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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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Low Back Pain & Spinal Stabilisation
I encounter many students who tell me they are nursing an old disc injury, which in some cases...
Heal Yourself – Low Back Pain & Spinal Stabilisation
Here is a new video with Monica that is part of her series "Healing Yourself". A related article...
Learning from Indigenous Nations and victory for the Sioux at Standing Rock (at least for now)
As some of you may be aware Indigenous spirituality has recently been one of my main research...
Healing Yourself – Anterior Shoulder Pain
The most common shoulder problem I encounter in yogis is one that is often overlooked even by...
Yoga of Hatred versus Yoga of Love
Not untimely for our current global situation our humble Shalabhasana (locust posture) teaches us...
Mapping Out The Hand
As a student of Yoga my greatest teacher remains my own yoga practice. And the most important...
Extending your Inversions: Guidelines
In Part 1 of this article I explained the importance of extending ones inversions, headstand and...
The Relationship of Headstand, Meditation and Prana
In Part 1 of this article I will explain the importance of extending ones inversions, headstand...
How can we live a life that focuses on spiritual practice?
A student was inspired by us retreating to a life in the bush to focus on our spiritual practice....
Podcast: Lonely Guru’s Ryan Spielman interviews Gregor
I really enjoyed this hour-long interview with Ryan Spielman. I felt he had really tuned into my...
On Svadhyaya (self-study)
Shanna Small from the Ashtanga Picture Project interviewed me on svadhyaya. This important term,...
On Karma
I was once interviewed by a yoga magazine about my thoughts on the difference between the...
The Cervical Diaphragm
Most of us are familiar with the importance of our thoracic diaphragm muscle and our pelvic...
Why Alternate Nostril Breathing is Important
Imagine how great it would be to have a switch that, when operated, would enable you to...
Developing Your Derriere
It seems to me a divine ploy that some are obsessed with developing their derriere to its fullest...
How to keep hold of your feet in Supta Vajrasana.
This seems to be a perennial problem for many students practising Intermediate Series. Often...
Back in Bali
We are back in Bali teaching our Immersions. Although Bali is developing at a rapid pace I am...
Finding Your Life’s Purpose
I received a question in regards to how we can bring our material and professional life into...
‘The Jumps’ – Why they are good for you
When I arrived in Perth in 1994 there were five yoga schools! Of those three were devoted to...
Yoga and Terrorism
I have been repeatedly asked about a yogic take on terrorism. I tried to avoid this difficult...
Pranayama questions answered
After my last article “Researching Pranayama” I was asked to expand more on the idea of Prana,...
What’s the Problem with Your Shoulder?
Our shoulder is a precision instrument that simultaneously has a vast scope in its range of...
Researching Pranayama
I have recently been approached by the new Center for Consciousness Science, which is part of the...
Samadhi, Enlightenment, Situationism, and Developing the Center
Ebook versions of Samadhi The Great Freedom finally available. For now on ashtangayogabooks.com...
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