A Conversation where Mark Singleton the author of ‘Yoga Body – The Origins of Modern Posture Practice’ takes a break from his new book, a translation of the Vivekamārtaṇḍa an early Haṭha Yoga text by Gorakṣa Nātha, to talk with Susan Maier-Moul, the editor of The Magazine of Yoga.
Click the links to read (in two parts) Part One Part Two.
Click the link to read The Magazine of Yoga’s review of Mark’s book the ‘Yoga Body’.
See also Yoga Gymnastique an email exchange between Marc Singleton and Srivatsa Ramaswami.
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Translations, Belief Frameworks and Modern Yoga Practice
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Yoga decreases anxiety in childhood cancer patients and their parents
A new study on Yoga published on The Medical News reports that Yoga can reduce the stress of cancer diagnosis and treatment experienced by childhood cancer patients and their parents. The findings were published in the September/October 2010 edition of Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, published by the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON).
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Yoga Sūtra Chanting Resources
The Yoga Sūtra Chanting Category for Dharma Downloads has completed being updated and now includes over 20 downloadable Yoga Sūtra Chant Options with a choice of material ranging from Beginners to Advanced.
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Vedic Chanting Resources
The Vedic Chanting Category for Dharma Downloads has completed being updated and now includes over 80 downloadable Vedic Chant Sheets with a choice of material ranging from Beginners to Advanced.
Yoga Postures in Practice – A series on Āsana by Paul Part 2 Taḍāsana
Part Two – Growing from our Roots with Taḍāsana
This is the second in a series of articles presenting the core principles for āsana practice as taught to me through many years of personal lessons in India with my teacher TKV Desikachar.
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Sample Yoga Sequences for Different Situations
A Downloadable PDF File with Four Yoga Practice Sequences for different situations designed by a Student of TKV Desikachar R Sriram.
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Sūrya Namaskāram Prayer Sequences with Traditional Vedic and Modern Bīja Mantra
Downloadable PDF Files with Different variations of Sūrya Namaskāram Prayer Sequences with choices for Traditional Vedic and Modern Bīja Mantra Options.
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Nothing beats Yoga in managing mood
According to the headline from The Times of India commenting on a Study at Boston University on the ‘Effects of Yoga Versus Walking on Mood, Anxiety, and Brain GABA Levels‘. Click for a downloadable PDF of the Research published by The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
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Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 Opening Ceremony – Yoga
Seems even India has now transposed Yoga for Āsana and also mixed it with Hindu Religious Prayer Sequences and Religious Chanting. Funny to see how the Western popular view of Yoga has been re-exported back from the West to India. Very pretty though with the gold lamé and psychedelic cakra holograms.
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Āyurveda & Yoga – Linking the Two Arts – Part 1 of 12
Āyurveda & Yoga.
There is an increasing interest in the field of traditional Indian medicine. Until recently little was available in the West on this subject, but now there are many more avenues though which one can explore and learn about the form of holistic medicine known as Āyurveda.
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Yoga Postures in Practice – A series on Āsana by Paul Part 1 Samasthiti
Part One – Moving into our Bodies with Samasthiti.
This is the first in a series of articles presenting the core principles for āsana practice as taught to me over many years of personal lessons in India with my teacher TKV Desikachar.
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The Big Book of Yoga
The Big Book of Yoga was written by Andrew G. Reece a student of Hatha Yoga for about 10 years now. He grew up near Princeton, New Jersey, and spent most of his adult life travelling and living abroad in Asia.
Post via Yoga Dork Blog Page.
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Why Yoga won’t make you fit
A downloadable PDF of an article from The Times on Yoga in relation to super fitness and weight loss.
“Some fitness experts now believe that consumers are being lulled into a false sense of security that super-fitness and weight loss are achievable without too much sweat, and claim that yoga and Pilates alone are not the key to an A-list body.“
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Leg Pull with Yogi Bear at Finnish zoo
The Guardian today published photographs of the female brown bear performing a 15-minute stretching routine taken by a Slovenian tourist on a visit to the Ahtari zoo in Finland.
Paul Harvey, a Bristol-based yoga teacher and trainer, said Santra was indeed practising the ancient Indian discipline. Paul, who has taught yoga for 35 years, identified a number of posture variations in Penca’s pictures.
The bear’s flexibility and balance, he added, marked her out as something of an expert: “These are not beginners’ postures. Yogi bear is definitely an advanced practitioner.”
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Modern Yoga and Meditation in Context
Drs Elizabeth De Michelis, Suzanne Newcombe and Mark Singleton, and other academics around the world, have a strong interest in this area of research, and in others closely allied to it. They are contributing to develop this field of academic research further through:
Their own research and publications.
Setting up or taking part in relevant events and research groups.
Developing this website as a point of call for sharing relevant news, information, expertise and research tools.
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House of Prāṇa in New York circa 1941
“Yogi science is harnessed to the cause of beauty culture. Business and austerity go hand in hand.”
Dated August 9th 1941, the now defunct UK Magazine Picture Post published a feature on Yoga from a studio in New York called the House of Prana, using amongst other things metronomes to regulate the breathing and back bending benches as posture aids. Given that this article was published in 1941 it has a strangely familiar and even prescient ring to it given what we can find ‘posing’ as Yoga some 70 years later.
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Yoga Gymnastique
Downloadable PDF Files with copies of two of Srivatsa Ramaswami’s monthly newsletters from his Google Groups Web Page. Firstly his September Newsletter PDF around the theme Yoga Gymnastique and secondly an out of turn follow up Mid-September Newsletter PDF sharing a letter received from Marc Singleton, author of Yoga Body – The Origins of Modern Yoga Practice (Available on Amazon UK and Amazon US).
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Vinyāsa Sequences filmed in the KYM‘s original building
Vinyasa sequences from Viniyoga Healing Foundation of India
Advanced Vinyasa Demonstration by Lara Abiesheikh – 1
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Āsana as a Tool – A Viniyoga Approach
An Interview in the Summer 2010 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine with Gary Kraftsow around the topic “Asana as a Tool – A Viniyoga Approach“.
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Learn Yoga Sūtra Chanting
As Paul is already teaching a fortnightly level III/IV Yoga Practice Group Class in Bristol, he is going to start a Traditional Yoga Sutra and Mantra Chanting Class before it for interested students. Each meeting will focus on developing the principles of Yoga Chant and authentic Sanskrit Mantra practice through practical experience along with theory teaching on Chant and Sanskrit.
The Fortnightly Chanting group will commence in September on Wednesday evenings from 6.00 – 6.45pm. There will be no fee for those in the later class and a fee of £3.00 per class for all others. Applications are invited from interested students for a place.
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Learn Vedic and Mantra Chanting
Paul is now living in the Stroud area and is proposing a fortnightly Traditional Vedic Chanting Class for a small group of interested students at his home near Nailsworth. Each meeting will focus on developing the principles of Vedic Chanting and authentic Sanskrit Mantra practice through practical experience along with theory teaching on Chant and Sanskrit.
The fortnightly Group meetings will commence in October on Wednesday evenings from 6.30-7.45pm. There will be no fee for joining the group or for the ongoing evening sessions. Applications are invited from interested students for a place.
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New Bio on Krishnamacharya
Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings by AG Mohan and Ganesh Mohan.
Available on Amazon UK and Amazon US
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Indra Devi in Madras 1988
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Articles by Gary Kraftsow
Viniyoga Part 1 by Gary Kraftsow
In this series of articles with co-founder of the American Viniyoga Institute Gary Kraftsow describes the 4 keys that make Viniyoga different from most other yoga modalities in the western world.
This is the second in a series of articles with co-founder of the American Viniyoga Institute Gary Kraftsow where he describes the 4 keys that make Viniyoga different from most other yoga modalitites in the western world.
This is the third in a series of articles with co-founder of the American Viniyoga Institute Gary Kraftsow where he describes the 4 keys that make Viniyoga different from most other yoga modalitites in the western world.
This is the fourth in a series of articles with co-founder of the American Viniyoga Institute Gary Kraftsow where he describes the 4 keys that make Viniyoga different from most other yoga modalitites in the western world.
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Yoga Can Soothe the Aches and Pains of Fibromyalgia
The Live Science website has posted a feature under the heading:
Doing yoga can relieve the symptoms of fibromyalgia by 30 percent — about the same amount as medication, according to a new study. Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition, characterized by widespread pain in muscles and fatigue.
Previous features from this website on research into Yoga show……