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“The Professor” & Imagery Borrowed from the Bhagavad Gita.

On my first few trips to Mysore in the 'nineties I would study Sanskrit chanting with a beautiful...

Want to Start Ashtanga Yoga? – A Word of Warning

In the more than 20 years that I have been practising Ashtanga Yoga its popularity around the...

Why I am not Worried About the Current State of Yoga

There seems to be some concern being expressed in the “Yoga Media” about the current state of Yoga...

A Practical View of Yama pt4 — Brahmacharya

Now we come to the discussion of Brahmacharya. When Eddie Stern's very good English translation of...

A Practical View of Yama – Pt 1 Ahimsa

The first limb of Ashtanga Yoga is Yama. This consists of 5 parts; ahimsa; satya; asteya;...