We're Made of Magic
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It strikes me that I should say something about prāṇa. David Williams, subject of the last three Friday Emails, said that the whole game of yoga is increasing prāṇa.
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The Whole Goal Of Yoga
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To start with, here’s a yoga belt for £1! Secondly, I’m giving David Williams one more week in the Friday Yoga Email because he said some really basic things about yoga which may have been lost as the practice became more gymnastic and off-putting for many. In his talk about his memoir, My Search For Yoga, he took us right back to basics: what are we doing with the body and why? He gave us the goals of yoga. Here they are:
Read MoreNeck-Loading Asana
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I’m returning to the subject covered last week, the thoughts of David Williams who gave a talk promoting his memoir My Search For Yoga. This week I want to offer you his thoughts on Shoulder Stand and Headstand. He referred to an old article in Yoga International: Headstand and Shoulder Stand: King and Queen No More. David said he had concluded a while ago that they were not noble postures and that they cause damage.
Read MoreMeditation, Not Mad Attention
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David Williams learnt ‘classical’ Ashtanga Yoga from Sri Pattabhi Jois in Mysore in 1973. Since then, he practiced yoga every day (apart from the allowed days off). He has never had a job; he only wanted to focus on ‘trying to be a yogi’ and being in a state of chitta vritti nirodhah (still mind). He was serious, he was vigilant, he travelled to conducive environments, and he studied every thought in his body in order to ‘be present’.
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