This 6 minute tutorial will give you two excellent ways to use Baddha Konasana to increase your hip flexibility. I use these two methods almost every day.

For starters bound angle refers to bringing the feet all the way back to the pelvis and the binding of the feet with the hands. Additional...

Video is from David's video course, Asana Skill Building.

This set of sutras introduces you to the subject of Samadhi (Absorption) the 8th Limb of Ashtanga Yoga. It is also the first set in a grouping of Sutras that could be titled “Ways of stopping thought or Ways of bringing about Nirodha.”

I focus on sutra 17 which could be translated as:
Nirodha (c...

Christmas Eve 2023 Led Half Primary. This class focuses on the second half of the Primary Series.

Talk 5
Yoga Sutras Book 2, Sadhana
Sutras 2.20-2.27

Recommended Reading
1- Yoga, Discipline of Freedom by Barbara Stoller Miller
Pages 49-51
Review Part Two, “The Observer and the Phenomenal World”

2- Yoga Sutra Workbook, Certainty of Freedom by Vyaas Houston
Review Sutras 2.20-2.27

A video from David's video course, A Guide to the Intermediate Series, that will help you understand the actions and movement of the legs, hips and pelvis so that you can begin to take you leg behind your head. A proper understanding of this posture is crucial to prevent pain in the lower back.

Day 7 (33 minutes)

Ex 1 - Jump in Samasthiti
Ex 2 - Transition from 1st Position to 2nd Position
Ex 3 - Padangusthasana Receptivity (Big Toe Posture)
Ex 4 - Handstand Press
Ex 5 - Setu Bandhasana in Sarvangasana (Bridge in Shoulderstand)

In day 7 you’ll do a standing forward bend exercise...

Day 10 (30 minutes)

Ex 1 - Timed Sarvangasana plus variations (Shoulderstand Posture)
Ex 2 - Timed Sirsasana plus variations (Headstand Posture)

Timing your inversions is an excellent way to build strength. In this session you’ll get out your timer and work with measuring your stay in Sirsas...

This month's special event is a pre-recorded class filmed during David's 2023 Kovalam Mysore intensive. This exclusive release will be available to watch and practice to on June 30th. Did you hear? David will be teaching his annual winter Mysore intensive in Bali this year. You can find all the i...

"You see the practice for its aim of teaching you meditation. You also have make more room in your life for your practice if you want to keep doing it at the same level that you have been. Be open to practicing slower, fewer asanas and staying longer in them. Develop your inversions and breath...

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...

In this Vinyasa Lab, David gives a tutorial on how to start practicing Chakrasana. Here are the vinyasa instructions when you are executing out of Supta Hasta Padangusthasana:
— With a great rhythm, hoist your legs and arms overhead, lift your hips, and
plant your hands on the ground underneath y...

Bhastrika: Bellows

Bhastrika is a highly active, energy rousing technique that tones the absomen and helps you to activate your respiratory musuclature. The forceful rhythmic pumping of the breath churns the belly and stirs up the dormant, sluggish energy within muladhara, the root support chakr...

Open the thighs outward, imagine that the thigh bones lengthen and extend away from you in a line from the hip to the knee. Soften and release the inner thighs, and endeavor to ground the thighs downward towards the earth. Keep the sacrum (back of the pelvis) sucked forward into the body, sit dir...

This video is a a traditional 1hr and 30 minute counted vinyasa method live class of the Intermediate Series or Second Series led by David Garrigues. It includes work on back bends such as Dhanurasana, Ustrasana, and Kapotasana, deep hip opening postures such as Eka Pada Sirsasana, and Yoga Nidr...

Short Form class that includes asanas from the 1st and 2nd series:
Surya A (3)
Surya B (3)
Navasana
Budjapidasana
Upa Vista Konasana A & B
Supta Padangusthasana
Pasasana
Krounchasana
Shalabhasana A & B
Dhanurasana
Ustrasana
Kapotasana A & B
Matseyasana
Bakasana
Urdhva Dhanurasana
Drop Back with w...

One of the key principles to executing Kapotasana is building a powerful centered foundation through your legs. This exercise helps you understand how to use the legs so that your spine can be free to safely lengthen in the posture.

Surya Namaskara A (3)
Surya Namaskara B (3)
Trikonasana
Parsvakonasana
Prasarita Padottanasana (A)
Prasarita Padottanasana (C)
Utkatasana
Warrior 1
Warrior 2
Janu A
Marichyasana C
Navasana
Budjapidasana
Kurmasana
Supta Kurmasana
Garbha Pindasana
Kukkutasana
Supta Konasana
Upa Vista Konasana
Ubha...

Head to Knee pose or Janu Sirsasana A is one of the most classic and foundational seated asana's because nearly anyone can make a try at it, and it effectively combines both hip opening and forward bending. It is common to emphasize the forward bending aspect and to miss the excellent opportuniti...

Weekly Thoughts for March 10, 2024

Talk 1
Yoga Sutras Book 1, Samadhi Pada
Sutras 1-11

Recommended Books
1- Yoga, Discipline of Freedom by Barbara Stoller Miller
Pages 44-45
Read Part Two, “The Purpose of Yoga”

2- Yoga Sutra Workbook, Certainty of Freedom by Vyaas Houston
Review Sutras 2.1-2.3