Downward Facing Blog

This little blog post may make a huge difference in your yoga practice
(the five levels of the spectrum of prana and why you should know about it)
 
The ancient hatha yoga texts teach that the breath should be made to travel UP the spine as you inhale and DOWN the spine as you […]

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With reverence to the downward flow of energy in the body and the role it plays in health, we come to the standard yoga stance;
“Praise to the upward flow of Udana Vayu!”
What this means is, lifting up of your body and mentality on an energetic, directional level; both inside the body and inside your life.
Two […]

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I can explore the breath endlessly. The more I practice, the more I realize that the practice of yoga for me is contained in the exploration of the dynamics of breathing.
To understand why pranayama is so important, an understanding of the sheaths of your body is useful. First is the physical body, then the breath […]

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Teaching and practicing yoga in Bangkok has always been interesting when I found words in Thai that are the same or very similar to Sanskrit.
For example, the second yoga sutra: “yoga chitta vritti nirodha-ha”… easy for Thais because they know the words Chitta = jit (”consciousness”) and Nirodh (”not being born/ceasing”)
Some recent inspiration has had […]

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