1st pranayama in the Ashtanga Pranayama Sequence. This tutorial is instructed.

An energizing 15 minute class that focuses on strengthening and developing powerful legs. Yoga teacher, Tamsin, incorporates various exercises utilizing Shalabhasana, Vasisthasana, and Setu Bandhasana.

Practice 5 plank exercises with David and get strong!
1- Mountain Climber with band
2- Feet side to side with band
3- Shoulder tap
4- One arm switch
5- Plank to Chaturanga push ups

In this Practical Practice Talk, David speaks in-depth on mudras and bandhas and they reveal themselves in the practice and how you access and work with them.

List of asanas
Surya A (3)
Surya B (2)
Padangusthasana
Uttitha Hasta Padangusthasana
Utkatasana
Pashimottonasana
Purvottonasana
Ardha Baddha Padma Pashimottonasana
Tirianga Mukha Pashimottonasana
Navasana
Baddha Konasana
Upa Vishta Konasana
Urdhva Dhanurasana
Sarvangasana
Sirsasana
Ujjayi breathi...

You may have found that there appears to be very little connection between Head to Knee C Pose (Janusirsasana C) and its brothers A and B or that proficiency in A and B don't necessarily lead to knowing how to execute Head to Knee C. In fact I think of Janusirsasana C as a sort of alien from an...

Filmed in Mysore, India, on the famous Chamundi Hill in front of the great Nandi this 1 hr 30 minute traditionally Sanskrit counted Primary Series will help the student develop:

• a proper understanding of the rhythm and flow of the Primary Series vinyasa sequence
• cleansing internal heat that ...

This video includes tips for balancing in the posture, also I show you how to catch your leg or to use a block in order to create a fuller, more thorough spinal rotation. Knowing how to modify this challenging posture is a real boon that can help you to gain access to its many healing benefits (...

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...

Arhda Baddha Padmotanasana (Half Bound Lotus Intense Forward Bend Pose) is an important foundational pose that can help you to safely learn to do Padmasana, the most classical, potent and alluring asana of all. In this class you’ll study the 1st Vinyasa as the foundational set up position tha...

Loving your stance is a super power!

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...

The focus for this day is on the foundation of the 9 Vinyasa Positions of Surya Namaskara.
For the first exercise you’ll place a block between your thighs to bring your attention to connecting your feet and legs to the earth in Samasthiti (Equal Grounding). You’ll move through several cycles o...

Exercises in session 2:
1-Upward Bow
A) Feet at the wall on blocks working the leg actions
B) Feet at the wall working leg actions
C) Lifting heels
D) Away from the wall with or without props as you like

2-Drop backs
A) Drop back with wall
B) Use wall to work on the crouch and spring
D) Ge...

Move into position by coming all the way to the destination with a confident, speedy move. Reach outwards through the spine from pelvis through head, skillfully come forward stabilizing the legs and rotating the spine to the right. Touch chin to shin.

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...

In this video you will learn the basic technique of Ujjayi so that you can begin to cultivate and understand how being skilled at breathing can transform your yoga practice. You will begin to understand the inhalation and exhalation patterns known as prana and apana and with practice will lead y...

This month's special event is a class that focuses on drills that are perfect for the Ashtanga yoga practice. Class will be on Sunday, May 26th at 10:15am EST. Zoom link will be emailed out a couple of hours before the class begins.
Class will be uploaded to the channel following the livestream.

Talk 5
Yoga Sutras Book 1, Samadhi Pada
Sutras 1.23-1.28

Recommended Reading
1- Yoga, Discipline of Freedom by Barbara Stoller Miller
Pages 35-37
Read Part One, “Dedication to the Lord of Yoga”

2- Yoga Sutra Workbook, Certainty of Freedom by Vyaas Houston
Review Sutras 1.23-1.28

In this weekly thoughts video, David uses Vivekanda's Raja Yoga text to discuss the particulars of practice.

Monotony and repetition are a hidden training in spontaneity.

A talk about the benefits of modifying and using props. This lecture is from David's video course, Practical Practice Talks.