I define yoga therapy as the practice of yoga with the intention to reduce suffering of any form – physical illness, emotional suffering, social isolation.
the practice of yoga asks, how is this individual suffering in this moment, and what could reduce that suffering?
These quotes are from Kelly McGonigal, a yoga therapist whose I ve used in some of the posts on AshtangaNews.
I have to say that looking at other online sources about yoga therapy, I still find the field a little too flaky, a little too touchy-feely, new-agey for my comfort. For example, the has articles that gives specific advice for treating , , and even recommends specific postures to alleviate .
On the other hand, I found Kelly s concise explanation of preventing unnecessary suffering in the present moment and her focus on traditional scientific research is intriguing, valuable and very well-stated.
If you want to learn more about yoga therapy, a good place to start is the s . Atypically, Wikipedia does not (yet) contain good information about .
Ashtanga Therapy
View of the Old Shala from Above, courtesy
Posted by tracy on October 9, 2006 @ 5:06 pm the best way i can describe the panic i felt is that it was literally as if i had unwittingly followed a group of strangers who jumped from a cliff into a frigid a mountain lake.
i only realize upon entry that there were no near banks to which i could easily swim. i would have to be patient and calm, have faith in humanity, and believe that i could make it to the shore and that it would be an experience worth having.
That was from who wrote an account of the (eh?
) available at Tim Miller s retreat at ,
In 2007, will teach at Mount Shasta on the following dates:
In mid-September, and Mae Yoshikawa taught at .
Govinda - who it appears has been very busy - sent us a quick note about it.
Photos were from the 4th annual Tokyo Yoga Fest held in September of each year.
This year was September 17-19. The conference is growing in stature with students coming to the event from all over Japan. The event is held at the Akasaka Prince hotel in Tokyo and uses the entire conference room building (6 floors of conference space).
The largest classes hold over 250 students. A joyful event!
You could follow and use the Wayback Machine to calculate how much Ashtanga has grown in Japan.
Instead, I ll be happy just seeing Govinda s photos of all these enthusiastic Ashtangis in Japan. Govinda published two photo sets on Flickr form Yoga Fest Tokyo 2006:
Thank you, Govinda!
Upward Dog, Mae Govinda s Class
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, an Ashtangi and yoga teacher, wrote one of our most popular posts, .
Wendy s kindly offered to write a follow-up post and I know it s going to be great.
Just take a look at her .
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