Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

October 14-15th WARSAW

October 14-15th WARSAW Workshops for Beginners and Advanced Students – Asanas of the Second Part of the First Series WORKSHOP SCHEDULE: Saturday 08:00-10:00 Mysore 13:00-16:00 Workshop – from Navasana to Baddha Konasana, Vinyasa: leap forward 17:00-19:00 Lecture – theory of practice, principles, verification…

October 28-29th WARSAW

 October 28-29th WARSAW Workshop for Advanced Students and Teachers WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Adjustments and correct positioning in selected Asanas Tips for your own practice WORKSHOP SCHEDULE: Saturday 08:00-10:00 Mysore 13:00-16:00 Workshop – Uthitta Hasta Padangusthasana, Ardha Baddha Padma Pascimottanasana, and Maricyasana 17:00-19:00 Lecture –…

November 4-5th WARSAW

November 4-5th Warsaw Workshop for Beginners and Teachers – Asanas of the Second part of the First Series WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Asanas of the second part of the First Series Corrections and correct positioning in selected asanas Tips for your own practice. WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:…

Victorious Breath of Ashtanga Yoga

Tristana combines three elements that should occur in parallel during practice in every Asana. They are BREATH, BANDHA, and DRISHTI. In this article, I will describe UJJAYI, a way of breathing specific to Ashtanga Yoga. UJJAYI The first meaning we derive from the…

Training of the mind

Discipline is one of the basic ways of keeping the mind in check. Commitment and will are its components. Thanks to them, we make further attempts which let us deepen our knowledge over time. This way, we can improve our actions every time…

Moon days

Moon days Full Moon and New Moon in Ashtanga Yoga are considered days off the practice.  What are the grounds? The human body consists of 70% of water. Accordingly, just like other things that have a quality of water, we depend on the…

Pramanani

Pramanani Pratyakshanumanagamah Pramanani (1.7) In his Yoga Sutras, Patanjali defines PRAMANA as an ultimate verification of truth, a definite proof we can rely on when we decide and act. We follow it when we want to grow as beings returning to our True…

Why the right side first?

Why the right side first? The answer to this question concerns the aspects of the liver and the spleen, Nadi: Ida (Candra) and Pingala (Surya), the right and the left nostril, so also cerebral hemispheres, and both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems….

Principles of Ashtanga Yoga Practice

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali define grounded practice as the result of three components. Practicing should be: satkara – correct (proper) nairantarya – constant (systematic) and dirgha kala –  continued for a long time. Perception of a ‘long time’ changes throughout the years…

Variants of asana

The practice of the 1st Series of Ashtanga Yoga is supposed to heal the body, purify it and restore a state of our natural and maximum potential. There are two situations when variants of Asana get adapted: – When the body cannot do…