Drishti)

In the Ashtanga yoga practice, the eyes are kept opened. In the same way, like when we drive…

20 November 2014 · 2 min
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Breathing adjusted to the Ashtanga Yoga p…

During the entire practice of the postural « sādhanā » in Ashtanga Yoga, we use a type of breathing called…

19 November 2014 · 1 min
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Abdominal control, Uḍḍiyāna

In the yoga tradition, there are several muscle positionings (Bandha). The first control is « Mūla », the pelvic floor,…

19 November 2014 · 1 min
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Pelvic floor muscle positioning during th…

In the Yoga tradition, there are several muscle positionings (Bandha). The first control is « Mūla », the pelvic floor,…

19 November 2014 · 2 min

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