Ashtanga Yoga - Mysore StyleAshtanga yoga is a method of yoga taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois that involves synchronizing the breath with a progressive series of postures – a process providing intense internal heat and a profuse purifying sweat that detoxifies muscles and organs. The result is improved circulation, a light and strong body, and a calm mind.Mysore is a city in South India where Ashtanga Yoga has been taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois for over 63 years. Many Ashtanga Yoga students have experienced improvement or total healing of old injuries and chronic conditions. Many students have shared that Ashtanga Yoga has changed their lives, freeing them from old patterns of depression, worry and anxiety. Ashtanga Yoga builds well-being, confidence, courage, enthusiasm and joy. The essential requirement to understanding the practice of Ashtanga yoga is practice. Readings can provide a framework for our minds to calm our anxieties and release our resistance to practice; teachers can help us find a interpretation of the asanas that suits an individuals physical limits and state of health; but ultimately it is the practice itself that will reveal the intrinsic intelligence of the practice and lead us to Self Knowledge. Download Introduction to Ashtanga PDF |
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