Ashtanga Yoga Chants
If you’ve ever taken a traditional Ashtanga Yoga Led Primary Series class, you probably started practice by repeating a chant your...
Getting Real with Ashtanga
Cows on the streets in Mysore, India. <3 I started practicing yoga when I was 19 and I found Ashtanga at 22. I knew right after my first...
Understanding Bandhas
Maha Bandha practiced in Padmasana, Lotus Postition by Emily O'Brien Photo by Sean Shelton *** “Mastery of the bandhas leads to the...
Tristhana, What Every Yogi Needs to Know
*** In every vinyasa practice, there are three main points of focus that are necessary in order to deepen, grow, and steady the...
Predicting the Future
One of the great many things that Ashtanga, or any dedicated yoga practice, teaches is consistency without attachment. Just do the work...
Understanding Niyamas: Santosha
Imagine a neighborhood. The sun has set and the moon is bright, and everyone has fallen idly asleep. It’s peaceful, quiet, and so very...
Mysore Diaries: A White Woman in India
Traveling to the opposite side of the world and experiencing a completely different culture has been very interesting. Everything is...
Being a Student
It’s my feeling that we should strive to always be a student. Life is full of lessons and stories unfolding that can teach us a great...
The How & Why of Oil Baths
I’d always heard of oil baths (abhyanga) from hardcore Ashtangis, but I never actually did one until I traveled to India. We were in...
First Day of Practice by Sean Shelton
I would be lying if I did not say that I was a bit nervous to come to the Shala on the first day. I did not want to be late and show any...
