by Gregor Maehle | Dec 31, 2014 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Ecology, Teaching
I keep receiving questions regarding whether it’s important or good to heat the yoga shala and whether this aids in detoxing. I also hear people reasoning that the shala should be heated to emulate the heat of the gangetic plains in India, which is supposed to be the...
by Gregor Maehle | Dec 27, 2014 | Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
In the wake of Australia’s own Satyananda-lineage scandal (and many other scandals that went before it) I was asked to air my “thoughts on the problems associated with personality cults and yoga and how people affected can return to an authentic practice which...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Dec 24, 2014 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana
Unfortunately I can give a first hand description of bunion formation. Having a personal interest I have thoroughly researched this deformity. Hallux is Latin for our big toe and valgus is a deformity that describes a movement of a bone towards the mid-line of the...
by Gregor Maehle | Dec 20, 2014 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Ecology, Meditation and Samadhi, Teaching
I was asked this question by quite a few readers after my recent ‘Zealot’ post, which raised the issue that yoga, which reduces itself to posture might not be true yoga after all. The reason why I hold this position comes from the fact that I am approaching yoga very...
by Gregor Maehle | Dec 13, 2014 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
In this article I describe my history with Ashtanga Yoga, how my approach changed over the decades, some of the problems that I encountered, their solution and how this has influenced my teaching. How I came to Ashtanga: Initially I was only interested in the...