Video: How Yoga Can Help in California's Overcrowded Prisons

But really, a video about practice.

Video Intro to the Bhagavad Gita

Full video on learner.org
featuring Sandy Crawford, Douglas Cuomo, David Damrosch, Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, Vishakha Desai, Philip Glass, Jack Hawley, Amitav Kaul, and Sheldon Pollock.

Guruji clip from "Yoga Unveiled"

Guruji Singing The Upanishads at Chateau Renault, France 1991

Asana Labs

ASANA LABS
Primary Series asanas dissected


DETAILS
Sundays 3/25, 4/15, 5/13, 6/10
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Sunday, March 25 surya namaskar, standing asanas, tristhana
Sunday, April 15 seated asanas, vinyasa
Sunday, May 13 bandha, balance, backbending
Sunday, June 10 the space between

ABOUT
Primary Series asanas dissected. Part practice, part theory.

Themes include:
Alignment and essential anatomy
What to look for and what to avoid
Healthy and happy knees and shoulders
How to create more space in the body and mind
Overcoming obstacles
The benefits and therapeutic indications of the asanas
Maximum benefit with minimum effort (working smarter instead of harder)

more info and sign-up

from the sketchbooks

Should you lock your knees in Yoga? by Leslie Kaminoff

Event: Mary Jo Mulligan

YOGA CHIKITSA : MARY JO MULLIGAN
A special practice with KPJAYI Certified teacher Mary Jo Mulligan

DETAILS
Sunday, March 11, 2012
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Albuquerque Ashtanga Yoga Shala

206 Dartmouth Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106

ABOUT
Mary Jo started practicing yoga in 1990 and teaching Ashtanga Yoga since 1997. She achieved her formal Authorization to teach Ashtanga Yoga in July of 2003 by the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and Certification by Sharath Jois in September of 2009, after completing her 10th trip to Mysore, India.

Mary Jo studies chanting at the Vedic Chant Center with Sonia Nelson in Santa Fe, NM, where she currently resides. Other yoga training includes workshops with several world-recognized teachers from the Ashtanga, Iyengar and Viniyoga traditions. Mary Jo has also accomplished the following: Masters of Arts in Eastern Philosophy from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, NM; Yoga Works Teacher Training Program in Santa Monica, CA; Certification of Instruction in Exercise Science from University of California, San Diego, CA; Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour certification level.

See Mary Jo’s website at www.ashtangawithdetail.com for further information and testimonials to her teaching ability.

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Yoga Sutras Online

"Man wants truth, wants to experience truth for himself; when he has grasped it, realised it, felt it within his heart of hearts, then alone, declare the Vedas, would all doubts vanish, all darkness be scattered, and all crookedness be made straight...The science of Raja-Yoga proposes to put before humanity a practical and scientifically worked out method of reaching truth." -Swami Vivekananda, Raja Yoga 1896(?)

Full copy of "Conquering the Internal Nature:  Raja Yoga" Yoga Sutra commentary by Swami Vivekananda

http://www.vivekananda.net/PDFBooks/RajaYoga1899.pdf

Sanskrit Alphabet

Movie: Mysore Magic

http://www.mysoremagicfilm.com/

Video: Difficulties in practice - Kino MacGregor

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A third lion wizard of oz roar for dark side of the moon. So weird.

The Fuzz Speech

Don't be confused. You aren't getting old, you're just fuzzed over. Why it is important to practice every day - through thick and thin and why getting started/restarted after time off can be a bit of an uphill battle. "Take responsibility for melting the fuzz"!