Beginners & Teachers
This tutorial is for new students and teachers of Ashtanga Yoga. In Ashtanga, every pose has a set number of Vinyāsas or positions. In this tutorial David teaches the vinyasa positions of Surya Namaskara A and B. The focus of this tutorial is in memorizing the positions. For beginner students this is an excellent video for you to practice to and learn the vinyasa positions. This is also an excellent video for teachers of Ashtanga who want to hear how David teaches beginner students.
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Introduction to Arm Balances and Building Strength
In this class David uses plank, Chaturanga Dandasana, and Budjapidasana to emphasize the importance of proper form and a gradual progression in developing arm balance strength. He encourages students to focus on quality of movement over quantity of repetitions and to find the appropriate level of...
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How do I Improve my Breath and Bandhas in the Practice?
This class focuses on integrating breath and movement in Ashtanga Yoga, with an emphasis on understanding and refining diaphragmatic and ujjayi breathing techniques. Through detailed exploration of transitions, foundational poses, and "set-up" positions, students will learn how to connect breath ...
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Dissecting Samastithi in Tree Pose
An asana theory class that explores how to create Samastithi. Below you find three sets of instructions for creating a poised, animated Samasthiti position. The instructions focus on aligning yourself dynamically along your central
Shushuma axis, the glorious pillar of light. I suggest you memori... -
21 itemsFoundation First
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The 8 class course titled Foundation First serves to remind you of the single greatest principle for doing a yoga pose: begin your pose by building a relationship between the ground beneath you and your skeleton.
The exercises for this course are designed to help you learn how to make your found... -
Ujjayi Breathing
Practice this tutorial to improve and develop your ujjayi breathing.
Nine Quick Keys to Better Ujjayi Breathing
1) Ujjayi sound breathing is done by partially closing the glottis, the space between the vocal folds, as when you swallow, whisper or yawn.
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3 Scapula Positions
One of the main differences between having your arms up or down is the difference in the position of the shoulder blade. The shoulder blade position is important because all the actions of the arm are based on the position of shoulder blade (Scapula). Your postures come alive when you begin to c...
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Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana Upright Position
In this Asana Lab David teaches the upright position of Extended Hand To Big Toe pose. READ ESSAY FOR MORE DETAILED INFO ON THIS CHALLENGING POSTURE
This humble posture is extremely important to the overall study of asana because it teaches you to cultivate an active interaction between your li...
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Jump Between Standing Postures
This Vinyasa lab will help you understand the benefits of dynamically jumping out to the side from Samasthiti before transitioning into a standing pose, and then also jumping when you return to Samasthiti. I offer an inspiring little demo of the small but challenging action, and then break the ...
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3 Pelvic Positions
Start building every pose by considering which of the three pelvic settings applies to the posture. It is a neutral pelvis, forward pelvis, or backward pelvis. Neutral pelvis postures include Samastithi, Utkatasana, Virabhadrasana A and B, Sirsasana, Baddha Konsana (upright position) and Padmasan...
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Vinyasa Positions of Surya Namaskara A & B
This tutorial is for new students and teachers of Ashtanga Yoga. In Ashtanga, every pose has a set number of Vinyāsas or positions. In this tutorial David teaches the vinyasa positions of Surya Namaskara A and B. The focus of this tutorial is in memorizing the positions. For beginner students th...
