Yoga Mala, Guruji: A Portrait of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Through the Eyes of His Students, and Ashtanga Yoga: Practice & Philosophy
You might be a practitioner of Ashtanga if …
(Source: jelissarae, via theyogagirl)
yoga is not an escape; it’s not going to take your problems away.
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the more that my heart breaks, the more that the [yoga] practice works.
If you want to know more about yoga (beyond the poses) this might be a fun video! Or you can just look at cool yoga poses.
Mayurasana - Mysore style practice.
Stillness amongst the flow…
opening invocation. beginning to bring the awareness inside.
Govindakai on flickr
Firm feet + open chest = back bend.
From Birgit Deubner
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i found this pic of my teacher, kate, on the flickr….
sigh, more yoga on a mountain top - but THAT is certainly no dancers pose [dayum]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqsozeWHoK1qevmd2o1_500.png)
i found this pic of my teacher, kate, on the flickr….
sigh, more yoga on a mountain top - but THAT is certainly no dancers pose [dayum]
Read the beginning of this!
Some day you will die.
Lying on your sick bed about to breathe your last, you will be assailed by every kind of pain,
Your mind will be filled with fears and anxieties and you will not know where to go or what to do,
Only then you will realize you have not practiced well.
The skandhas/aggregates (matter, sensations, conceptions, impulses and consciousness) and the four elements in you will quickly disintegrate, and your consciousness will be pulled wherever your ancient, twisted karma leads it.
Impermanence does not hesitate.
Death will not wait.
You will not be able to extend your life by even a second.
How many thousands times more will you have to pass through the gates of birth and death.
If these words are challenging, even insulting, let them be an encouragement for you to change.
Practice heroically.
Do not accumulate unnecessary possessions.
Don’t give up.
Still your mind, end wrong perceptions, concentrate and do not run after the objects of your senses.
Practice diligently.
Be determined not to let your days and months pass by wastefully.
