Featured Events
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The Bandha Room
Olympia, WA
June 10th-June 16th, 2012
In-depth Study (click for content)
Ashtanga Yoga School of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 20th-July 22nd, 2012
Pranayama and Bandha Weekend Workshop
Lehigh Valley Ashtanga
Allentown, Pennsylvania
July 28th, 2012
Backbending and Inversion clinic
*David will not be traveling June 18th-August 5th. He will be teaching the morning Mysore class in Philadelphia six days a week. For those wishing to study with David in Philadelphia please visit the aysphiladelphia.com website for visitor's information.
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Featured Articles and Videos
Trusting Earth
(click here)One way to deepen your connection to the earth is to become conscious of its gravitational pull on your body. You can actually sense your weight being drawn irresistibly downwards. Go with it, enjoy it and let your self be drawn closer to the earth. And feel how she reaches for you, how she actively supports you. This way of tuning in involves letting go, becoming receptive, and feeling an almost lazy heaviness within the body.
From David's Ashtanga Journals: Patterns of Change
(click here)We often practice as though we are not interested in being bothered with the details of our ignorance. We have better things to do–like catch our heels in Kapo or land our set of drop backs for the day. We don't want to be bothered with how we achieve our posture, we are more interested in simply achieving it in any manner that gets results. Deep asana practice requires a high degree of what I call Hanuman like energy– or animal intelligence that is coupled with human self awareness and reflection.
Ashtanga Yoga: Refining Marichyasana A
In this Asana Kitchen Quick Recipes, Certified Ashtanga teacher David Garrigues gives specific actions, foundation principles and troubleshooting tips on the first Marichyasana of Ashtanga Yoga's Primary Series, Marichyasana A.
