by Gregor Maehle | Feb 8, 2020 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
In this article I am referring as Ashtanga Yoga to the sequential yoga handed down via T Krishnamacharya, KP Jois and BNS Iyengar (do not mistake with BKS). This method was seen for the first time in writing in Krishnamacharya’s Yoga Makaranda in 1932 but it is...
by Gregor Maehle | Jun 29, 2019 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
Recently I have been alerted to the first high-profile case of a certified Ashtanga teacher and assistant to Sharath Jois, who upon reflecting on the ongoing refusal of the Jois family to issue an apology to the victims of Jois’ sexual abuse, closed her school and...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Jun 15, 2019 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Ashtanga Yoga
Maybe. And maybe not. It depends on a lot of different things: the shape of your hip joint, the orientation of the joint socket; the torsional angle of your thigh bone; the laxity of your ligaments; the postural tension in your low back and the flexibility of your...
by Gregor Maehle | Feb 12, 2019 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga
This article is a follow-up on the last one which covered Mula Bandha. There need not be any ambiguity about Uddiyana Bandha at all. There is nothing elusive about it at all. There are two vastly different types of Uddiyana which are sometimes mixed up. One utilizes...
by Gregor Maehle | Jan 18, 2019 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
I have repeatedly been asked to shed some light onto the “elusive bandhas”. I’m surprised that they are still considered elusive. I have written about the bandhas extensively in my 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2013 textbooks and had assumed that this had laid any elusiveness...
by Gregor Maehle | Jan 7, 2019 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana
I often get asked how one can jump through without touching the floor. Of course, technique is important but it is not all there is. You also need to have a basic level of strength and trunk flexion. If that is not there no level of technique will get you through...