The practice of yoga
Vinyāsa Krama: Entering and Exiting a Posture
Vinyāsa Krama is the intelligence of progression: knowing how to enter a posture, how to leave it, and how to…
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The practice of yoga
Drishti: the Gaze in Yoga Postures
Drishti, the point of gaze, deeply transforms the practice of yoga postures. In Aṣṭāṅga Yoga the eyes remain open, but…
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Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma: the Breath of Ashtanga Yoga
Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma is the reference breath of the postural practice of Ashtanga Yoga. It accompanies every movement, sets the rhythm…
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Uḍḍiyāna: Understanding Abdominal Control
Uḍḍiyāna is a central support of yoga practice: it organises the abdominal space without excess contraction and accompanies the movement…
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Mūla Bandha: Engaging the Pelvic Floor
Mūla Bandha is one of the discreet yet essential foundations of the postural practice of Ashtanga Yoga. Located at the…
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The Three Pillars of Ashtanga Yoga (Tristana)
In Ashtanga Yoga, practice is not merely a chain of postures: it rests on three supports gathered under the name…
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Ashtanga Yoga Invocation: Prārthanā
Yoga practice can easily be stripped of its sacred character, or reduced to a mere discipline of well-being or bodily…