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Sonic Yoga
DJ Fallout and Vinyasa FLOW guided by Adrian Cox
Coming to elements on Wednesday nights in July

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The antidote to a noisy city life!
 Come float and drift your way through this silent, Friday night hip-opening flow class with Adrian Cox.
You will de-stress your body and soothe your senses with chill-out yoga, Tibetan chimes, dream-like ambient music,
candle light, incense, and zero chatter. All levels welcome!
Join Friday nights only in June at 5:45PM

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(it’s gotten ridiculous)
Although we cringed when that one American model coined the term yoga butt, it probably did more good than bad in that it probably was good marketing to get people in the door to yoga studios. I’ve heard Bikram yoga aficionados declare similarly when confronted with the facts that it’s a fairly soulless […]

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I have no peace in Bangkok lately. The advertising is getting so in-your-face that it’s becoming impossible not to ignore. Sometimes I’m thankful my Thai language skills are deteriorating , at least I don’t have to fully process all garbage.

Being on the Bangkok skytrain is the worst. I PAY to get on the train […]

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ok ok, if you know me at all you’d know that I’m really the last person to address yoga for weight loss, buuuuut when my editor at Bangkok Post suggested this title I figured I would make a go at it. After all, it’s a legitimate and worthy goal. This should probably appear in […]

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Yoga Elements Studio Newsletter
April 2008

in this issue

:: New Yoga Podcast!

:: Upcoming teacher trainings

:: Bangkok Post and BLOG

:: April Workshops

Greetings!
When I started yoga elements studio six years back, I remember the day it dawned on me that I needed to buy a telephone. For some reason, that poignant moment really made me realize […]

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A yoga perspective on one wonderful little neck bone
(Bangkok Post article)
I had been teaching yoga for years before I found out about it. None of my earlier teachers had even said the word. After I discovered my own hyoid bone, it was like a light turned on inside me. It’s a gem of […]

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A weekend of dynamic vinyasa yoga, breathing, and philosophy with Adrian Phillip Cox
Lotus Center, Czech Republic
April 12-13 2008
Adrian teaches dynamic Vinyasa yoga using foundations in Ashtanga, and Ayurveda while incorporating esoteric techniques of mantra, visualization, and energy work. Originally certified to teach yoga under Cyndi Lee of Om Yoga in New York City and the […]

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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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If playing video games, smoking pot, and having sex produce Samadhi, why do yoga?
My last blog post on Samadhi drew this feedback from Mark;
“I have a question. Im assuming that when Samadhi burns up our mountain of bijahs it is only the yogic samadhi that is capable of doing this. Is it possible for the […]

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