Uncategorized 25 Jan 2021 The Razor’s Edge THE RAZOR’S EDGE Ashtanga Vinyasa has a razor sharp edge, and when we fall over it, as many of us… tylandrum
Uncategorized 26 Nov 2020 Hold Your Broken Heart A chilling thought came over me under a waning sliver of moon, as I sat in the silence before dawn.… tylandrum
Uncategorized 14 Jan 2019 Is Ashtanga Too Linear? Ashtanga practitioners never have it easy. The learning curve for the Primary Series is steep, and those who scale it… tylandrum
Uncategorized 06 Jan 2019 Secrets of Alignment Hatha Yoga works with opposing forces of breath and invites these forces to align. When the breath aligns, the experience… tylandrum
Uncategorized 17 Dec 2018 Am I Ready for the Second Series? The learning curve of the Primary Series is steep. As we drag we ourselves up the slopes of the practice,… tylandrum
Uncategorized 31 Dec 2017 Yoga and Sexual Fantasy Stories of sexual violation by yoga teachers expose a signal confusion about the nature of yoga, and this confusion is… tylandrum
Uncategorized 25 Sep 2017 The Illusion of Social Media Social media can lend the impression that yoga is a performative art. And there is no question that what appears… tylandrum
Uncategorized 05 Sep 2017 Mula Bandha Mula Bandha is the spontaneous gathering and rising of the subtle breath from the pelvic floor to the crown of… tylandrum
Uncategorized 01 Jul 2017 Surya Namaskar Surya Namaskar means “Salutations to the Sun.” In the context of yoga, the Sun is not only the celestial body… tylandrum
Uncategorized 08 Apr 2017 What Is Alignment? Hatha Yoga is a method of opening ourselves to the fullness of sensory experience, and exposing ourselves to the presence… tylandrum
Uncategorized 15 Jan 2017 Seeing Through Yoga Sometimes, to see the beauty of things, you have to squint. You have to contort your face until your sight… tylandrum
Uncategorized 11 Dec 2016 The Art of Vinyasa: A Slanted Review The day before we left to spend the winter in Mysore, we visited Mary and Richard at their home. They… tylandrum
Uncategorized 01 Dec 2016 Serpent Imagery The Ashtanga Invocation contains an homage to Patanjali, the mythic author of the Yoga Sutra. The second verse takes the… tylandrum
Uncategorized 22 Nov 2016 22 Nov 2016 The Music of Yoga Ashtanga Vinyasa is a musical form. The postures are strung together like the notes of a melody, over a constant… tylandrum
Uncategorized 19 Feb 2016 Ashtanga and the Feminine In the Siva Puranas, we read of how Parvati undergoes intense tapas to attract the attention of Siva, her consort… tylandrum
Uncategorized 28 Dec 2015 Notes From Mysore I never liked cliques. They bring out the worst in people. They discourage critical thinking, and they demand allegiance to… tylandrum
Uncategorized 11 Dec 2015 For the Sake of Others Most of us practice because of what it does for our minds. With practice, we feel lighter and more awake.… tylandrum
Uncategorized 29 Sep 2015 Tasting the Poison photo by Barbara Suss Truth is simple, but ignorance takes many forms. - Socrates In the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, practice… tylandrum
Uncategorized 19 Aug 2015 Guruji Lives Here The film “Guruji Lives Here” was released on the blue moon of July to commemorate the teachings of Sri K.… tylandrum
Uncategorized 18 Jun 2015 Crying in Yoga Sometimes we have to cry. The music of our emotions rises to a crescendo and the tears come pouring out.… tylandrum
Uncategorized 04 May 2015 Listening to the Body Ashtanga Vinyasa is an inquiry into the nature of embodiment. It allows us to look into the depths of the… tylandrum
Uncategorized 20 Apr 2015 The Intelligence of Movement Hatha Yoga is premised on the thought that mind and breath, citta and prana, move together like two birds, flying… tylandrum
Uncategorized 12 Jan 2015 The Meaning of Nirodha In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali offers several formulations of yoga. Each reveals the discipline from another angle and provides some… tylandrum
Uncategorized 13 Dec 2014 Asana as Yoga Modern yoga is obsessed with asana, the practice of postural forms. Other practices are studied in modern yoga, but asana… tylandrum
Uncategorized 05 Dec 2014 The Practice is the Teacher There is a saying in Zen monasteries, regarding their concern for keeping time, "the schedule is the teacher." The idea… tylandrum
Uncategorized 02 Dec 2014 Ashtanga and Pain Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is notorious for inducing pain. The postures provoke patterns of tension in our bodies, and when we… tylandrum No Comments