I remember doing this last year ( 311 posts) and finding it curious seeing the year at a glance. Links to all these are on the right side of the blog.
Highlight of the year has to be the Vinyasa Krama TT course that ran from June to July. I'm still profoundly moved by the generosity and patience of Ramaswami's teaching. Also, as a home yogi, I never expected to take such delight in practicing with others as I did that month. Allow me to take this opportunity to send my best wishes and gratitude to Ramaswami and everyone who attended the course and classes LMU this summer.
The rest of the year has pretty much been an attempt to achieve some degree of balance to/between my Ashtanga and Vinyasa krama practice(s)
Happy New year to all the readers of this blog, thank you for all the comments ( yes all of them : ) Love to hear from you if you've haven't commented yet and let me know if you have anything in particular you'd like me to post on.
2010 (189 posts)
December (17)
David Williams' Complete Ashtanga Syllabus poster
Achieving balance
Christmas Morning practice : Festive Monkey mind
Winter wear and Ganda bherundasana
Practicing at home : Viranchyasana A, Christmas dinner
Updates : Pandava diet, Kandasana, Pungu kukkutasana
The Supta K shuffle
Old videos and new
The Complete Ashtanga Yoga Syllabus demonstrated by David Williams
I seem to have the hump in downward dog
Grimmly, write out 100 times.....
Yoga, health is a byproduct.
Vinyasa Krama tool kit : Primary without the forward bends
The Vinyasa Krama toolkit does it again,
Mark Togni's 4th Series and some encouraging words
'...the pandava's like the Yogi's, were eating once a day
Ramaswami's December 2010 newsletter; Story of Durvasana
November (19)
Chanting
Yoga and Cricket
Medicinal Advanced A
Garbha Pindasana in Winter
Vinyasa krama, my 3rd series.
'Ashtanga is who I am, Vinyasa Krama who I'd like to be
Vinyasa Krama liberated
Towards Kandasana update
Can't wait.....
Regaining the discipline: A new pose.
The Dread
Rebuilding the discipline. First six morning Ashtanga practice for...
Rebuilding the discipline. I'm struggling here!
First intermediate series in a month
Did I dream those backbends?
Light on Yoga
That hurt.
Ashtanga Primary ; The stench of a detox practice....
Srivatsa Ramaswami"s November 2010 Newsletter-Yajnyavalkya
October (20)
Back on the mat
Out of action
UPDATED : 45 minute headstand, macrobiotics etc
30 minute headstand inc. variations,
Primary Mantra Japa : drishti for the mind
Sunday
Ashtanga Vinyasa Krama at Home in Japanese... or ...
Core Vinyasa Krama asana : 5 minute Shoulderstand
Towards Viparita Dandasana UPDATED.... again
Core vinyasa krama asana : Five minute Paschimatanasana
First attempt to replicate the Mcafe Big Macro burger
Core Vinyasa Krama asana :10 minute headstand
Purna Matsyendrasana, after lunch on the Vinyasa Krama course
Looking at my morning Vinyasa Krama practice
from the practice diary
Inversions
...talking of touchdown's, Hanumanasana, Oh and Ma...
Prasarita Padottanasana C Touchdown
Developing a home Practice Pt 27 Sept 09- Sept...
Ramaswami's Oct. 2010 Newsletter on the Five Koshas
September (13)
A short, vigorous evening practice.
Tirumular's Thirumandiram
Hanuman's leap
Injuries and Vinyasa Krama
Baddha padmasana, Supta vajrasana
Updated: Miscellaneous; Mouse, Ramayana, Coccyx, etc
Friday Primary
Asana madness
3rd, Primary and 2nd series ...in that order
Response to "Yoga Gymnastique"
Pranayama
Moon days in Vinyasa Krama ?
Yoga Gymnastique
August (17)
Vinyasa Krama Meditative poses sequence
backbends ......behind the scenes
Tapas poses : On one leg sequences
Mantra meditation : Gayatrii Japam, 1008
New Vinyasa Krama Yoga Blog, sequences and subroutines
Aparigraha : A story
Two week Tadasana challenge
Garbha pindasana - getting the arms through
Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana after standard Kapo
The itouch and the modern Yogi
My two ideal Vinyasa Krama practices
One more leg raise, Tirang mukkha Uttanasana
"...Forgive me for setting my feet and walking on ...
From the practice diary : Shorter practice
From the practice diary
August 2010 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami—2010 VK TT course feedback
Lotus to headstand from Vinyasa Krama Lotus sequence
July (10)
The grip; Natajarasana and Eka pada raja kapotasana
The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga : Subroutines
Free time on the Vinyasa Krama 200 hour TT course
Work in progress ; Leg raises
Flotation tank yoga
Siva gave me Karandavasana back for my birthday.
Q&A Vinyasa Krama 200 hr TT course
First VK practice after getting home.
From Ramaswami's Vinyasa Krama 200 Hr TT course
Story Time : From Ramaswami's July 2010 Newsletter
June (4)
500th post, Ashtanga Jump Back remembered
Alternative reading of Yoga,
'Come up from the hips first'.
Aching bones, four days minimal yoga
May (18)
Podcast on Prana, Pranayama and Kundalini
The dread of 2nd, gone AWOL
VK On your feet / Tadasana sequence
Aches and pains, 'tis but a scratch, I've had worse
Summer Shala
Peter Brook's Mahabharata
New Evening practice, Prep for Pranayama and meditation
A Joyous 2nd and backbend progress
Pratyahara
Manduka prolite ? UPDATE picked up a Prana Eco hmm...
Developing a home practice Parts 1-26
Latest dropback plus checklist
'...yoga is a solitary journey...
Jazz and Ashtanga Vinyasa Krama; more form, more ...
Yoga and Bronchial Asthma
Countdown
I saw my toes! Towards Viparita salabhasana & Ganda B
Kino MacGregor's podcast, The Power of the Breath
April (15)
kapotasana, heels from the air. Part II
Grabbing heels from the air. Part I
Full body Mudra
Vinyasa Krama Seated-angle pose subroutine
Epiphany. Deep down, I'm an Ashtangi
Sivananda Yoga, Alice through the looking glass.
Press to handstand, handstands, float ups
Zafu! Where have you been all my meditating life?
Vinyasa Krama Lotus sequence Speeded up x 4
Vinyasa Krama Bow sequence Speeded up x 4
Adapted Bow and Seated sequence.
Vinyasa Krama Seated Sequence Speeded up x4
Straight leg jump back and through plus handstands...
Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu ?
Vinyasa Krama Jump through and jump back
March (25)
Do I take the manduka?
Squatting what's with the Squatting?
Knees down heels up.
And now Intermediate after the six week lay off.
First Ashtanga primary series in six weeks : )
Vinyasa Krama simplified Supine Sequence Speeded up
Vinyasa Krama Asymmetric seated Sequence, speeded up
More dropback exercises
Vinyasa Krama Inverted sequence, speeded up x4
Something has to go. Vinyasa Krama 200 hr TT course
Tony Sanchez Yoga Challenge 84 classic asana,
Vinyasa Krama Inverted Sequence
An evening's backbends; dropback exercises and Kapo
Sun Salutation with mantras
Better Supine Sequence
Vinyasa Krama Supine Sequence
Dropback, it's the hips, stupid.
Towards Gandha Bherundasana
More work on dropbacks and hanging
Pranayama, Pranayama, Pranayama
Kapotasana, ankles I'm tellin ya, ankles!
Hanumanasana, there's an App for that :
VK Bow sequence,
Just hanging
Srivatsa Ramaswami's 200 hour VinyasaKrama TT course
February (19)
Back bends, current state of play
Two weeks off. Back bending!
First Hang back
Drop back, bent knee excercise
Vinyasa Krama Lotus Sequence,Some favourite asanas...
Vinyasa Krama Seated Sequence.
Pranayama? There's an App for that.
How to Approach S. Ramaswami's Complete book of Vinyasa krama
Right argument, wrong discipline
S. Ramaswami's Newsletter on Meditation
Manduka have a sense of humour
YOGA NERVES from Srivatsa Ramaswami's February 2...
Iyengar Drop back challenge week Day 7
Iyengar Drop back challenge Day 6
Iyengar Drop back challenge Day 5
Your guru is your practice BKS Iyengar
Iyengar Drop back Challenge Day 4
Iyengar drop back Challenge Day 3, plus Iyengar Ka...
Back with the program.... ish : UPDATE
January (12)
Iyengar Drop Back challenge Day 1
Multiple Drop Back's
Pascal 'V' Kierkegaard redux
Iyengar : ""When I was young, I played. Now I stay...
Dropback progress : The Spring
Glucosamine & Chondroitin, Karandavasana.
Back with the program....pretty much.
Backbends
New Manduka Equa towel. It's pink I tell ya, PINK!...
"Doing something every day is not the same as doing...
A sustainable, life long, Practice
Migrating for the winter ; new practice room
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11 comments:
Full respect, I don't know how you do the daily blog thing. Have so much enjoyed reading, thank you, and keep up the good work : )
Thank you エスタ but did you see, last year was over three hundred posts, a meagre too hundred this year, I'm slacking, running out of steam : )
Guess it's just a habit like getting on the mat, plus my posts don't tend to be that text heavy and mostly tied to the practice, couple of lines and a picture or video. No great words of wisdom in this neck of the woods.
yes I remember you doing this last year, cool idea, I am thinking of doing something along the lines too, it is good to see it in black and white, or brown and white in your case...
I am so happy you do blog G, no matter if it is 2 or 3 hundred, I always learn from you and have fun in your blog! :-) AND I must say it is also dangerous, whatever you say you bought I want to buy, so far I have restrained myself from getting the poster... but it is hard... i am in the withdrawal period
Dear Grimmly
Your discipline is so prevalent in your posts. I did a quick look at my post titles and what I arrive at is very funny to me- haircut report, the type of cake at my birthday celebration, how i dealt with a roach, and yes, practice. Thanks for the inspiration to practice.
Cheers,
Arturo
Thank you Claudia, you should do it, good to see the different directions you take over the year and if i click the 'my year in post' label I can see the whole blog at a glance, that was interesting.
Thank you too Arturo but I love how you write about other things and especially your travels and all the wonderful pictures. And as for your roach post, remember I had my mouse post.
Like many others here, I enjoy and benefit from your blog in a couple ways.
First, you do post useful material. It's clear that you take yoga very seriously and are diligent in your practice and sincere about what you share. Plus, your posts about everyday stuff (like dealing with a rat) also remind us readers that we're not along in our struggles with real life!
I also appreciate the community you've drawn together with this blog. The comments and discussion your posts generate add a whole other dimension of value that a read-only blog just wouldn't have. (So thanks to the reader/commenter people out there, too!)
Thanks for a great 2010, and I wish you the best for 2011.
Grimmly, Happy New Year! I love reading your blog, whenever I read it I seem to get straight on my mat...Thanks for all the inspiration you didn't know you gave me in 2010, I hope it continues!!
Peace, Love and Light for 2011!!!
Thanks for that Mike I appreciate it and agree with you regarding the community that springs up around the blogs, always nice to read the comments even when they are critical. Especially nice when I get comments that start' I've been reading your blog for quite a while but this is the first time I've commented....." etc. Have a great 2011 yourself.
Thank you Micqui, so nice to hear that as do the same sometimes when if i'm lacking motivation in the morning. All the best for your own practice and life this coming year.
Thanks for sharing your journey over the last year and best wishes for the year to come. Any plans for the new year, Mysore perhaps now you back practicing Ashtanga?
Phil.
Thanks Phil and I'll have a think about it, perhaps a post on this in a couple of days. India would be nice but not mysore, still have an unpleasent taste in my mouth over the whole 'Joisyoga' thing.
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