http://ashtanganews.com Ashtanga Yoga Matters (as taught by Sri K Pattabhi Jois) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Islamorada is back on, after 2 cancellations (last March and this March). This is from the official AYRI.org site: URGENT BREAKING NEWS We are pleased to announce that Guruji’s doctor has given him a clean bill of health and has released him for travel to America. Guruji will be opening the ... http://ashtanganews.com/2008/04/28/guruji-to-travel-to-us/ There is a growing movement of ashtangis who are discouraging the use of mats for practicing Ashtanga Yoga. The theory behind the no-mat movement is that props "get in the way of practice" and since mats are props, they create a separation between us and the flow of our practice. You ... http://ashtanganews.com/2008/04/01/use-of-mats-discouraged-in-ashtanga-yoga-practice/ Please see March 7 Update below. Today there were some comments on our October 2007 post Guruji in Florida in March 2008 about the workshop next month being canceled. I asked a friend who had signed up for the second week who said that while she did not receive any official ... http://ashtanganews.com/2008/02/25/islamorada-workshop-2008-changes/ Fresh off the press, more Ashtanga yoga cartoons by Chris Panico. Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge http://ashtanganews.com/2008/02/24/new-yoga-boy-cartoons/ [Here is an article submitted by Mariela Cruz, authorized Ashtnaga Yoga teacher in Costa Rica. You can read more about Ashtanga and Pregnancy with Wendy's article here and the follow up article here - Ed.] As I start to write, I can feel, and start to count, the contractions that are ... http://ashtanganews.com/2008/02/16/ashtanga-during-pregnancy-another/ Ruth Jones, MCSP, PhD student Southampton University UK, and Stanford University California USA, has been conducting cutting edge research on the Pelvic Floor Muscles (PFM), also know as Mula Bandha in the context of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. She also happens to practice regularly at the studio where I practice so ... http://ashtanganews.com/2008/02/08/are-you-engaging-your-mula-bandha-correctly/ In the spirit of the holidays, more Yogaboy yoga cartoons from our favorite cartoonist, Chris Panico! Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge http://ashtanganews.com/2007/12/24/happy-holidays-more-yogaboy-cartoons/ [This post was contributed by Elaine who is in charge of "chai services" at our studio Yoga is Youthfulness in Mountain View, California. - Ed.] When our teachers (Anne and Einar Finstad) returned from 3 months in Mysore in 2004, they made chai and brought it to our studio every Friday ... http://ashtanganews.com/2007/12/15/building-a-yoga-community-through-chai/ [More than a year ago, Wendy Spies practiced Ashtanga through her pregnancy and wrote about it in Ashtanga During Pregnancy: One Ashtangi's Experience. This article became our most read, with almost 14,000 views as of December 2007. She also posted a video on YouTube.com, 9 Months Pregnant Backbends, which has ... http://ashtanganews.com/2007/12/08/yoga-in-early-motherhood-a-follow-up-to-ashtanga-during-pregnancy/ Part I: there is something special here. and it has to do with fertility. i have heard that women come to [you tell us!] to get pregnant. the waters are powerful to wade in. What popular town frequented by Ashtangis is this quote about? Enough with the beaches, bendy people and templesTime for ... http://ashtanganews.com/2007/11/18/ashtanga-geography-quiz-parts-i-and-ii/