Posted by philippe on January 28, 2007 @ 7:12 pm With the close of 2006 this is a good opportunity to review what happened last year in Ashtanga Yoga.
2006 for Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
This was a very active year, especially for and his family.
At 91, he is not appearing to slow down!
Guruji by Govinda Kai
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for your to AN
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Well, here we are in 2007 and Business Week has published an article, not just on yoga, but on Ashtanga and Mysore! The article is listed under, of all things, a section of the magazine called Executive Life.
Published in the January 29, 2007 issue, describes practicing at , mentions some of the famous Ashtangis who ve visited and gives recommendations for hotels, restaurants and attractions.
Plus, the article quotes non-celebrity (yet?) Ashtangis, of
Russell Smith, a New York entertainment lawyer, says part of the attraction of Ashtanga yoga is the physical rigor. When he first took classes in New York, I couldn t do any of the poses, and I felt awful, he recalls.
Even so, I was on a cloud. The class really opened me up—the combination of movement and breathing was amazing. I m hooked.
Since 2004, Smith has spent at least three months a year studying in Mysore.
and local Ashtangi, . (Thanks for the tip, Marcus.
)
Yum! What s this?
courtesy Business Week
Classes start at 5 a.
m. and ends at 8:30 a.m.
, after which many students adjourn to nearby cafés. Whatever they order must be vegetarian. Alcohol, too, is off-limits.
The strict regimen doesn’t seem to be a problem for the students, according to Marcus Fontoura, a senior research scientist at Yahoo! Research in Sunnyvale, Calif., who is on his first pilgrimage to Mysore.
“I practice at 5 a.m. in California, too.
I’m used to it. Everyone is.”
The best part is the with some great photos and information.
The best times to visit are winter, fall, and—if you don t mind the monsoons—summer. The Institute is closed in April and May because it s just too hot, even for those who seek to transcend the physical.
So, what now, ?
Speaking of which, just in from , aka
today a tv crew came and filmed mysore class. they will show an 8 minute segment saturday night about yoga for businessmen-the early morning wake up.
Find the TV crew at Tokyo Yoga.
(Thanks, Lisa.)
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