Tag Archives: Sharath Jois

LESS IS MORE. IN ASHTANGA YOGA AS WELL?

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Rosa Tagliafierro

– scorrere giù per la versione in italiano – Less is more. – Mies van der Rohe In 1947 the famous architech Ludwig Mies van der Rohe adopted this sentence as a precept for minimalist design  and architecture, meaning that … Continue reading →

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NO PAIN, NO GAIN?

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Rosa Tagliafierro

– Scorrere giù per la versione in italiano –   Pain, pain, pain. A favorite topics in many conversations amongst ashtanga yoga students, and not only. Here in Mysore, and not only. And it’s definitely one of the recurrent subjects … Continue reading →

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KPJ ASHTANGA YOGA INSTITUTE… 3 YEARS LATER

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Rosa Tagliafierro

– Scorrere giù per la versione in italiano – 3 years have gone by, having missed 2 seasons of practice with Sharath in the main shala here in Mysore. Looking at it on a gross level, all seems pretty the … Continue reading →

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IS THERE THE PERFECT YOGA POSE?

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Rosa Tagliafierro

– scorrere giù per la versione in italiano – … The “perfect” pose is the one YOU are doing that moment, not the way you see David Swenson or Kino doing it. I think we all would love to be … Continue reading →

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SHARATH JOIS EUROPE TOUR – SUMMER 2015

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Rosa Tagliafierro

This just popped up in my inbox. If you’re planning your next summer vacations, you might want to know it 🙂 Appena ricevuta la notizia. Se stai programmando le tue prossime vacanze estive, magari interessa anche a te 🙂   … Continue reading →

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THINGS CHANGE… IN MYSORE AS WELL

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Rosa Tagliafierro

Yes, apparently things change everywhere! In a previous post, I reported how ashtanga yoga sequence and the way of teaching it has changed overtime (read here the recount by Nancy Gilgoff about the way she firstly learned ashtanga in 1973) but … Continue reading →

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SHARATH JOIS

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Rosa Tagliafierro

– scorrere giù per la versione in italiano –   Hereafter a selection of Questions & Answers between Sharath and Ashtanga Yoga students during last Sunday conference in Mysore this year. Full Qs&As on Priya’s travel blog. March 23, 2014 … Continue reading →

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YOGA: ADJUSTMENTS NOT OR ADJUSTMENTS YES?

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Rosa Tagliafierro

Adjustments not, adjustments yes… a never ending discussion in the Ashtanga Yoga world and beyond! In my years of practice with different teachers I’ve been to both extremes… rarely in the middle way (at least what I consider the middle … Continue reading →

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MIRACLES A CASTOR OIL BATH CAN MAKE TO YOU

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Rosa Tagliafierro

If you knew that a castor oil bath releases all sorts of tensions in your body, relaxes the muscles and mind, works in disgregating scar tissue, helps in recovering from body pains, cools you down, makes you more flexible and … Continue reading →

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5 REASONS WHY I’M MISSING PRACTISING IN MYSORE SO MUCH

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Rosa Tagliafierro

3 weeks back home and… already missing my practice at K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute so much!    Why? 1/ the deep reverence for the practise: a symbol of it to me is the little foyer where you sit … Continue reading →

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PASHASANA, INTERMEDIATE SERIES and A WORLD OF EXPECTATIONS

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Rosa Tagliafierro

Yes, after 3 years of Ashtanga Yoga practice, 3 times to Mysore to practise at S. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI) I finally got ‘pashasana’! first posture of intermediate a.k.a. second series. Yesterday I was dropping back when Sharath, … Continue reading →

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UTPLUTHIH and THE POWER OF BEING INTENSE

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Rosa Tagliafierro

Sunday, August 19th Alarm, 2.30 am 6 hours sleep Primary led class, 4.15 am … and the challenge to sustain Utpluthih for the loooooooooooong 10 counts made by Sharath!   It’s now exactly one month I’ve been practicing at K. … Continue reading →

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THE 3D OF ASHTANGA YOGA: DEDICATION, DETERMINATION & DEVOTION

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Rosa Tagliafierro

However comes to Mysore to practice Ashtanga Yoga in the tradition of Shri K. Pattabhi Jois gets rather quickly accustomed to the ‘3D of Yoga’ to which Sharath, in the first instance, and Lakshmish (shala sanskrit teacher), as a consequence, … Continue reading →

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