Monthly Archives: September 2021

The breath of life: less is more. The extensively adaptable, intelligent and integrated preparation of vinyasas and asana in the vinyasa krama system are preparation for Pranayama. In the tradition Pranayama is given a special seat of importance hence the way in which it is already so skillfully woven into […]

The breath of life: less is more.

September 28, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ / Uncategorized by jennifer

What is Vinyasa Krama? Many of you have expressed to me a shift in your practice after coming to vinyasa krama. Not negating the benefits of other schools and approaches but merely stating that the orientation of the tradition on breath and attention over expression and aesthetic has been transformational […]

What is Vinyasa Krama

September 26, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

The Other Option. “So one asks, is there a stop to thought and time? Because if there is time, that is if there is thought, the perpetual occupation, as most of us are perpetually occupied, thinking about various things, chattering, mind is never… the brain is never quiet, but always […]

The Other Option.

September 23, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

Atha…. What is Yoga? Now that we are all ready with clear hearts and heads to study these beautiful sutras and slokas on Yoga let us begin at the beginning…of Patanjala Yoga Sutram In 4 chapters consisting of 195 total aphorisms, known as sutras, the great sage Patañjali composed the […]

Atha…. What is Yoga?

September 23, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

Day 1 The good judge: On Svadhyaya As you are all now aware this 40 days is not exclusively one for abhyasa (practice) but also for self study and reflection (svadhyaya) through passages from the shastras (scriptures/texts). Therefore what it means to be a student of these shastras is likely […]

The good judge: On Svadhyaya

September 20, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer