I have now been away from Brighton for over six weeks. While I have had an amazing time running around visiting friends and family, my yoga practice has gotten further and further away from me. It started out great. I had my mat and jet lag…which made it easy to jump out of bed at […]
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Ashtanga paparazzi, or not!
Hello Brighton Ashtangis. As some of you may have noticed I’ve been waving a camera around the practice room at bnhc this week. Sarah asked me to take some shots for her website. So it seemed like an opportune time to also start a picture gallery on the Ashtanga Brighton website. Here’s a little bit […]
Why I love Mysore
Written by: Sheryl Walters on 18th February 2008 | 4 Comments
Hey Everyone, I have been in San Francisco last week and did a lot of amazing yoga. I did Mysore a couple of times, which was great. I also went to a yoga studio called Yoga Tree. This place is really cutting edge for people interested in yoga. It is regularly mentioned in the yoga […]
Maintaining a committed practice
In January the gyms are all packed with people working out there new years resolutions. So most are probably off to a flying start to the year. Come March there’ll be tumble weed blowing across the circuit training area, I’m exaggerating slightly for effect here : ) I’m in my 2nd year of Mysore style […]
Ashtanga Yoga by John Scott
I thought I’d start off with the first book I bought. I’d been practicing Mysore style for 9 months at BNHC and didn’t know the names of the asana in the primary series. I was also curious about the illusive bandhas, mantras, dristi, ujjayi breath and the philosophy behind Ashtanga – the 8 limbs. The […]
The other 1%
Hello Brighton Ashtangis! How’s the practice going in this nice fresh weather we’re having? There’s a lovely quote in the Ashtanga world attributed to Shri K Pattabhi Jois – 99% practice 1% theory. Personally, I think about yoga more than I practice and have built up a little library of books on the subject. I’m […]