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Ashtanga Yoga Resources: Primary Series Cheat Sheets & More
You’ll find a few resources below to help you with your Ashtanga Yoga practice at home including our very own MCY Primary Series Cheat Sheets! Home practice isn’t always easy. There can be lots of distractions and it can be difficult to carve out the time and space for practice. We’re here to help.
COVID-19: A message from Judi…
As you know we’re pretty down to earth here at MCY. There’s a lot of information and conjecture just now about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and we don’t want to panic. BUT I feel that if the situation is as serious as it seems to be just now then the additional hygiene measures we’ve been advised to implement aren’t enough.
Yoga Outreach – Sharing, Relationships & Community
Every year I host Edinburgh Community Yoga and their brilliant weekend of yoga outreach training. As a Glasgow yoga studio I’m adamant that we have to take our place within our local community. We have to contribute what we can to support the community, foster relationships and nurture it to grow.
What even is Mysore style Ashtanga?
A Mysore style Ashtanga Yoga class is an assisted self practice class. In these classes all of our students are working on the same sequence of postures but their practice is tailored to where they’re each at. Students work through their own practice guided and supported by an experienced teacher.
My Top 3 Tips for Learning the Ashtanga Yoga Sequence
The number one reason students give me for not coming along to Mysore style Ashtanga yoga class is: “I don’t know the sequence!” And I completely understand. It took my good friend Allison Dearling of Live & Breath Yoga more than a year (possibly nearer two!!) to persuade me to join her for a Mysore style class…
Maintaining our Yoga Practice in Winter
In the dark, dreich days of our Glasgow winter it’s a real struggle to get up and onto my yoga mat. At this time of year the idea of hibernating until Spring grows ever more appealing! I want to head into winter feeling strong, well and calm despite the fact that my body suddenly feels a lot more creaky and the very last thing I feel like doing is getting up early. So, what to do?
Mindfulness – powerful, subtle and not that big of a deal.
[GUEST POST by Patricia Galavis] I began meditating in 2009, one year after I started my yoga asana (posture) practice. But, in 2016 everything changed when I got the opportunity to try Zen Mindfulness and Meditation. The Zen techniques I discovered were so practical and effective compared to what I’d learned about meditating so far.