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After practicing yoga for over thirty years down in the big smoke we felt called to move back into nature into an environment ideal to go deeper into the higher limbs of yoga practice. The Vedas suggest that when one comes to the middle of ones life (around 50) to change ones mode of life and spend more time on spiritual practice in nature. This mode of life is called vanaprashtha (forest dweller). This same mode of life is suggested in many yogic texts. We took that quite literally and live now on a mountaintop surrounded by ancient rainforest. Living in nature inspires our practice greatly, which we can then share when we come back into the cities to teach workshops or retreats.
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How do you know that you live your own destiny?
In this video Gregor speaks about svadharma, becoming a vehicle for a greater intelligence and how...
Samadhi, Conditioning and Finding ones Life’s Purpose
A video in which Gregor talks about the relationship between asana, pranayama and meditation on...
Bound Half Lotus Forward Bend
Today unfortunately many students hurt their knees when performing postures and as the main...
Why neither asana nor meditation are enough
I.31 The obstacles to yoga surface as anxiety and depression and unsteadiness of body and...
Forward Bending/ Pashimottanasana
I still find that the basics of forward bending are often poorly understood. Especially the...
How Does One Become Firmly Established in Practice?
Yoga Sutra I.14: One becomes firmly established in practice only after attending to it for a long...
Karandavasana
In this article I have described Karandavasana in a way that it can be learned without a teacher...
I.12 The Suspension of Thought Waves is through Practice and Disidentification.
After the initial definition of yoga in sutra I.2, all terms involved (yoga, mind, fluctuations)...
The Secret of Vinyasas
The secret to being able to jump through in a vinyasa is not in the ability to jump but in the...
Pincha Mayurasana
Overview: With Pincha Mayurasana starts the strength section of the Intermediate Series of...
The Two Meanings of the Term “Yoga”
The term "yoga" etymologically can be derived from two different Sanskrit roots. Each root assigns...
Core Sequencing
A common cause of low back pain is when our deep core muscles do not fire before we actually move...
Leg-behind-head postures: importance and warm-ups
Leg-behind-head postures are some of the most important, effective and beneficial yoga postures....
What Are We Stretching?
There seems to be a lot of confusion around stretching and I am often asked the questions, “What...
Rotation pattern of the Primary Series
The term rotation in this article refers to the rotation of the thighbone (femur) in the...
Motion is lotion for our joints!
In yoga we tend to focus our movements within just three planes of motion. This simple exercise...
Kapotasana
During my recent workshops I noticed that there is still a lot of confusion about the importance...
Natural Breathing – What is it?
Our breath represents life and is the basic movement pattern that enables us to exist and...
Getting the most out of Baddha Konasana
In previous posts I have written on the importance of Padmasana (lotus posture) and how the right...
Save Your Neck – Taking Your Head Back
Monica's latest video clip on how to decrease stress on your neck when taking your head back....
Janushirshasana the Key to Lotus and Baddhakonasana
In several of my books such as Yoga Meditation, I have written about the importance of having a...
The Iliopsoas Myth
Yes myth… the myth is that iliopsoas is functionally one entity. Iliacus and psoas and two...
Heal Yourself – Reducing Stress on your Neck
Tune into Monica's new YouTube channel 'Heal Yourself'. This is a video to compliment her blog...
Back Bending (Urdhva Dhanurasana)
Backbending (Urdhva Dhanurasana) is one of the most rewarding and important postures, yet also one...
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