by PHILIPPA ASHER | Sep 20, 2019 | Ashtanga, Indian Philosophy, Mindfulness, The Journal, Traditions, Yoga
musings on transnational teaching and learning of modern yoga “When you look for an authority to lead you to spirituality, you are bound automatically to build an organisation around that authority. By the very creation of that organisation, which, you think will help...
by Pilar de Miguel | Apr 19, 2018 | Ashtanga, Awareness, Indian Philosophy, The Journal, Yoga, yoga retreat, Yoga Sutras
Challenges of beginning and continuing the practice by Philippa Asher In Hinduism, the elephant-headed god Ganesha, is the remover of obstacles and is believed to radiate qualities of wisdom, strength, grace, honour, confidence, stamina, stability, truth and patience....
by Pilar de Miguel | Jan 29, 2018 | Awareness, Meditation, Mindfulness, The Journal, Yoga
We are all creatures of habit. We tend to do the same things over and over again, to think the same thoughts over and over again. The more we do things a certain way the more likely we are to keep doing them that same way. The more we repeat a certain thought pattern...
by Ty Landrum | Jan 5, 2019 | Ashtanga, Awareness, Indian Philosophy, The Journal, Yoga
Hatha Yoga works with opposing forces of breath and invites these forces to align. When the breath aligns, the experience of the body opens up, revealing endless patterns of sensation. The practice is to be present with sensation, allowing it to unfold in the open...
by Ty Landrum | Sep 6, 2017 | Ashtanga, Indian Philosophy, The Journal, Yoga, yoga retreat
Mula Bandha is the spontaneous gathering and rising of the subtle breath from the pelvic floor to the crown of the head. This auspicious movement is said to open the central channel of the body, clearing away condensed memory and emotion, and restoring consciousness...
by Pilar de Miguel | Aug 23, 2017 | Ashtanga, Indian Philosophy, Sin categoría, The Journal, Yoga
There is no truer saying then this one. Well aside from Pattabhi Jois’s words “Practice, practice, practice and all is coming”. The two phrases combined fully describe the sanskrit word sankalpa. Sankalpa comes from the root words of kalpa which means ‘a way of...
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