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Sore feet?

March 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Do you have collapsed arches? Adrian Cox tells you what to do about it.
(Bangkok Post article)
Rumor has it that the first thing yoga celebrity Richard Freeman noticed about his wife was her wonderfully spread open toes. One of my own teachers enjoyed referring to this story, “Go on, spread your toes, it might bring you […]

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Tags: asana practice · bangkok post · downward dog · feet · hatha yoga

Heating and cooling in yoga practice

March 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

How to find your personal balance using the hidden energetics of yoga
(Bangkok Post article March 27 2008)
 
Behind the scenes in a really good yoga teachers mind is rationale about how to sequence postures and breathing together. How hard to push, how long to hold, even which nostril you breathe out of, all play their […]

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Tags: asana practice · bangkok post · hatha yoga

The Secret Fourth Bandha

March 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments

 
You know about the three bandhas already, here’s one you might not know of.
 
Yesterday I took a class with Paddy McGrath who is, predictably, humorous. Her instructions employ the use of varying styles of grunts and ‘hmmms’ to indicate desirable states of the body and collapsed ones.
 
I begged her if I could just pull her […]

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Tags: hatha yoga · workshops and teacher trainings