Ashtanga Yoga: Your Practice, Your Choice, and Your Subjective Experience
This episode is on the topic of subjectivity in Ashtanga Yoga.
This episode is on the topic of subjectivity in Ashtanga Yoga.
When you’re practicing far from the “real” yoga scene, yama and niyama are the parts that still work anywhere—and they tell you what’s healthy.
It’s about how to learn from imperfect teachers without swallowing their whole worldview along with the useful stuff.
Michael Joel Hall offers a different approach to Ashtanga Yoga grounded in humanist values, personal agency, and inclusivity, rather than dogma or hierarchy.
Your office wired one side of your neck on and the other side off. Marichyasana D pays the price.
A 2007 study found that people new to yoga experienced significant decreases in cortisol, the primary stress hormone, after just one class.
“Don’t guess, assess” is a data thesis. We turned every posture into a diagnostic you can actually read — joint by joint, no guru required.
A teacher showed up sick, taught brilliantly, and asked a rude little question: are body and mood really the same thing?
A reminder that asana isn’t the whole practice—it’s training for how you treat people, reduce harm, and maybe enjoy your life.
Self-inquiry sounds soft. In practice it’s the hardest thing in yoga.