For me yoga has a big chill-out appeal… consciously, in the BodyMind. My classes have a distinct motivation to restore, the body and mind. At the Ananda Kutir Ashram, based on the teachings of Swami Sivananda, there was a course stretching over several years in remedial yoga. We had therapeutic yoga decades before the hype…
The OM sound and mantras are profound tools of devotion and wisdom. These practices deserve a lifetime of study. This blogpost looks at mantra as encountered in my experience of yoga and music. Included are notes on the healing nature of mantra, my interest in this aspect of healing yoga and sound, and some of my related recordings,. A vibrational…
Vinyasa yoga is a sequence of coordinated, dynamic poses that flow from one to the next, in harmony with breath. A sequence may consist of standard set of asana, or an improvised combination of complimentary opposite poses, optimised for safety and performance. Ashtanga, Baptiste Yoga, Bikram, Jivamukti and Power Yoga are popular vinyasa styles. Intensity, difficulty, speed, drive and duration of a session determines if…