A big Happy Birthday to Kino MacGregor today and a thank you for all the video tutorial's she's uploaded to YouTube this year, particularly appreciated when your practicing at home.
Here's one I missed
In other news.....
David Robson has a DVD out on 'Learning to float' in Sury Namaskara. So it seems those fancy transitions I used to love are OK now after all. Typical, just as I've stopped bothering with them it seems they're becoming de rigour. Actually I do a couple of fancy float up's in my sury's ( to make up for only practicing the odd couple of jump backs and through in VK). David's 'Learn to float' site is down at the moment but I caught it over the weekend and I think it was $9.99 a year to be able to watch the video online (wonder if there will be more content put up over time. Subscription approach, interesting way to go).
UPDATE: Site's back up and running $22.00 for the DVD, $1.99 for an audio download (curious) and $9.99 for the Online subscription.
Can't see how long the DVD it is though.
Michael Gannon has an app out for the iPhone ( That's iPhone NOT iPad, I made that mistake). I was a bit disappointed with this, I have his demo DVD where he goes through Primary to Advanced A in one go, think it's called From Earth to Heaven, can't see it on his website ( Ok you have to scroll through a couple of pages of more products) but there's something interesting on the elements of backbending called Open the heart, anyone have it? The suggest beginner to advanced but it seems to be just Primary with a choice of beginner and intermediate voice overs. So no Intermediate or Advanced series. No video either just pictures ,as I said, bit of a disappointment. Kino should turn her videos into an app, you could click on any posture in the series and play one of her tutorials, no doubt it's in the works.
(Ex) ashtangi but still seem to be noticing the ashtanga stuff that's going on. Not surprising I guess given that my blog roll is mostly Ashtanga as well as many of my FB yoga friends.
Most of the Ashtanga postures pop up in Vinyasa Krama too so the Ashtanga videos are always interesting.
I mentioned it was Supine (series) Friday, last week and then added Saturday and Sunday too, ....you can add Monday to that as well. Seems I'm going to stick with this series all week. be nice to spend a week or so on each series again, start to notice some of the subtleties as the week goes on.
Haven't missed the Ashtanga at all so far but then it's all the same really. I still get up a 5:30, still spend 90 minutes on asana, standing is pretty much the same, finishing not far off. Still postures I love and some I ....tolerate. It's more flexible but still disciplined and focused. Asana practice is asana practice.
One thing I did notice, remember those posts last month where I said I was sweating between one and two kilo's an Ashtanga practice? I checked this morning 77.6 kilo before practice, 77.3 after. It's supine sequence though where your on your back most of the time but still, big difference. I could make it a little more sweaty if a wanted to, there are still arm balances in VK if you want them and Sury's and some of those one legged squats are pretty evil, perhaps a post on a sweaty Vinyasa Krama practice.
I remember the first two and a half weeks of the Vinyasa karma TT course in LA. I was getting up at 4am to do two hours of Ashtanga in the stairwell before heading on to the three hour VK asana class. We were talking about practicing all the sequences one after another on 4th July then Ramaswami hit us with the Triangle and On one leg sequences and we were quivering wrecks by the end of practice. Stopped practicing in the stairwell after that.
Here's a video of the 'On one leg sequence' to give you an idea of the squats ( there are a couple in triangle sequence too), I tend to do just the one of these each morning in the Standing portion of my practice. Seem to remember that after videoing all these I couldn't move for the rest of the day.
Squats come up about two and a half minutes into the video.
And one more thing. Just came across this video by accident, no idea who he but It came up at the end of my video, above, when I was getting the embedding code.
Swami Yogananda doing Kasyapasana, Dwi pada Sirsasana, badha konasana and others.
When I was in LA I popped into Yogaworks in Santa Monica while passing and saw a book, black and white, elderly yogi with a long white beard doing all kinds of postures. Forgot to write down the title anybody know it?
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I guess I've been a bit out of it because I hadn't realized you were an ex-ashtangi now. :)
David Robson is a good friend of my boyfriend and I. He's truly great. He's not Certified, yet, (Auth.L2) but is really one of the most sincere and amazing teachers out there. He actually hosts one of the biggest Mysore programs in the world (100 students daily) which I feel is a testament to his commitment and passion. Hahaha, I guess you can see I'm a fan. :)
Take care! I admire the work that you do not matter what style.
Hi Laruga and thank you, sweet of your to say ( the last bit) Have got rid of the 'Certified bit re David, my mistake. Good you job you posted I'd forgotten the link to his sites and video. He does have one of the coolest jump backs I've seen, remember seeing him at the front of the JoisYoga live feed with Sharath, NICE practice.
Oh, those squats are so evil. I remember getting up at like 5 going down the stairs and hearing you practice--I am considering trying to audit some of the lessons in the VK TT this summer (especially, mantra and chanting). It is just a thought so far, would have to talk to Ramaswami. Seriously though, I sweat enough in VK that I need a towel to dry off my back for the shoulderstand.
Audit : )
Won't be auditing the On one leg series class then Chris. Remember Meg's amazing squats, all that ballet training.
I've carried over this internal heart drishti I was exploring in second series, kind of mentally focussing on the heartbeat rather than just the breath.
Applogies to anyone who tried to read this post, didn't get the chance to edit it before rushing off to work. Bit better now 'though the library PC is a little slow. Added a link to Michael Gannon's page.
Hi....
I have met Swami Yogananada at Parmath Nikethan in Rishikesh, India. He did a morning asana class at the yoga retreat that happens there once a year. He was one of the most popular teachers because he was so funny. He was hillarious! He would keep talking the whole time he was doing his asanas and would keep laughing. It was such a refreshing change from all the other more serious classes which were being conducted by yoga teachers from all over the world.
He lives in a small hut and only eats oranges the whole day...he is supposed to be over a 100 years old though he doesnt know because he does not have a birth certificate.
His sense of humor and humility taught me that we can get very caught up with the seriousness of yoga, the sense of achievement and we forget to have fun.
Thank you Rani, have been looking at a few other video's of him on Youtube thinking about a post just on him.
Hi Grimmly,
I actually have his CD but it is with mother-in-law. Will see if I can get it and figure out a way to upload some if not all of it. He speaks in Hindi though, so don't know if you would be interested.
Thanks for being such an inspiration to all of us.
great post, a buffet!
Thank you maya... have just posted dessert.
Thank you Rani. Perhaps if you managed to upload a part the CD you particularly liked and sent me either a translation or the general gist of what he's saying I could post it here. Just a thought.
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