Hanuman

I just love this song from MC Yogi:-)

Last week I did a free class dedicated to Hanuman on iHanuman.com in which Cynthia Woodring told the story of Hanuman while leading through preparatioan poses to Hanumanasana. So, without it ever being a goal of mine, -i now think that with some patience and time this asana is not impossible for me. :-) We'll see.

Practice

I have had a very nice and steady practice in the last month. I've been doing mostly powerful vinyasa flow practices (Seane Corn, Bryan Kest) and also Forrest yoga (the intensives and an audio workshop). I tried also some new teachers from YogaVibes - Kathryn Budig, Sadie Nardini, Stephanie Keach, Michael Gannon... Kathryn Budig is very playful in her teaching and she makes you believe arm balances and inversions are available for everyone. I liked Sadie as well, with the focus on the core strength and again nice tips for some arm balances and jumps. I also loved the modified primary class from Stephanie Keach, maybe my favorite class from all I tried. So, I have given another chance to Ashtanga, and it's been pretty addictive. :-) In a few weeks I'll get a copy of Gregor Maehle's Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy and am very excited about this. I also started studying the Yoga Sutras with the commentary of T.K.V. Desikachar in his book The Heart of Yoga. I found audio of the yoga sutra's chanting on many sites, like this one for example. There's also an introduction from Tim Miller on iHanuman. Unfortunately I haven't been very diligent with my meditation practice, but I'll work on that. :-)