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How to do REAL yoga anywhere, at any time - The Yogic Technique of Pratyahara

January 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Bring the mind home to yourself with the simple, yet often overlooked process of Pratyahara
The fifth aspect of the eight-fold path of yoga, Pratyahara is considered by many great teachers to be the most important of them all. Pratyahara is the yogic technique to stop the outgoing movement of mind and bring it home, […]

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Ashtanga on the Left

January 7th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Years back I posted to an ashtanga yoga forum inquiring if there was a “scriptural” reference to the reason Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga is always practiced on the right, meaning, the right foot precedes all postures but two of them: Marichasana B and D.Nobody answered.
Bihar School of Yoga told me not to practice chandra bheda (left […]

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