- "Every other adult has told me to get a haircut and get a job. You are telling me to practice yoga, and all is coming. OK, I am ready!" -The tribute article for Guruji at Yoga Journal
- Namarupa interview with BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois (Guruji), and TKV Desikachar.
- In Memoriam by Kino MacGregor.
- "This is a personal account of my connection with a great teacher, nothing more." -Paul Dallaghan at ashtanga.com
- "A Day in the Life" short film by John Romero.
- Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute by R. Alexander Medin at ashtanga.com.
- Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Public Talks on Ashtanga Yoga (France 1991) at aysnyc.org.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Guru Purnima: Remembering Guruji
Friday, July 23, 2010
Saraswathi Rangaswamy in New York
Saraswathi will be visiting from Mysore, India to teach in New York City.
From AYNY:
From AYNY:
Ashtanga Yoga with Saraswathi Rangaswamy, September 8 - September 12, 2010
K. Pattabhi Jois USA (KPJ USA) and Ashtanga Yoga New York (AYNY) are extremely happy to announce that Saraswathi Rangaswamy will be teaching one week of Ashtanga Yoga classes in New York City from September 8 – September 12, 2010. Please note that classes on 9/8 and 9/12 will be led classes, and the classes on 9/9, 9/10 and 9/11 will be Mysore style. Location TBA.
Additionally, September 11 is Saraswathi’s 69th birthday, and we will celebrate by throwing a birthday party for her at 7 pm at AYNY, 430 Broome St., 2nd floor.
To register online for these classes please visit our registration page with Brown Paper Tickets.
Refund Policy: We will offer full refunds until August 22, 2010. Unfortunately, no refunds will be offered after this date.
Privacy Policy: AYNY takes every reasonable precaution to assure that your data is secure. We will not share your information with any third parties. For Brown Paper Tickets’ privacy policy, please visit its site here.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Castor Oil Bath
Originally published October 2008 in www.livingmysore.com:
Relieve aches, pains and stiffness with oil baths
By Kimberly Flynn Williams
Oil bath is a traditional, weekly Ayurvedic home remedy still practiced widely in South India. Shri K. Pattabhi Jois routinely recommends oil bath to his yoga students especially for the relief of back and knee pain as well as stiffness. Weekly oil bath reduces excess internal heat (pitta in Ayurveda) particularly in the joints, liver, and skin. This heat is generated by poor lifestyle, including consumption of oily, processed, and difficult to digest foods, alcohol and tobacco, in addition to stress, air pollution and inadequate sleep. This imbalance increases with the heat generated by yoga practice and hot climate. Eating an over-sufficiency of healthy foods that are deemed "heating" in Ayurvedic terms, also adds to this imbalance.
Excess heat can be felt in the joints as pain and stiffness and in the back, often in the lower right-hand side and hip, as a nearly debilitating pain. This heat also contributes to a short temper, burning anger, red skin, pinkish acne, and redness in the eyes. When a daily ashtanga yoga practitioner still carries extra weight, especially around the middle, has difficulty with weight loss or with digestion, and has a regularly sluggish bowel, these are all signs of surplus heat.
In India, oil bath is customarily taken with castor oil that is later removed from the skin and hair with a special herbal paste made of equal parts soap nut and green powders mixed with water. Castor oil delivers the best results, but is nearly impossible to remove without these powders. Guruji suggests that, after leaving India, the yoga student can replace castor oil with almond oil, which easily washes off with bath soap.
Continue reading full article at Living Mysore...
Since 1995, Kimberly Flynn Williams has traveled yearly to Mysore, India to study Ashtanga Yoga with Shri K. Pattabhi Jois and his family at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute. She began her studies with Pattabhi Jois in 1993 during his teaching visit to New York City. Inspired by Pattabhi Jois's vast knowledge of Yoga Shastra, she has been a student of Sanskrit Recitation, Yoga Sutras, and Philosophy under Dr. M.A. Jayashree since 1998. Kimberly co-directed and co-founded Ashtanga Yoga Shala in Los Angeles where she taught for 10 years and twice hosted Pattabhi Jois. Kimberly, AYRI Authorized, teaches Ashtanga Yoga and Sutra Chanting in Hawaii, throughout the United States, and Internationally. She began yoga practice in 1982.
Relieve aches, pains and stiffness with oil bathsBy Kimberly Flynn Williams
Oil bath is a traditional, weekly Ayurvedic home remedy still practiced widely in South India. Shri K. Pattabhi Jois routinely recommends oil bath to his yoga students especially for the relief of back and knee pain as well as stiffness. Weekly oil bath reduces excess internal heat (pitta in Ayurveda) particularly in the joints, liver, and skin. This heat is generated by poor lifestyle, including consumption of oily, processed, and difficult to digest foods, alcohol and tobacco, in addition to stress, air pollution and inadequate sleep. This imbalance increases with the heat generated by yoga practice and hot climate. Eating an over-sufficiency of healthy foods that are deemed "heating" in Ayurvedic terms, also adds to this imbalance.
Excess heat can be felt in the joints as pain and stiffness and in the back, often in the lower right-hand side and hip, as a nearly debilitating pain. This heat also contributes to a short temper, burning anger, red skin, pinkish acne, and redness in the eyes. When a daily ashtanga yoga practitioner still carries extra weight, especially around the middle, has difficulty with weight loss or with digestion, and has a regularly sluggish bowel, these are all signs of surplus heat.
In India, oil bath is customarily taken with castor oil that is later removed from the skin and hair with a special herbal paste made of equal parts soap nut and green powders mixed with water. Castor oil delivers the best results, but is nearly impossible to remove without these powders. Guruji suggests that, after leaving India, the yoga student can replace castor oil with almond oil, which easily washes off with bath soap.
Continue reading full article at Living Mysore...
Since 1995, Kimberly Flynn Williams has traveled yearly to Mysore, India to study Ashtanga Yoga with Shri K. Pattabhi Jois and his family at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute. She began her studies with Pattabhi Jois in 1993 during his teaching visit to New York City. Inspired by Pattabhi Jois's vast knowledge of Yoga Shastra, she has been a student of Sanskrit Recitation, Yoga Sutras, and Philosophy under Dr. M.A. Jayashree since 1998. Kimberly co-directed and co-founded Ashtanga Yoga Shala in Los Angeles where she taught for 10 years and twice hosted Pattabhi Jois. Kimberly, AYRI Authorized, teaches Ashtanga Yoga and Sutra Chanting in Hawaii, throughout the United States, and Internationally. She began yoga practice in 1982.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
How to clean your yoga mat
Daily
Once per month/As needed
- Clean your feet before practice.
- Use a rug over your mat.
- Wipe your mat as dry as possible post-practice.
- Hang your mat to dry completely everyday post-practice
- Wash your rug.
Once per month/As needed
- Deep clean your mat. Check out the Eco Yogini for green tips on how to wash your mat and a recipe for an anti-bacterial spray that you can make at home. The Wai Lana website has an interesting suggestion for expediting the drying process:
"To dry your yoga mat, lay it on top of a dry towel and tightly roll mat and towel together like a cinnamon roll. Squeeze out excess water by pressing with your hands or feet. Unroll and hang to air dry."
The ingredients in these DIY sprays tend to be similar (vinegar, water, witch hazel, tea tree, etc.) Here's a video at Notacoolmom if you're the visual type.
Sharath, Saraswati, & Manju : New Encinitas Shala
Sharath Rangaswamy, Saraswati Rangaswamy, and Manju Jois are teaching at and celebrating the opening of their new Ashtanga yoga shala in Encinitas, California August 20th - September 5th 2010.
Link to flier: http://cli.gs/nrd5zE
Link to sign up:
http://kpjayi.org/encinitas.html
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Practice and Potluck
Sunday, July 18th
Morning self practice followed by a potluck gathering.
All regular AYB students are invited.
Morning self practice followed by a potluck gathering.
All regular AYB students are invited.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Interview: The Story of Yoga in America
Interview with Stefanie Syman, author of The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America, from NPR's On Point.
Listen here
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Eat Local: Saturday Farmers Market
While the produce isn't from your neighbor's backyard, the bounty at the weekly Greenmarket in McCarren Park is pretty darn close. Sometimes you'll spend a bit more than at the grocery store, but often you'll find yourself spending much less. Plus, you can glory in the fact that you are getting really close to the source of what you put in your body. You're also able to literally put your money where your mouth is... Each dollar you spend is a vote, an investment if you will, for local, whole, healthy, sustainable, different, not factory farmed, etc. sustenance.
You are what you eat and eat what you are.
Greenpoint / McCarren Park Greenmarket
Food, Inc. Trailer
You are what you eat and eat what you are.
Greenpoint / McCarren Park Greenmarket
Location: Union Ave between Driggs & N 12th Street
Schedule: Saturdays, year round, 8am-3pm. 2010 Schedule changes: 12/25 & 1/1 will close for holidays.
Subway: L, to Bedford Ave; G, to Nassau Ave
Bus: B43, B68
Greenpoint/McCarren Park Greenmarket from GrowNYC on Vimeo.
Food, Inc. Trailer
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