by Gregor Maehle | Oct 11, 2017 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana
I still find that the basics of forward bending are often poorly understood. Especially the importance of sacrum nutation and active release in forward bending are frequently ignored. Let’s have another look at Pashimottanasana: Sitting in Dandasana with legs...
by Gregor Maehle | Sep 28, 2017 | Asana, Yoga Philosophy
Yoga Sutra I.14: One becomes firmly established in practice only after attending to it for a long time, without interruption and with an attitude of devotion. We might practise for a while and then all at once find our past conditioning overwhelms our practice...
by Gregor Maehle | Sep 16, 2017 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
In this article I have described Karandavasana in a way that it can be learned without a teacher lifting us up from the floor. While this may provide good exercise for the teacher I don’t think that it does much towards the student being able to perform the...
by Gregor Maehle | Aug 31, 2017 | Ashtanga Yoga, Yoga Philosophy
After the initial definition of yoga in sutra I.2, all terms involved (yoga, mind, fluctuations) have been defined in sutras I.2 – 11, apart from ‘suspension’ [of thought waves], which is treated in this sutra. Patanjali says here that the mind waves...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Aug 19, 2017 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Ashtanga Yoga
The secret to being able to jump through in a vinyasa is not in the ability to jump but in the ability to brake! Everyone can jump. In fact you hold yourself back from jumping if you do not have the strength to brake your jump. Your body inherently knows if you do or...