by Dr Monica Gauci | Dec 7, 2018 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
One of my biggest frustrations with being associated with Ashtanga Yoga is that other yogis perceive that my asana practice and thereby the asana I teach must adhere to what is known as the ‘traditional’ form (I place tradition here in inverted comas to refer to the...
by Gregor Maehle | Oct 26, 2018 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Ashtanga Yoga
Here is a new article that I recently wrote for the British Spectrum, where it appeared in this Autumn edition. This article deals with the benefits, individual limitations, risks, possible warm-ups and proper execution of leg-behind-head postures, chiefly Ekapada...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Oct 6, 2018 | Asana, Audio/Video
In this new video Monica explains on a model of the skull what’s important during headstand and what you need to avoid. She also shows how to prepare for headstand by first building shoulder- and arm...
by Gregor Maehle | Aug 25, 2018 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana
Recent years saw frequent bad publicity for inversions like shoulder-stand and headstand. Most of that circled around arthritis of the cervical discs, which can be accrued in both postures, whereas headstand additionally is singled out for demerit incurred through...
by Gregor Maehle | Apr 28, 2018 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga
Yoga asana is often erroneously thought of as dealing only with flexibility. In fact increasing ones level of flexibility is only then functional if this increase is matched by a similar increase of your strength. Ideal for increasing strength is the practise of arm...
by Gregor Maehle | Apr 13, 2018 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Yoga Philosophy
More on what posture was designed to be. A few weeks back I posted my commentary to Patanjali’s sutras II.46 and II.47, showing how far removed modern yoga has become from it’s original concept. Here now sutra II.48, which deepens the inquiry: II.48 In asana there is...
