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Satyam Shivam Sundaram This past weekend as I was walking up the mountain behind my parents home the words “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” kept coming to me like japa with each step. It filled me with joy. It felt like a message, and so I made a note to write a […]

Satyam Shivam Sundaram

October 13, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

The products of ignorance “You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you.” – Paramhansa Yogananda Yesterday we looked at kriya yoga (also the last 3 niyama) and it’s relation to avidya (first […]

The products of ignorance

October 12, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

All the other “All the times” Having covered Sauca and Santosha, three niyamas (or personal observances- the nitaram “all the time”s) remain. These three niyamas are actually their own particular system presented at the beginning of the padah with the subject of Kriya Yoga. So before we look at these […]

All the other “All the times”

October 11, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

“It is well, It is well” Again, Patanjali categorizes the niyamas (personal observances) as cleanliness, contentment, austerity and control of senses, self study through scriptures, and surrender to universal awareness/humility. Of these 5 niyamas many might observe that contentment is the most most illusive to sustain. The deep wells of […]

“It is well, It is well”

October 9, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

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Protected: “Scrub-a-dub-dub”

October 8, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

The Supporting Lineup I hope it’s clear by now that of all the 5 yamas (10 according to Yajnavalkya) that Ahimsa is the imperative anchor for all our behavior and observations related to our environment. Or as the 14th century Kashmiri mystic Lal Ded writes (translated by Ranjit Hoskote)… “Don’t […]

The Supporting Lineup

October 7, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

The Great Vow and a very good friend. “In all our relationships each one of us builds an image about the other and these two images have relationship, not the human beings themselves… The actual relationship between two human beings or between many human beings completely ends when there is […]

The Great Vow and a very good friend.

October 6, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

“Just, Pause” Now that we have a basic understanding of the gunas and how the bahiranga serve as tools to elevate clarity for the purpose of the mental practices let’s go back to setting our dinner table and the first two legs of Ashtanga Yoga: Yama and Niyama. In hindu […]

“Just, Pause”

October 5, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

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Protected: The one. The many.

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

Going In: Pratyahara By now you will understand that the asana and pranayama create the breeding ground for an easeful body and settled mind. The next anga (limb) of Ashtanga yoga therefore is Pratyahara or retaining the senses inward. This anga is mentioned in the Yoga Sutras of course (succintly) […]

Going in

October 2, 2021 in 40 days of Vinyasa Krama / READ by jennifer

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