Mental Health Considerations
This is a video about Mental Health Considerations for Ashtanga Yoga Practitioners.
Props and Assistance
This is a video about Props and Assistance in Ashtanga Yoga.
Ashtanga Yoga Means Personalized Practice
This is a video about Ashtanga Yoga’s Personalized Practice.
Cultural and Philosophical Discussions in Ashtanga Communities
In this video, Michael Joel Hall discusses how Ashtanga Yoga is more than just a sequence of postures; it represents…
Words That Don’t Pay Rent
A million dollars used to sound like freedom, but the label shrank—and it makes me wonder what we’re really practicing for.
Practicing Happiness
Happiness isn’t a vibe—it’s a practice, and you can train it without lying to yourself about how dark things get.
The Free Thing You Skip
Why do we ignore what’s available every day—until a ticket, a trip, or a price tag tells us it’s “worth it”?
The Right Kind of Grit
Sand looks like sand until you need it to hold things together—and that’s a yoga lesson hiding in a sidewalk.
Under the Hood: The Tech Stack Behind a Self-Owned Yoga Education Platform
I built two interconnected websites — theyoga.club and ashtanga.tech — that together run a yoga education business, a membership community, a content operation, and an automated media pipeline. I did it on WordPress with open-source and lifetime-licensed tools. No Kajabi. No Teachable. No monthly SaaS drain. This post is a look under the hood. Three…
The Chin Lock You Can’t Find Is a Strength Problem, Not a Flexibility One
Why the front of your neck cramps in Sarvangasana — and the deep-flexor drill that fixes it.