by Gregor Maehle | Oct 10, 2015 | Ashtanga Yoga, Meditation and Samadhi, Yoga Philosophy
The Ashtanga Picture Project interviewed me on my latest book and its subject samadhi. Here it is: Q: What is Samadhi? A: There is actually a whole chapter in the book clarifying this and defining samadhi. Importantly samadhi is an impermanent state that you enter and...
by Gregor Maehle | Oct 3, 2015 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Meditation and Samadhi, Pranayama
I was asked why we put the right leg into full lotus (Padmasana) first and whether it gets balanced out later on in the practice? In my 2006 text Ashtanga Yoga Practice and Philosophy I wrote: “Why is Padmasana traditionally done only by first placing the right leg...
by Gregor Maehle | Oct 2, 2015 | Ashtanga Yoga, Ecology, Meditation and Samadhi, Society/ civilisation, Teaching, Yoga Philosophy
You can get it here on this site at https://chintamaniyoga.com/shop/ or at your favourite online retailer. Currently available as hardcopy only but ebooks formats are coming soon. A summary of the content: The book culminates in a detailed description of the eight...
by Gregor Maehle | Aug 29, 2015 | Ashtanga Yoga, Meditation and Samadhi, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
Objectless samadhi is like the summit of a mighty mountain. In order to reach the summit you must decide on an angle of ap- proach. Each path leading to the top represents a particular school of thought, a philosophy, a science, a religion, or a school of yoga. On the...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Aug 15, 2015 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
Many yoga practitioners instinctually know to engage their inner thigh muscles (adductors) in backbends to prevent their knees from falling out to the sides. Let’s examine how we can utilise this action to ignite our core, expand our backward arch and experience...
by Gregor Maehle | Jul 17, 2015 | Ashtanga Yoga, Ecology, Meditation and Samadhi, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
Yoga Sutra 1.2 states: “Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.” But this stanza only defines objectless samadhi, the higher of the two types. Taken out of context and without being supplemented by the other definitions of samadhi, one might think yoga...