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maria villella’s ashtanga yoga primary series

On February 26, 2012 · 2 Comments · In reviews, yoga

I recently downloaded Maria Villella’s Primary Series video and have been enjoying using it every few days for a “Led Practice” day.  Visually, production values are high, the light is very pretty, and Maria herself is lovely, as well as her asana which are gorgeous and effortless-looking.  It’s sort of Ashtanga soft [...]

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ashtanga yoga as a concentration practice

On May 25, 2011 · 5 Comments · In mayalife, yoga

Dharana, concentration, is the sixth limb of Patanjali’s yoga.  It’s sort of a precursor to Dhyana, meditation, which, in turn, is a precursor to Samadhi, the culmination of yoga.  At least, that’s my understanding.  A lot of what is called meditation out there is concentration practices, focusing on a mantra or the breath for example, [...]

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the tristana is real

On November 24, 2010 · 2 Comments · In yoga

I had an awesome yoga practice today, due primarily to a return of the Big Silence for several awesome seconds, only experienced by me one other time, plus today, that makes twice in this lifetime so far, and yes, I’m going for three.

That  first time was at the David Williams workshop, this shocking [...]

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ashtanga yoga: one year in

On July 28, 2010 · 4 Comments · In yoga

Yep. Can you believe it? I have been doing a near-daily ashtanga yoga practice for an entire year. I started with just the surys mid-summer 2009 sometime. I was 38. I don’t know the exact date I started, but, based on when I bought my manduka, I’m thinking the beginning of August. After a couple [...]

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state of the yoga practice: six months

On February 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In yoga

That’s right. It’s been six months since I started doing a near-daily (more on that in a moment) ashtanga yoga practice. How time flies! When I started I could barely limp through the surys—that’s the 10 sun salutation at the beginning, 5 surya namaskar A and 5 surya namaskar B. It took me three months [...]

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