Archive for February, 2010

During one of the evening conferences that Nancy Gilgoff held in Goa she talked about Saturday being a rest day and how this came to be.
When western students started arriving in Mysore to be taught by Pattabhi Jois, he found that he was teaching yoga in his shala every day from 5 am until about [...]

In the previous post heading home attempt #2 post I told you about the problems we had with our first attempt to get home from Goa.  Our flight was delayed for 12 hours and Michele had left her purse in the taxi.
The delay of the flight was a good thing.  That allowed us to get [...]

The Ashtanga practice is an energitic practice, fueled by the breath. Movements are done to the breath.  The inhale and the exhale of each breath should be the same length.  One complete breath to the next can be a different length but the two parts of one breath should be the same length.
In the sun [...]

The first day I did primary series. It seemed most appropriate after two days of sitting up in an airplane seat.
I got a very strong adjustment from Nancy in Mirachyasana D.  She was able to get me to twist a little further and get me to bind comfortably behind my back.
In the standing forward fold [...]

There is another batch of pictures on Picasa.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jack.godfrey49/GoaTrip2#
http://picasaweb.google.com/jack.godfrey49/GoaTrip3#
The previous bunch of pictures were taken by Sarah.  These pictures were taken by me.
There are more pictures to come.