My year in posts

I was flicking through the years post's like a photo album this week. Marked some of my favorites in red, though you would need to go to the archive if you wanted to read them, (bit confusing perhaps as they go from bottom to top).

Some personal favorites were the two week Karandavasana challenge, the cold drop back challenge and the jump through blindfolded. Dropping back and coming up from Kapo and UD were quite important to me as was grabbing the heels in Kapo and coming up in Karnada. The Vinyasa Krama encounter was perhaps the highlight of my yoga year. Until then I was pretty much just bouncing up and down on a mat. VK got me thinking about what it was I was practicing and what it was I really wanted from my practice. Still working through that.

Three hundred posts last year, I think next year will be a lot less as it's going to be more a case of consolidating and tidying up my practice. Some workshops perhaps and maybe even some Shala visits.

Happy New Year to everyone who's stopped by and especially those who commented, even the negative comments have made me think about this thing we do. Wish you all a good and consistent practice next year.

▼ January (30)

Attempting to come up after Drop back into Urdhva ...

Latest on attempt to come up from UD

Matthew Sweeney Drop back excercise seems to be wo...

Drop back ; Matthew Sweeney's hang back excercise

Coming up from Urdhva Danhurasana ,some suggestion...

Dropback !

Building up to the Drop Back to Urdhva Dhanurasan...

Working up to Dropping back

Vrischikasana : The camera LIES

Coming up from UD attempt: gaining some control

Rockin' the Breath

Best Kapotasana yet, Thanks to all that work on co...

Another attempt at coming up from Urdhva Dhanurasa...

Towards coming up from Urdhva Dhanurasana

Jumping into Bakasana : Pelvis in space

Had my first Ashtanga dream : Kapotasana

Towards karandavasana Part 2

Working towards karandavasna

Latest Jump back : Lifting up from staff

Work in progress: Ushtrasana to Kapotasana - Backb...

More Kapotasana (yawn) and "If you can do Langhvaj...

Towards coming up from Urdhva Dhanurasana ( wheel ...

Kapotasana breakthrough?

50 ways to practice Ashtanga

Kapotasana....wasn't a fluke then

First Dropback into Kapotasana

Kino MacGregor coming to town

Straight leg Jump Through - The Toe Breaker

Are my arms too short? Paul Grilley DVD Anatomy fo...

Free online Mindfulness Meditation Course just sta...

▼ February (20)

Dropback: On sticking out my backside, continued

Jumping through ( The breath ) Follow up

Garbha Pindasana, at last!

Dropping back : Back in the saddle

Jump Through breath sequence

Pancake Day flip flops

At last, an office chair that allows full lotus.

Marichyasana series Jump backs

Press to hand.......Ouch! Plus, back in the backb...

Capturing Ashtanga Videos and converting to slow m...

How to make a slow motion Jump back movie in Quick...

Practicing when sick and Handstand progress

In case your missing the Back bending

Wrist protection gloves for handstand practice etc...

Building strength for Jump Back : Lolasana excerci...

Feb jump back

Press to handstand update ( Backbends on hold for ...

Dropback screenshots

Floating up : excuse to test new Free video softwa...

Dropping back / Coming up : Screenshot comparison

▼ March (35)

Day 11 Karandavasana Richard Freeman's two week ch...

Day 10 towards Karandavasana

Day 9 Towards..... coming up from Karandavasana Sl...

Day 8 Towards karandavasana - The goose has landed...

karandavasana Youtube movie links etc

Black and white Ashtanga movies

Day 7 Towards Karandavasana

Day 6 Towards Karandavasana

First time jumping into Bhujapidasana and Tittibha...

March Kapotasana

Day 5 Towards Karandavasana

DAY 4 Towards karandavasana

March Jump back Jump through. Raging Bull effect

DAY 2 Karandavasana, Sirasana Variation

DAY 1 Karandavasana "This pose is quite challengi...

March Holiday practice, Some Intermediate progress...

Reflections on holiday practice.

Managed to come up from Kapotasana

Kapotasana : taking the arms back to grab the ankl...

A close shave in Intermediate

Appear to have solved my Jump through breath probl...

Kapotasana progress

Progress in the Eka Pada Sirasana series

And one that didn't go so well........

More tick tock work, sans wall

Towards Tick Tocks : Handstand to Backbend

Holiday practice

Coming up from Laghuvajrasana and Improved Kapo

10 days off.....Tick-tacs????

Drishti

Dropping back and Coming up, best so far and compa...

Backbend work: Hangs, Drops and Ups

Just to keep things in perspective : 2nd attempt a...

First time coming up from UD in Slow motion

I came up ! ( First time coming up from Urdhva Dh...

▼ April (42)

Towards Navasana to handstand

Developing a Home practice Part 10

Developing a home practice Part 9

Developing a Home practice Part 8

Developing a home practice Part 7

Developing a home practice part 6

Developing a home practice Part 5

Developing a home practice part 4

Developing a home practice part 3

Developing a home practice Part 2

Developing a home practice Part 1

Road testing the Yogitoes Skidless

Tidying up my Vinyasa

Jump back Screenshots David Swenson

Jump Back Screenshots, Lino Miele

Jump Back Screenshots, Sharath

Jump back Screenshots John Scott

Jump back Screen shots Kino Macgregor

Navasana to handstand (cheat version)

Half lotus jump back

Finaly my Yogitoes is on it's way

Kapotasana...what else......

Kapotasana Side grabbing the heel

Karadavasana ..... when it all goes horribly wrong...

First proper...ish Supta Kurmasana, don't have to ...

Jump back from half and full lotus

Sharath's Primary series DVD , Getting my kit off ...

Kapotasana side grab....touched my heel

Where does instruction come from?

Nakrasana

Unassisted Supta Vajrasana for Billy no mates

Richard Freeman's 14 day day Karandavasana challen...

The toe grab in Supta Vajrasana and Baddha Padmasa...

Towards Supta Vajrasana

kapotasana , To strap or not to strap

Some great videos on Youtube at the moment

Jumping on the band wagon

Day 14 Towards Karandavasana ; Richard Freeman's ...

Richard Freeman's 14 day Karandavasana challenge

Day 13 Towards Karadavasana

Day 1 Towards Gandha Bherundasana

Day 12 Towards Karandavasana - At last, some lift...

▼ May (38)

108 Sun Salutations UPDATE

Developing a Home practice part 21a, Beginning Int...

First Primary after the split.

Switching to Intermediate : Splitting the practice...

Developing a home practice part 20. Morning schedu...

Coming Soon Nov 09 Ashtanga Yoga - The Intermediat...

Developing a home practice Part 19 Room Temperatur...

Developing a Home practice, Part 18 Niggling inju...

More Asana Cartoons

Making your own Asana Cartoons

Chasing the Duck, Plan B Urdhva Kukkutasana A, upd...

Developing a home practice Part 17, Cybershala

Karandavasana Week Catching the Duck Day 7 resumed...

Karandavasana Chasing the duck resumed. Day 6, Fir...

Yoga Towels. Manduka eQua Vs Yogitoes

Karandavasana week : Chasing the duck Redux

Developing a home practice Part 16, Ashtanga, What...

Karandavasana Week , watching the duck disappear o...

Developing a Home practice Part 15c Visiting a Sha...

Karandavasana Week : Chasing the duck, Day 6 Postp...

Karandavasana Week : Chasing the Duck Day 5, pm

Developing a Home practice Part 15b Visiting a Sha...

Karandavasana Week : Chasing the Duckling Day 5

Developing a home practice Part 15a Visiting a sha...

karandavasana Week : Chasing the Duck, day 4

Karandavasana week : Stalking the Duck Day 3, pm

Karandavasana Week: Chasing the Duck day 3, am

Karandavasana Week: Chasing the Duck day 2

Karandavasana Week: Chasing the Duck day 1

Dropback: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere ?

Developing a Home practice Part 13

karandavasana .......eventually

Developing a Home practice Part 12 Blogging on the...

Supta Kurmasana via Dwi pada Sirsasana LEFT LEG FI...

POP QUIZ Dwi Pada Sirasana, Can you work out what ...

Developing a home practice 11b staying motivated

Developing a Home practice Part 11a Staying motiva...

▼ June (22)

Primary and intermediate after two weeks of Vinyas...

Straight leg jump through Part III Finally!

Straight leg jump through Part II Somethings happ...

Lino Miele - Straight Jump through Part I

3rd series and 'The Fear' Hanumansana.

Leg behind head month

Struggling on to the mat

Leg behind head Sub-Routine

Vinyasa Krama

Developing a Home practice Part 23. Then and Now.

Vinyasa Krama . Part of one legged sequence, Stand...

New imac ! New game ! Spot the blog

Eka pada Sirasana , Ramaswami approach.

Mula bandha '....helps to pull the pelvis off the ...

Press to handstand, navasana to handstand, coming ...

Book review. The complete book of Vinyasa Yoga by ...

Developing a Home Practice Part 22. This practice ...

Unassisted Supta Vajrasana for Billy no mates

First time coming up from Urdhva Dhanurasana

Floating Bakasana B

Lack of motivation for 2nd / getting on the mat + ...

Developing a Home practice part 21b, Approaching I...

▼ July (21)

Gone Fishing : UPDATED

Good Intermediate practice this morning ( What!)

Intermediate Kapotasana Progress

20% off anything in Manduka's online store, for re...

New Tenugui + Salabhasana progress

Sayanasana , Yoga journal shoot

The Exit ( Chatwari ? ) Karandavasana , Viparita S...

Making friends with Intermediate series

Really nice practice this morning

Video review : Ashtanga Yoga Encinitas California ...

SKPJ Ashtanga, Encinitas, DVD 3RD series + first ...

Ashtanga Yoga, Encinitas DVD arrived + Chuck Mille...

Learn to love Intermediate month

Using the itouch to work through a series

How to do a Straight leg Jump through blindfolded ...

My Jump Back Feb 08 to Present

Intermediate at 75%

Bandhas : Eating my words?

Karandavasana progress June 09

Developing a Home practice Part 24. DIET

Exploring 3rd series

▼ August (5)

Vinyasa Krama : Hasta variations

Vinyasa Krama's Maha Mudra

Vinyasa Krama Home practice routine UPDATED

Vinyasa Krama daily practice sheet

Returning to Ramaswami's Vinyasa Krama

▼ September (26)

Alternate or additional Leg behind head preparatio...

Full Vinyasa Intermediate + Kino's Intermediate DV...

Full Vinyasa Primary

Lino Miele Primary Full Vinyasa DVD - Updated

Day off : What to practice?

Developing a home practice part 26b. Vinyasa Krama...

Hanumanasana : Flying monkey god subroutine

When did yoga take over my life?

Vinyasa Krama Hands locked behind back sub-routine...

The Yoga tradition of the Mysore Palace By N. E. S...

Vinyasa Krama Kapotanasana ?

3rd Primary, more critical.

Ashtanga Intermediate Vinyasa Krama style

'....do Rechaka and Puraka as fully and as much as...

Ashtanga Primary in A Vinyasa Krama fame of mind

La belle Dame sans merci

Torn between two lovers

Leg behind head sub-routine from Vinyasa Krama's A...

chakrosana

Vinyasa Krama Lotus Sequence, favourite asanas

Developing a home practice part 26a. Vinyasa Krama...

How to turn your Ashtanga practice into a Vinyasa ...

Todays practice, Basic framework plus Lotus Sequen...

Individual Asana sequences in the book. “The Compl...

A daily Vinyasakrama practice. From Mr Ramaswami's...

Developing a home practice Part 25 Vinyasa Krama a...

▼ October (27)

Getting more curl in your backbends

Exploring Pranayama

Long headstands

Playing with Vinyasa Krama arm positions as prep f...

Knee's still playing up.

A real pain in the....... knee

20 things to focus on during practice

Pasasana

Number 48 (Reluctantly), Oh and a big ass yellow S...

This mornings practice 7, 13, 15, 17, 29 and 46 (s...

How many way can you think of to practice Ashtanga...

How do you maintain your motivation for home pract...

Mayurasana....ish

Kapotasana in perspective

Vatayanasana

Kapotasana , first time grabbing my heels

Best Karandavasana blooper and something a little ...

Karandavasana latest

PCM : Pranayama, Meditation and Chanting

Intermediate.... beginning to look beautiful

Kapotasana Progress videos Dec 08 to present

ASHTANGA YOGA INTERMEDIATE SERIES WITH KINO MACGRE...

Press to handstand and float back up to Uttanasana...

Kapotasana update

What happened to Vinyasa Krama?

Ashtanga, Why the change from Full to half vinyasa...

Levitating at work

▼ November (27)

What do I really want from my practice?

Purna Matsyrendrasana

Exploring 3rd Series; Purna Matsyendrasana

Original Advanced A series (from Swenson's DVD )

Exploring 3rd series; Viranchyasana A, (first part...

Exploring 3rd series ; Viranchyasana B

Exploring 3rd Series ; Astavakrasana

Exploring 3rd series ; Urdhva Kukkutasana

Solo Supta Vajrasana blooper

3rd series and Kino's Intermediate DVD

Knee injury and Vinyasa Krama

Walking in Urdhva Dhanurasana 2, grazing the heel

Backbend month Dropback and up x3

Curved back / Straight back ? Drishte?

Part 2 of Sharath and Uddiyana Bandha in Karandava...

Dropback progress Jan 09 to present ( inc. two att...

Walking in Urdhva Dhanurasana

Part 1 Sharath and Uddiyana Bandha in Karandavasan...

Yoga towel : New Silicone Dot mat/towel

Teaching or Sharing

Why I don't go to a Shala

Kapotasana heels! + Kapo prep Part 2

Kapotasana preparation; lunges. Part 1

To be continued.......

First press to handstand (Arturo update)

Update with Video notes for Arturo

Sharath in conference

▼ December (17)

Purna Matysendrasana, without falling

Revisiting Advanced A

Krounchasana : The one I said I'd never post

Winter practice.

Jumping back from Eka Pada and Dwi Pada Sirasana

Leg behind head progress Eka and Dwi Pada Sirasana...

Going to be a cold practice tomorrow

STOP PRESS: 6th Series revealed at last

Neglected Nakrasana

Mayurasana ..... in search of a swan neck.

Podcast: Kino on Ashtanga

Yoganidrasana , my old way and now the new way

Sweaty Pasasana

UPDATED : 'Wow, I'm superman!' Pre-practice Epsom ...

Krama a pose in here and Krama a pose in there'

Ashtanga Vinyasa Krama

Ashtanga Yoga - The Intermediate Series: Anatomy a...