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    Richard Freeman: Yoga Chants
    Richard Freeman Chants - its a 2 cd set. The first CD is instructional, he explains some of the history and technique, and you sing along by repeating first a word, then a line, of each chant. I think there are 3-4 chants he teaches in this way -including the ashtanga invocation, which I've always liked. He explains things very clearly. The second cd is him chanting and playing the harmonium. He has a good voice, not a great voice, but there is something incredibly soothing about listening to him. -Jane

  • Cindy Dollar: Yoga Your Way : Customizing Your Home Practice

    Cindy Dollar: Yoga Your Way : Customizing Your Home Practice
    This is a great book for home practice. It's spiral bound and the pages are split so that on the left the pages are practice sequences and on the right each page is one of 44 asanas. The 31 practice sequences range from 10 to 90 minutes. On the back of each asana page are several modifications with various props. The author is an Iyengar teacher and the instructions are very detailed. What I like most about it is that the variety of sequences will prevent me from doing the same practice all the time which is what usually happens when I do yoga on my own. -Danielle

  • Andrea Olsen: Bodystories: A Guide To Experiential Anatomy

    Andrea Olsen: Bodystories: A Guide To Experiential Anatomy
    This book is the most accesible of all the more touchy-feely anatomy books I have - daily exercises of body exploration. -Lianne


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April 14, 2010

Photoessay: yoga performance

I sometimes run across links or videos on yoga performances, usually choreographed and acrobatic, such as that performed by Tripsichore. So, Tomasz Gudzowaty's photoessay on yoga performers was not at all what I was expecting from the title. Taken in India during the Kumbh Mela Hindu feast, his black and white photographs have a serene, ethereal quality to then that I find completely absorbing.

Have a look. The only thing that really has me wondering is the picture of the yogi with the staff. That can't be physically possible, surely? 

Posted by in media, sophie |

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jk

I've read that this is a very old trick. The rod will be steel or have steel hidden in it and there is a seat attached that is hidden beneath the person's clothing. The rod is somehow stabilized on the ground.

One version unveiled is here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etSivpBHUmE

There is skill in the balance required to maintain that seat for an extended period.

Posted by: jk | April 14, 2010 at 05:30 PM

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