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Specifics of the breath in yoga asana - Notes from Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu (Mysore 1941)

Krishnamacharya gets quite specific with regard to the breath in Yogasanagalu (Mysore 1941). " In pranayama practice (yogangabhyasis), inhalation and exhalation motion is performed using both nostrils, trachea, tip of the tongue, between two lips and in between two rows of teeth. Nor…

Proficient Primary

If advanced asana can be endlessly promoted through Instagram then perhaps we can also promote Primary asana and the proficiency we can explore there, in postures that most can approach.   Krishnamacharya 1938 (aged 50) In Krishnamacharya table of asana in  Yogasanagalu (Mysore 1941)  he …