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5 Feb 2011

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PUREYOGA – ASHTANGA YOGA VIENNA 8/17/12

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Many of us come to yoga seeking relief. Relief fro

Many of us come to yoga seeking relief. Relief from pain, from restlessness, from uncertainty. And sometimes we find it. But over time, what we discover is more lasting than relief. We discover presence. We discover steadiness. We discover a kind of joy that doesn’t have to shout. It only has to be.

So we practice. Not to get rid of pain, but to know it. To meet it with clarity and care. And in that meeting, we find something remarkable: joy is still possible.

It is a joy that knows sorrow. A happiness that is not threatened by difficulty. This is the depth of saumanasya. Saumanasya is defined by Patañjali as cheerfulness—it could also be translated as “mental clarity,” “gentle gladness,” or even “spiritual contentment.” But this is not about putting on a smile or chasing a feeling. It’s the natural radiance of a mind that has become unentangled.

In Pāli, the same word appears as saumanassa, and it’s spoken of as a kind of mental vedanā—a feeling tone that arises not from external stimulation, but from deep, internal stillness.

It’s not the kind of joy that explodes in celebration or depends on everything going our way. It’s the joy that arises when the striving quiets down. When the noise fades. When the heart is unburdened.

And perhaps most beautifully, it’s a joy that does not replace suffering, but includes it.

Keep practicing 🙏

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Lolasana is always hard for me! Try these drills w

Lolasana is always hard for me! Try these drills with the strap to get a little more lift. Recruit your friends and it will be even more fun.

My upcoming Yoga Drills training on @omstarsofficial starts today ! Join me live at 1 pm EST.

Join me and @timfeldmannyoga @miamilifecenter for a full Mysore season and one month course where we will teach in June 2025 and January 2026.

Next workshops:

Cincinnati @mintyogastudio

NYC @souk.studio

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Retreats

Bali @radiantlyaliveyoga We will be back next year !!!

Mallorca @balearicretreats in July

Norway @nosenyoga in August

Turkey @easternageanyoga

Salento @yogainsalento in September

Photos @inneryoke
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If you’re feeling lost in your practice— if on

If you’re feeling lost in your practice—
if one breath breaks you open—
you’re not regressing. You’re entering sacred ground.

Yoga isn’t always light. It unravels. It reveals.
Tears aren’t failure; they’re part of the offering.
Let them fall back to the ocean.

“The path is like a razor’s edge—difficult to walk.”
—Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.14

This path isn’t meant to be easy.
It won’t always feel easy.
It cuts through delusion—not gently, but like a blade of truth.
And still we walk it, again and again—not because we love the pain, but because beneath the suffering is a joy so vast, it can only be touched through surrender.

And yet we are not our practice.
We are the space that holds it all.

Each of us contains great, unknowable depth—oceans of it.
And from the surface, none of it can be judged.

We are all students, stumbling toward the light.

Keep practicing 🙏

My upcoming Yoga Drills training on @omstarsofficial starts today ! Join me live at 1 pm EST.

Join me and @timfeldmannyoga @miamilifecenter for a full Mysore season and one month course where we will teach in June 2025 and January 2026.

Next workshops:

Cincinnati @mintyogastudio

NYC @souk.studio

🌸

Retreats

Bali @radiantlyaliveyoga We will be back next year !!!

Mallorca @balearicretreats in July

Norway @nosenyoga in August

Turkey @easternageanyoga

Salento @yogainsalento in September

Photos @inneryoke
#ashtangayoga #kinoyoga #ashtanga #ashtangi #yogaworkshop #yogateacher #omstars #yoga #mysorestyle #mysoreseason #yogaretreat #yogaretreats #miamiyoga #miamibeachyoga #flexibility #ekapada #legbehindhead
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Making the practice truly accessible to anyone who

Making the practice truly accessible to anyone who feels called to it is part of our shared responsibility as yoga teachers. It is more important than ever to distinguish the heart of the practice from rigid dogma. When we mistake form for essence, we risk turning this sacred path into something exclusionary. Accessibility doesn’t take us away from the lineage—it draws us closer to its compassionate core.

In this variation of Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I), a chair can be used to support hip stability and encourage clear alignment. Press firmly through both feet, activating the legs. Lift up through the center line of the body, from the pelvic floor to the crown of the head. Externally rotate the shoulders and extend the arms upward. To reduce tension, consider keeping the hands shoulder-width apart and gently soften the gaze forward rather than up.

Join me and @timfeldmannyoga @miamilifecenter for a full Mysore season and one month course where we will teach in June 2025 and January 2026.

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Retreats

Bali @radiantlyaliveyoga We will be back next year !!!

Mallorca @balearicretreats in July

Norway @nosenyoga in August

Turkey @easternageanyoga

Salento @yogainsalento in September

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