Ashtanga Yoga Sadhna: Recent Episodes
The Mindful Initiative
With the lockdown many people in India, who would have never mopped or cleaned their houses, would have tried this endeavor. I have tried many mops in the last 3 months. Disclaimer – I have not mopped much in my life – though I have cleaned floors and toilets at my house, at 7-11’s[...]
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Last month, the brother of a man shot dead in his own apartment by a Dallas police officer said he forgave the shooter before embracing her in court. The story of Compassion, Empathy and open-heartedness is not so common in today’s world. Here is the powerful video in the court! Today was the first day of[...]
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We are happy to announce that we are going to expand our offerings at the Ashtanga Shala to include Therapeutic Yoga classes for Seniors and those who are suffering or recovering from an injury. A holistic way to work towards our body, mind and spirit – this is an extension of our existing classes that[...]
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Over the years I have noticed that my mood/body tends to get impacted by moon cycles. The correlation between mental health and lunar cycle has been explored for many centuries – yet no consensus has come up as to why and what may cause it. We just know it may impact us in one way[...]
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Eric Moussambani Malonga is a name you probably have not heard before. He is a legend and an inspiration. He is a swimmer from the beautiful African nation of Equatorial Guinea, who participated in Sydney 2000 Olympics in 100m freestyle swimming competition. Before his unlikely participation in Olympics – he had never seen an Olympic[...]
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Today morning I attended a talk by a cardiologist on Acute Heart Attacks. It was a fascinating talk from many perspectives. He casually mentioned that it’s a miracle that all of us are alive, we all laughed and moved on. But later on as I was contemplating during the day – it indeed is[...]
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After a gap of about two years, Manaswini, my wife and I got to watch a movie together in a theater, while our 18 month old daughter, Trayambika was watched by a friend, who is visiting from Jaipur and our daughter’s nanny. It was surreal in many ways to go watch a film without[...]
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The current lineage holder of Ashtanga Yoga, Sh. Sharath Jois, has written a a new book called Ageless – A Yogi’s Secret to Long and Healthy Life. The book has been written in association with author Isha Singh Sawhney. The book is an easy read and has great ideas on how to introduce Yoga[...]
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Introduction: This week our guest is Latha D., who is the Principal of Parikrma School, which is part of the Parikrma foundation. A teacher, a daughter, a mother, a wife, a Principal and above all a great human being, Latha has overcome many barriers in life to be who she is today> She lost[...]
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Today was another usual day at our shala. Yuki, a friend of mine, who lives in Japan, usually stops by for a few days days before she heads to her yearly pilgrimage to Udupi, was here. We usually get to the shala around 3:30 or 4 am to practice and today was the same[...]
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