Translated by: Nicola Espinosa ¿Qué es Ahimsā? Ahimsa – el primer yama en el Ashtanga Yoga de PaVivekatanjali- a veces es interpretado como ‘no matar’, pero el espectro de Ahimsa es mucho […]
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Interview With Eyal Shifroni for Mantrasurbanos Website
As a preview to Eyal’s visit the Peru, he was asked for an interview on the site mantrasurbanos. The interview was published in Spanish and the following is the English version. How […]
On the Practice of Ahimsa
What is Ahimsa? Ahimsa – the first yama in Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga, is sometimes interpreted as not killing – but the spectrum of Ahimsa is much wider. Vyasa, Patanjali’s first […]
The Props for Yoga Books Series – By Eyal Shifroni
The Props for Yoga series of guides document standard and innovative uses of props. Props are accessories used to enhance and improve the practice of yoga. The simple, standard props […]
B.K.S. Iyengar’s Light on Yoga Asanas Index
The book “Light on Yoga” contains 602 photos, it’s a treasure trove because Guruji’s photos are such an inspiration.However, because the book covers so many asanas it’s difficult to find […]
How Asana Practice Can Lead to Citta Vritti Nirodhah
Patanjali opens his Yoga Sutras with a definition of yoga as the cessation of the fluctuations of consciousness (sutra 1.2): Yogah citta vritti nirodhah.Complete mastery over the fluctuations of the […]
Effortless Effort – Equanimity in Asana Practice
Introduction Sutra II.47 of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali says: Prayatna shaithilya ananta samapattibhyam Yogacharya. B.K.S. Iyengar in his Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translates this as follows: […]
Intention, Attitude and Application in Asana Practice
Introduction People are attracted to yoga practice for many different reasons. Some because of certain pain they suffer (their doctor told them: try yoga); some in order to “keep fit”; […]
The Diaphragm – An Exceptional Muscle
Introduction The diaphragm is an amazing muscle; it is a marvel that this muscle operates ceaselessly, from our first inhalation when we come into this world, to our last exhalation […]
Breathing, Diaphragms, Bandhas & Chakras
Click here for a presentation on normal breathing Vs. Pranayamic breathing, in terms of both western physiology and the yogic view of the human body.
Yoga and the Mind-Body Complex
For a yogi, the body is his laboratory for perpetual experimentation and experience. B.K.S. Iyengar The Effects of asana practice In practicing asanas, we put our body in different and […]
Practicing Yoga – Why Do We Do It?
That is a very important question because for most of us, practicing yoga is done through the body and externally it may look very much like gymnastics. That is why […]