Yoga Festival Day Three Rough Notes

DAY THREE Sunday- Martk Whitwell. Breath, Asana, Bandha 3 Breath, asana and bandha (in that order) integrate as a seamless process. Apply asana and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Introducing breath and bandha as the central feature of your asana.  “Yoga is the means for ordinary folk to absorb the nurturing and healing [...]

Yoga Festival Toronto Day Two- My Rough Notes

My Rough Notes- YFT August 23rd 2008 Mark Whitwell- Breath, Asana,  Bandhas 8:15 -11: 15am Breath, asana and bandha (in that order) integrate as a seamless process. Apply asana and bandha efficiently to produce a powerful practice that is right for you. Introducing breath and bandha as the central feature of your asana.  “Yoga is the means [...]

Notes From Yoga Festival Toronto: Day One

YOGA FESTIVAL TORONTO – Day One, My Rough Notes. Currents of Grace with Barrie Risman: Morning Class Started class with an emotional environmental scan. Asking people to say one word about where they are emotionally. (People said things like, joyful, happy, I said reluctant…) There is an ever present under current of grace. In tantra we aknowedge one [...]

Om Shanti Shanti

Went to a class at the Downward Dog tonight. Finally broke the emotional distance I was having with the yoga. Felt tingles and shivers through my energy body at the ending chant of “om shanti shanti” Sitting in half lotus, I could feel the sweat dripping down my face. Sweat. Tears. It’s all detox. It was [...]

Jump Throughs

I’ve been trying to master the jump through in ashtanga yoga. This is a great short youtube clip of what it looks like: I’m not quite there yet, and I find that teachers don’t really teach how to do this. Magically, some people in the class I attend breeze their bodies through, gracefully and with strength. [...]