40 days of Vinyasa Krama

Daily readings for the 40 days of vinyasa krama study group

Moving Forward: To the Directions In the vinyasa krama system we have 1000’s of vinyasas at our disposal. Like brushstrokes on a canvas each vinyasa has the potential to reveal something new within the system. In the visesa vinyasas we’ve explored this week several unique vinyasas including surya namaskar, ding […]

To the Directions

November 5, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama by jennifer

Staying with it: Resources As you move forward in your practice I encourage you to keep up regular svadhyaya in addition to your sadhana. It is such an invaluable endeavor especially when approached with devotion and enthusiasm. You can certainly look back to the 36 articles i’ve written over this […]

Ramaswami Resources

November 4, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

Devotion The Worst Thing We Ever Did The worst thing we ever did was put God in the sky out of reach pulling the divinity from the leaf, sifting out the holy from our bones, insisting God isn’t bursting dazzlement through everything we’ve made a hard commitment to see as […]

Devotion

November 3, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ tagged bhagavad gita / bhakti / devotion / yoga by jennifer

Prana Prana is life force. It comes from the roots “Pra” (meaning forward) + “an” (to breathe, to live). Manorama states that “Pra” as a prefix “intensifies the root”. Therefore Prana means a perfected state of breathing, living- or aliveness. Prana is the source of life. It is what animates […]

Prana

November 2, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ tagged hatha yoga / hatha yoga pradipika / pancha prana / pancha vayu / prana / shiva samhita / vayu by jennifer

Revealing Wisdom On earth there is no purifier As great as this knowledge, When a man is made perfect in yoga, He knows its truth within his heart. [4.38] ~translation Swami Prabhavananda Among the esteemed routes of yoga in the Bhagavad Gita is Jñana yoga. The word comes from the […]

Jñana Yoga

November 1, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ tagged bhagavad gita / intellect / jnana yoga / knowledge / svadhyaya / wisdom / yoga sutras by jennifer

Karma Yoga Do your work and then step back The only path to serenity ~ Lao Tzu The Bhagavad Gita shares so much with the teachings of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. We would do well to study the Gita and glean it’s deep meaning and application to our practice and our […]

Karma Yoga

October 30, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ tagged bhagavad gita / dharma / karma / karma yoga by jennifer

Dharma and Yoga The Bhagavad Gita, “the Song of the Beloved” or “the Song of the Lord,” is an epic poem consisting of 18 chapters on the topic of yoga. The poem reads as a conversation between a warrior and his charioteer. The Warrior, Arjuna, represents each and every one […]

Dharma and Yoga

October 29, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ tagged arjuna / bhagavad gita / dharma / duty / krishna by jennifer

Comprehensive Pranayama As i’ve written before Krishnamacharya famously said that hatha yoga is pranayama and that the mind and the breath are fast friends. It will be helpful to review what the yoga sutra in particular has to say about this important anga here before proceeding. There are many pranayama […]

Comprehensive Pranayama

October 28, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ tagged kumbhaka / nadi shodhana / pranayama / theory / ujjayi / viloma / yoga sutras by jennifer

More on balance I received the following question (shared with permission) in regards to yesterday’s article on yogabhyasa and health. “When offered a challenging asana, if I maintain my breath but with a bit more enthusiastic effort than what total ease requires, is that too rajasic? I understand that if […]

More on balance

October 27, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ tagged asana / balance / effort / jivana prayatna / right effort by jennifer

Yogabhyasa and health The question often arises from those of us who spent many years of our youth or midlife playing sports or frequenting a gym….”but what about cardiovascular health?” It is common thought that increasing heart rate (often to a breathless state) is healthy in moderation for the general […]

Yogabhyasa and health

October 26, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ tagged abhyasa / health / ramaswami / srivatsa / vairagya by jennifer

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Protected: What is Community?

October 25, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ tagged Community / sangha / satsang by jennifer

Becoming UnStuck Ramaswami recently posted the following: “In the matter of meditation (dhyana/samyama) there are three aspects to be considered. 1. Proper preparation for meditation 2. The methodology of meditation and 3. what is to be meditated upon. All the three are succinctly and meticulously explained by sage Patanjali“ Ramaswami […]

Becoming UnStuck

October 23, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ tagged philosophy / yoga sutras by jennifer