I hear that one of my Ashtanga heroes Chuck Miller, devotes much of his workshops to Samasitithi,  "On the first day of practice, we stood in samstithi for what felt like hours, while Chuck told us about the importance of this word, sama, and how it had risen to the top of his yogic …

I was asked about my practice now I'm here in rural Japan between the mountains and Lake Biwa.  While my Mac is out of action and in need of a new Hard drive I thought I'd repost this  outline from last year of the Slow Ashtanga I'm pretty much practicing here.  Difference fro…

M. was practicing with me yesterday, she was in her fifth Sury down dog and suddenly burst out laughing, I was still in samastithi and she said my practice was like " watching paint dry ". I just mentioned the above to a friend, expecting her support but all she had  to say was.…