10
Oct
2011
Blog
Richard Freeman and Mula Bandha over Coffee on a Friday Afternoon
As a teacher I rarely get the chance to take a yoga class. When I do I treasure the chance to be a student. Traveling to India to study at the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute is one way for me to take time to rekindle the fire of Ashtanga Yoga within my own…
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30
Sep
2011
Blog
The Search for Meaning through Yoga by Kino MacGregor
The skylike nature of mind is balanced by the oceanic depths of the unconscious. The practice of yoga is like a deep sea dive to the bottom of the ocean floor that brings the sunken, hidden wrecks of the past up to be revealed in the clear light of day. Teaching yoga means keeping the…
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10
Sep
2011
Blog
Sharath in Copenhagen, Coffee in Ashtanga and a Strong Mind
When my husband and I travel to Europe in the summer to teach and visit his family in Denmark we rarely get the chance to be students of yoga. Normally we squeeze in a practice around our workshop schedule on the weekends and before a family gathering during the week. Sometimes we get to sleep…
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30
Aug
2011
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2011
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2011
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Aug
2011
Blog
Open Your Hips in Trikonasana by Kino MacGregor
Some men think that women naturally have open hips and that they are just plain out of luck simply because they are guys. Yet in my experience as a teacher I have seen many students who have tight hips irrespective of their gender. Tightness usually stems from deeply ingrained habit patterns in the body and…
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31
Jul
2011
Blog
Principles of Twisting: Marichasana C by Kino MacGregor
The Ashtanga Yoga method purifies the internal systems of the body, clears emotional and psychological blockages and frees the student to experience a new depth of consciousness within themselves and their lives. When you begin the practice there are a series of simple movements in the Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series that will help you tap…
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15
Jul
2011
Blog
Fear in Backbends by Kino MacGregor
Standing up and dropping back from backbend is a complex movement that challenges the limits of the physical and emotional body. Not only does this motion require strength, flexibility, stamina and determination, it also requires a heroic willingness to go to the scary places inside and face the sometimes paralyzing fear that surfaces the moment…
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8
Jul
2011
Blog
Tips for Balanced Travel
Many people ask me how I manage to stay balanced with all the travel that I do. Without my yoga and spiritual practice I certainly would not able to wake up (and sleep) so happily a lll over the world. When MindBodyGreen asked me write some tips for balanced travel I thought it was perfect….
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