12 posts tagged “asanas”
Here’s a little back-bending video by Dharma Mittra for the weekend. Check out the Dharma Yoga Center website to find out more about this legendary yogi. I thought this was an interesting quote by Paramahansa Yogananda I found on the site:
“In the beginning of one’s spiritual search, it is wise to compare various spiritual paths and teachers. But when you find the real guru destined for you, the one whose teachings can lead you to the Divine Goal, then restless searching should cease. A spiritually thirsty person should not go on indefinitely drinking from a new well; rather he should go to the best well and drink daily of its living waters.”
Just thought I’d let you know that Part 3 of the Ashtanga Primary Series on Yoga Today is ready for download. Right-click and save this link to begin downloading now, or click here to watch it on-line. I’ve enjoyed these practices, but out of curiosity, does anyone have a favorite Ashtanga yoga DVD to recommend? Leave a comment if you have a recommendation for our readers!
This clip contains Pattabhi Jois teaching part of the Intermediate Series.
Here Pattabhi Jois teaches the last part of the Primary Series.
If you enjoyed the first Ashtanga Primary Series segment on Yoga Today, here’s the link for Part 2. You can either click on the links to play them now or right-click and save to download and use for a later home practice. I haven’t actually done the Part 2 practice yet, but I enjoyed the first class, so I imagine this will be about the same. Have fun!
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on Yoga Today’s free on-line yoga classes, here’s a link to another Ashtanga Primary Series class from a few weeks ago. I’ve noticed that Yoga Today’s video archive only has about four classes to choose from at a time, but if you want an easy way to find previous classes just subscribe to the archive feed (here’s the feed link) and then it’s pretty easy to scroll through and find a class that sounds interesting to you. With 271 classes to choose from as of March 2, 2007, it should be pretty easy to find something that suits your style.
I’m sure you’ve already seen the ads in your favorite yoga magazine for Yoga Today and thought to yourself, “Yeah right, free yoga, whatever. There’s got to be a catch.” Well, if you haven’t taken the opportunity to get some free yoga instruction from Adi, Neesha and Sarah, filmed on location in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, it might be time you took a look at what Yoga Today has to offer and download an episode or two. Other than a few advertisements at the beginning of each session, there really is no catch. You have the option of either streaming the session you’re interested in or downloading it for later viewing. It’s also an added bonus that the visual quality of the videos is pretty dang good. If you don’t mind waiting for a 1 GB download, you can even watch the lessons on your computer in high-definition (although they also have smaller size downloads of lesser, but still great quality). For anyone who doesn’t have ready access to a yoga class or is just too cheap to actually pay for yoga instruction, Yoga Today totally rocks.
The classes vary in their ability levels, although from what I can tell it seems like most of the classes are either for beginner or all levels. Yesterday’s session (number 269) was the first of three sessions focusing on the Primary Series of Ashtanga. [Click here to view it now or here to download it in Quicktime to view whenever you have time]. Other than the four interruptions I had from my daughter (who was watching Curious George at 6 o’clock in the morning) I felt like I got a pretty good workout. While video yoga will never replace good old-fashioned personal instruction, if you’re looking for a way to spice up your home practice Yoga Today just might be the ticket.
In this clip, Rodney Yee explains how a few yoga moves can keep your spine healthy even if you’re stuck in a chair all day.
