Ashtanga yoga practice, sick and you

Should you practice if you are sick?
If you have a fever, rest.
If you feel contagious and/or are really gross or think you'll be disruptive, practice at home.

What is it?
Do you have a cold or the flu?
Q and A at the CDC

Help prevent others from getting sick
How flu spreads at the CDC

What to do if you feel sick

• Tips at the CDC

• Gargle salt water throughout the day

• Perform jala neti

• Avoid sugar and dairy

• Take acidophilus if you are on antibiotics

How to help prevent illness

• Perform jala neti

• Avoid sugar and dairy

• Wash your hands and don't touch your mouth...
  

• Sleep well and practice regularly
  

• Stay regular/eat smart: Everyone says it is hard to stay on point and take care of ourselves over the holidays, but really, there is always stress in our daily lives and there will always be an excuse not to do the right thing. It is way cooler to be healthy and able to hangout than to be sick and full of snot in bed. Eat to fuel your body, your practice, your work, and your digestive system. Poop everyday!

• Dress properly: Whether on bike, foot, or train, our outerwear is the equivalent of our cars and worth the investment.
  
  

Allergies, practice, and you

Holiday Schedule

Dec 21 (Tuesday)
Moon day
No class

Dec 22 (Wednesday) - 28 (Tuesday)
No classes

Ashtanga Yoga Demonstration

From the 2010 Dasara Festival. KPJAYI students (including Elise) demonstrating Ashtanga yoga asanas.

Primary Series at the Mysore Palace: Bhujapidasana, Kurmasana, Supta Kurmasana





Intermediate Series at the JSS Hospital: Ustrasana, Laghu Vajrasana, Kapotasana, Pincha Mayurasana, Mayurasana

Conference with R Sharath Rangaswamy

Dharma Talk with Richard Freeman

"Ganesh’s Secret: The Obstacles to Yoga"

http://www.yjevents.com/audio/ep10_richard_freeman.mp3

Ashtanga Yoga Retreat with Elise & Mary

Ashtanga Yoga Retreat
with Elise Espat and Mary Flinn
January 28-30, 2011
Ananda Ashram, Monroe, New York
More information
Register online

Join us for a full weekend immersion filled with yoga practice and more, inspired by the rich experience of studying at the source in Mysore, India. Nestled in the tranquility of nature, the Ananda Ashram is the ideal setting for contemplation and rejuvenation for the year ahead. This weekend is open to all students of yoga from complete beginner to advanced practitioner.

Elise Espat is one of the few teachers worldwide to have received Level 2 Authorization, enabling her to teach both the primary and intermediate series of Ashtanga yoga. She is honored to have practiced with the late Shri K. Pattabhi Jois and is a direct student of R. Sharath Jois at the KPJ Ashtanga Yoga Institute in India. Elise leads the Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn daily Mysore program in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Mary Flinn has been teaching yoga for over 15 years and has directed several yoga centers in NYC. Her daily practice has been Ashtanga yoga since 1997 and she has been blessed by the late Shri K. Pattabhi Jois and his grandson R. Sharath Jois to teach the first and second series of Ashtanga yoga. She has studied yoga philosophy with the scholars at the Ananda Ashram for many years. Mary teaches in Philadelphia at Mount Airy Yoga.

Sign up now

Online Store

Resource and product recommendations in one place. If we don't offer them here or here definitely shop online at the Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn Amazon store.

Ashtanga from the source: Traditional Method

From the KPJAYI:

All students commence their instruction in the same manner in which on the first day of class they are taught Surya Namaskar A, followed by Padmasana and deep breathing, and a few minutes of rest to conclude their first day of practice. The next day after Surya Namaskar A has been performed, Surya Namaskar B is taught, and one then again concludes in the same method as the previous day, with Padmasana, deep breathing, and rest. After both of the Surya Namaskar have been learned correctly, each of the various asanas are added one by one. When one asana is correct, the next one is taught. Depending on the age and ability of the student, it can take anywhere upwards of 3 months to learn the primary series.

Continue reading at the KPJAYI website by clicking here

Moon Day + Thanksgiving Weekend

Next Moon Day: Sunday, November 21

Thursday, November 25th: 8-9:30am Led replaces Mysore (sign up here)
Friday, November 26th: No class
Sunday, November 28th: Regular schedule

Thursday, December 2: New led class Tue/Thurs 3:30pm at 112 North 6th.

Led Primary Series at Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn/ Go Yoga

Ashtanga ~ Led Class
Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30-5pm starting December 2nd

The primary series of Ashtanga yoga taught in the traditional method of Mysore, India by Shri K. Pattabhi Jois. Students will be led through Yoga Chikitsa (Yoga Therapy) to the rhythm of the vinyasas counted in Sanskrit. There are no classes on new or full moons (moon days).

No class on Dec 21 (Tue), Dec 23 (Thur), Dec 28 (Tue), Jan 4 (Tue), May 3 & 17 (Tue)

Location:
112 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Sign Up: Unlike the AYB Mysore program, please contact Go Yoga to register online or in person. Drop ins welcome.

Shala Chanting: Ādityahṛdayam आदित्यहृदयम्,

About (includes transliteration, devanagari, and English translation)

Mysore Goes 6-Days

Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn now offers a 6-day per week traditional Mysore program.
Monday - Friday 6:45am - 9:30am
Sundays 8am - 9:30am

Closed Saturdays and full/new moon days.

Sita Sings the Blues

November 5th marks the festival of lights aka Diwali. Jains, Sikhs, and Hindus share the holiday, with Hindus celebrating several important events including those from the Ramayana. Below is an animated retelling of the epic.

Sanskrit Alphabet

Pronunciation guide pdf

Vowels


Consonants

Ashtanga Yoga Opening Prayer

वन्दे गुरूणां चरणारविन्दे
सन्दर्शित स्वात्म सुखाव बोधे ।

निःश्रेयसे जङ्गलिकायमाने
संसार हालाहल मोहशांत्यै ॥

आबाहु पुरुषाकारं
शंखचक्रासि धारिणम् ।

सहस्र शिरसं श्वेतं
प्रणमामि पतञ्जलिम् ॥

vande gurūṇāṁ caraṇāravinde
sandarśita svātma sukhāva bodhe |

niḥ śreyase jaṅgalikāyamāne
saṁsāra hālāhala mohaśāṁtyai ||

ābāhu puruṣākāraṁ
śaṁkhacakrāsi dhāriṇam |

sahasra śirasaṁ śvetaṁ
praṇamāmi patañjalim ||

I bow to the lotus feet of the Gurus
The awakening happiness of one's own Self revealed,
Beyond better, acting like the Jungle physician,
Pacifying delusion, the poison of Samsara.

Taking the form of a man to the shoulders,
Holding a conch, a discus, and a sword,
One thousand heads white,
To Patanjali, I salute.

From the KPJAYI website.
Listen to Sri K. Pattabhi Jois chant the opening mantra.
Read the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali online or get a translation.

Where to Buy

Currently AYB offers cotton Mysore rugs, mat bags, and books by request (learn more here). What AYB doesn't supply, I'll definitely will help you find. I'll only recommend what I know works, is of quality, and ethically produced. If I'm not certain of any of these, I'll say so. I try my best to stay current with what is available and what is out there, however, it is impossible to be on it all the time, so, if you have thoughts, suggestions, or updates, your feedback is welcome. Lastly, because we are a Brooklyn-based program, my suggestions are as local as possible. Support small businesses! If you prefer to shop online, check out the AYB Amazon Store.

-Elise


Yoga Mats
How to choose a yoga mat (click here)
Go Yoga: Harmony Mats and Manduka Mats, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Kula Yoga Project Manduka Williamsburg, Brooklyn (more in Manhattan)
Greenhouse Holistic: Harmony Mats Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Lululemon (see below) Manduka
Om Harmony & Prana

Yoga Rugs
Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Kula Yoga Project Yogitoes Williamsburg, Brooklyn (more in Manhattan)

Yoga Mat Bags
Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn
Go Yoga

Yoga Clothes
Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York (Malaika Padma Pune Chic Yoga Shorts) Chelsea, Manhattan
Yoga Works (Hard Tail leggings, pants, and shorts) Manhattan
Pure (Tanya-B pants) Upper West/East
Online/find a store (Shining Shakti pants)
Kula Yoga Project Hyde pants (men) and tops/pants (women) Williamsburg, Brooklyn (more in Manhattan)
American Apparel (Leggings--though they wear out quick & t-shirts) Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Jivamukti (organic tops and bottoms for women, some items for men, prancing leopard, inner waves) Union Square
Om Union Square (women)
Yoga Sutra Midtown
Laughing Lotus Midtown
Lululemon Union Square and Brooklyn (men/women)



Books
Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn
Go Yoga
Barnes and Noble
Yoga Sutra
The Strand
Yoga Works
Jivamukti

2011 Ashtanga Yoga Moon Days

A list of full and new moon days for 2011. Ashtanga practitioners take this time off for rest. Find out why by clicking here.

January 4th, Tuesday, New Moon
January 19th, Wednesday, Full Moon

February 2nd, Wednesday, New Moon
February 18th, Friday, Full Moon

March 4th, Friday, New Moon
March 19th,Saturday, Full Moon

April 3rd, Sunday, New Moon
April 18th, Monday, Full Moon

May 3rd, Tuesday , New Moon
May 17th, Tuesday, Full Moon

June 1st, Wednesday, New Moon
June 15th, Wednesday , Full Moon

July 1st, Friday, New Moon
July 15th, Friday, Full Moon
July 30th, Saturday, New Moon

August 13th, Saturday, Full Moon
August 29th, Monday, New Moon

September 13th, Monday, Full Moon
September 27th, Tuesday, New Moon

October 12th , Wednesday,Full Moon
October 26th, Wednesday , New Moon

November 10th, Thursday, Full Moon
November 25th, Friday , New Moon

December 10th, Saturday, Full Moon
December 24th, Saturday New Moon

timeanddate.com

Ashtanga Yoga Gear

Cotton Mysore practice rugs
Why you should rug it

Yoga mat bags

Yoga Mala book

Yoga Sutras

Bhagavad Gita

email info@ashtangayogabrooklyn.com

Monday (Columbus Day)

No class on Monday, October 11 (Columbus Day).

Fall schedule

Moon Day Theory #5 {Dena Kingsberg}

Next Moon Day: Thursday, September 23, 2010.

From Dena Kingsberg:

"Both full and new moon days are observed as yoga holidays in the Ashtanga Yoga tradition.

What is the reasoning behind this?

Like all things of a watery nature (human beings are about 70% water), we are affected by the phases of the moon. The phases of the moon are determined by the moon's relative position to the sun. Full moons occur when they are in opposition and new moons when they are in conjunction. Both sun and moon exert a gravitational pull on the earth." read on

See all 2010 moon days

Moon Day Theory #4 {Karyn Grenfell}

Next Moon Day: Wednesday, September 8, 2010.

From Karyn Grenfell at Blue Lotus Ashtanga:

"Through practising Yoga we become aware of our own tendencies and the natural cycles that occur within and around us. Hopefully, over time we are able to function more harmoniously with ourselves and with the environment we live in.

Observing moon days connects us with the functioning of the universe and makes us aware of the effect the universal energy can have on us individually." read on

Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn Mysore / Led Class 2011 Schedule

No classes on Moon Days .

Classes are held at Go Yoga 112 North 6th Street (Between Berry and Wythe), Brooklyn, NY 11211

Subway L to Bedford Ave

Tuition is $100 for new students (first month).
Beginners are always welcome.
Current Mysore practitioners may drop in.


email: info@ashtangayogabrooklyn.com
more info: www.ashtangayogabrooklyn.com

Where to shop: Food

Greenmarket
Saturdays, Union Ave between Driggs & N 12th Street
Fruit, veg, dairy, meat, flowers, bread, wine, and a clothing drive.

Tops on the Waterfront
89 N 6th St (between Bedford Ave & Berry St)
Good selection of organic and conventional produce, cheese, and excellent bulk section.

The Garden Food Market
921 Manhattan Ave (at Kent Ave)
Organic and conventional produce, packaged goods, deli, cheeses, bulk, bakery...

Sunac Natural
150 N 7th St (between Berry St & Bedford Ave)
Organic produce, products, and packaged goods in a pinch.

Millenium Health
241 Bedford Avenue at North 3rd
Fresh juices, vitamins, packaged goods, small produce area.

Khim's Millenium Market
460 Driggs Ave (between 10th St & 11th St)
Large selection of produce, packaged goods, and juices.

Inspiring TED Video

Inspirational as always, this TED talk is about a whole lot of good stuff. Thanks Malissa!

Daily Ashtanga Yoga practice

New Photos

New photos of Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn mysore practice on the website by Matthew Spiegelman. Here are some more:

Moon Day Tuesday

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 is a Moon Day. Take rest!

See all 2010 Moon Days.

Guru Purnima: Remembering Guruji

• "Every other adult has told me to get a haircut and get a job. You are telling me to practice yoga, and all is coming. OK, I am ready!" -The tribute article for Guruji at Yoga Journal
  
  
• Namarupa interview with BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois (Guruji), and TKV Desikachar.
  
  
• In Memoriam by Kino MacGregor.
  
  
• "This is a personal account of my connection with a great teacher, nothing more." -Paul Dallaghan at ashtanga.com
  
  
• "A Day in the Life" short film by John Romero.
  
  
• Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute by R. Alexander Medin at ashtanga.com.
  
  
• Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Public Talks on Ashtanga Yoga (France 1991) at aysnyc.org.

Moon Day Monday

Monday, July 26, 2010 is a Moon Day. Take rest!

See all 2010 Moon Days.

Saraswathi Rangaswamy in New York

Saraswathi will be visiting from Mysore, India to teach in New York City.

From AYNY:

Ashtanga Yoga with Saraswathi Rangaswamy, September 8 - September 12, 2010

K. Pattabhi Jois USA (KPJ USA) and Ashtanga Yoga New York (AYNY) are extremely happy to announce that Saraswathi Rangaswamy will be teaching one week of Ashtanga Yoga classes in New York City from September 8 – September 12, 2010. Please note that classes on 9/8 and 9/12 will be led classes, and the classes on 9/9, 9/10 and 9/11 will be Mysore style. Location TBA.

Additionally, September 11 is Saraswathi’s 69th birthday, and we will celebrate by throwing a birthday party for her at 7 pm at AYNY, 430 Broome St., 2nd floor.

The daughter of the late Ashtanga Yoga master, Sri K. Patthabi Jois, Saraswati began practicing yoga at the age of five. She was the first woman to teach coed yoga classes in Mysore, India, and she has been teaching yoga since 1967.

To register online for these classes please visit our registration page with Brown Paper Tickets.

Refund Policy: We will offer full refunds until August 22, 2010. Unfortunately, no refunds will be offered after this date.

Privacy Policy: AYNY takes every reasonable precaution to assure that your data is secure. We will not share your information with any third parties. For Brown Paper Tickets’ privacy policy, please visit its site here.

Castor Oil Bath

Originally published October 2008 in www.livingmysore.com:

Relieve aches, pains and stiffness with oil baths
By Kimberly Flynn Williams

Oil bath is a traditional, weekly Ayurvedic home remedy still practiced widely in South India. Shri K. Pattabhi Jois routinely recommends oil bath to his yoga students especially for the relief of back and knee pain as well as stiffness. Weekly oil bath reduces excess internal heat (pitta in Ayurveda) particularly in the joints, liver, and skin. This heat is generated by poor lifestyle, including consumption of oily, processed, and difficult to digest foods, alcohol and tobacco, in addition to stress, air pollution and inadequate sleep. This imbalance increases with the heat generated by yoga practice and hot climate. Eating an over-sufficiency of healthy foods that are deemed "heating" in Ayurvedic terms, also adds to this imbalance.

Excess heat can be felt in the joints as pain and stiffness and in the back, often in the lower right-hand side and hip, as a nearly debilitating pain. This heat also contributes to a short temper, burning anger, red skin, pinkish acne, and redness in the eyes. When a daily ashtanga yoga practitioner still carries extra weight, especially around the middle, has difficulty with weight loss or with digestion, and has a regularly sluggish bowel, these are all signs of surplus heat.

In India, oil bath is customarily taken with castor oil that is later removed from the skin and hair with a special herbal paste made of equal parts soap nut and green powders mixed with water. Castor oil delivers the best results, but is nearly impossible to remove without these powders. Guruji suggests that, after leaving India, the yoga student can replace castor oil with almond oil, which easily washes off with bath soap.

Continue reading full article at Living Mysore...






Since 1995, Kimberly Flynn Williams has traveled yearly to Mysore, India to study Ashtanga Yoga with Shri K. Pattabhi Jois and his family at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute. She began her studies with Pattabhi Jois in 1993 during his teaching visit to New York City. Inspired by Pattabhi Jois's vast knowledge of Yoga Shastra, she has been a student of Sanskrit Recitation, Yoga Sutras, and Philosophy under Dr. M.A. Jayashree since 1998. Kimberly co-directed and co-founded Ashtanga Yoga Shala in Los Angeles where she taught for 10 years and twice hosted Pattabhi Jois. Kimberly, AYRI Authorized, teaches Ashtanga Yoga and Sutra Chanting in Hawaii, throughout the United States, and Internationally. She began yoga practice in 1982.

How to clean your yoga mat

Daily

• Clean your feet before practice.
• Use a rug over your mat.
  
• Wipe your mat as dry as possible post-practice.
• Hang your mat to dry completely everyday post-practice
  
  

Weekly/As needed

• Wash your rug.
  

Once per month/As needed

• Deep clean your mat. Check out the Eco Yogini for green tips on how to wash your mat and a recipe for an anti-bacterial spray that you can make at home. The Wai Lana website has an interesting suggestion for expediting the drying process:
  
  "To dry your yoga mat, lay it on top of a dry towel and tightly roll mat and towel together like a cinnamon roll. Squeeze out excess water by pressing with your hands or feet. Unroll and hang to air dry."
  
  The ingredients in these DIY sprays tend to be similar (vinegar, water, witch hazel, tea tree, etc.) Here's a video at Notacoolmom if you're the visual type.
  

Sharath, Saraswati, & Manju : New Encinitas Shala

Sharath Rangaswamy, Saraswati Rangaswamy, and Manju Jois are teaching at and celebrating the opening of their new Ashtanga yoga shala in Encinitas, California August 20th - September 5th 2010.

Link to flier: http://cli.gs/nrd5zE

Link to sign up:
http://kpjayi.org/encinitas.html

Practice and Potluck

Sunday, July 18th
Morning self practice followed by a potluck gathering.
All regular AYB students are invited.

Moon Day and Solar Eclipse

Sunday, July 11, 2010 is a Moon Day. Take rest!

See all 2010 Moon Days.

Interview: The Story of Yoga in America

Interview with Stefanie Syman, author of The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America, from NPR's On Point.

Listen here

Eat Local: Saturday Farmers Market

While the produce isn't from your neighbor's backyard, the bounty at the weekly Greenmarket in McCarren Park is pretty darn close. Sometimes you'll spend a bit more than at the grocery store, but often you'll find yourself spending much less. Plus, you can glory in the fact that you are getting really close to the source of what you put in your body. You're also able to literally put your money where your mouth is... Each dollar you spend is a vote, an investment if you will, for local, whole, healthy, sustainable, different, not factory farmed, etc. sustenance.

You are what you eat and eat what you are.

Greenpoint / McCarren Park Greenmarket

Location: Union Ave between Driggs & N 12th Street

Schedule: Saturdays, year round, 8am-3pm. 2010 Schedule changes: 12/25 & 1/1 will close for holidays.

Subway: L, to Bedford Ave; G, to Nassau Ave
Bus: B43, B68

EBT/Food Stamps and WIC & Senior FMNP Coupons Accepted

Greenpoint/McCarren Park Greenmarket from GrowNYC on Vimeo.

Food, Inc. Trailer

Moon Day Cometh

Saturday, June 26, 2010 is a Moon Day. Take rest!

Also a partial lunar eclipse.

See all 2010 Moon Days.

Healthy Eating Tips for Yogis

Healthy Eating Tips for Yogis

by Kino MacGregor
originally published in Living Mysore July 2008

1. Be conscious of your emotional state before, during and after eating. If you are angry, sad, anxious or depressed before or during your meal you will not digest your food as well as when you are peaceful, relaxed and happy. If you notice that you feel worse after you eat it’s a good sign to take a deeper look at your food choices.

2. How you feel about what you eat is as important as any dietary rule, dogma or guideline. A peaceful state of mind is crucial to a sattvic lifestyle and your relationship with food is a great place to start. Let go of any rules that cause you stress or create rigidity and allow them to soften and be replaced with more relaxed attitudes about your body, food and health.

3. When you eat anything you say an internal “yes” to the entire means of production of that food item. This tacit “yes” includes the agricultural system, the food production system, the distribution system, the marketing behind the products, the preparation and everything that goes into the production, creation and delivery of the food that you eat. In a sense, eating is a highly complex method of consumerism and your food stands for what means of production you support.

4. Food is one of the most intimate relationships you make with world. What else that you interact with actually passes through the semi-permeable membranes of your body and literally becomes you from the cellular level and up? Your dietary choices are the building blocks of your body, mind and soul.

5. The brain is as affected, if not more affected by the chemicals in food as the rest of your body. The same receptor cells for neurotransmitters that evoke happiness, anxiety, depression and anger respond to the molecules of food as they are digested and transported throughout your bloodstream. What you eat really makes a lasting impact on how you feel, think and act.

6. If you want to live a peaceful life take notice of the principle of Ahimsa or non-violence in your eating habits. Notice not only whether your food choices cause other beings like animals pain, but also whether your attitude towards food causes you or other people pain. A vegetarian person can be very violent towards other people about their non-vegetarian food choices. While a vegetarian diet certainly helps establish you in a more peaceful relationship with other beings, reacting violently towards those who choose a different path violates the deeper purpose of ahimsa, that is, that of creating and living a more peaceful life.

7. The definition of food as molecules such as fats, proteins and carbohydrates belies a more subtle reality of our eating habits. Food often has a very poignant emotional reality that far outweighs the sum total of its molecular structure. In the most simple way of understanding food, it is a way for us to receive nourishment for our universe and the energy that supports it. In the deepest sense it is an expression of love.

8. Food will nourish you to the extent that you’re open to being nourished and it will pollute you to the extent that you’re open to being polluted. How you think, feel and act about food opens doors to your ability to truly assimilate its power. Just as a great deal of the world in the yoga practice is about surrendering, a great deal of health is about receiving and when you eat you must literally surrender and open yourself up to receive the gift of health from the nourishment of food.

9. The body rebuilds itself constantly on a molecular level and over approximately seven years your body will have replaced most every cell throughout itself from your hair all the way down to your organs. When you eat you have the chance to transform the cellular structure of your body.

10. Your body can be thought of as the home for your spirit. Just as you would thoroughly clean out your residence a few times a year, it’s also a good idea to clean out your body a few times a year. The old tradition of spring cleaning can also be applied to your body. After the holiday season and the winter diet of heavy foods it might feel good to fast, cleanse and eat lightly for a few days to keep everything flowing along the inner channels of your body.

Kino MacGregor is the founder of Miami Life Center, a space for Ashtanga yoga, holistic health and consciousness on Miami Beach, where she and her husband Tim Feldmann teach together. She is the youngest woman out of a select few people in the world to receive the certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. Both teaching locally on Miami Beach and traveling internationally, she leads classes, privates, workshops, yoga conferences and retreats in traditional Ashtanga yoga and total life transformation. In her unique, inspirational and playful approach, Kino helps her students expand and deepen their understanding of yoga and life.

Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn Mysore Class Summer 2010 Schedule

Summer 2010 Mysore Schedule

Monday - Friday 6:45 am - 9:30 am
Monday - Thursday 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

No classes on moon days July 26 (Mon), August 10 (Tue), August 24 (Tue).

Classes are held at 112 North 6th Street (Between Berry and Wythe), Brooklyn, NY 11211
Subway L to Bedford Ave

Tuition is $99 for new students. Beginners welcome.

NYC short-term visitors with a current Mysore practice may drop in.

email: info@ashtangayogabrooklyn.com
more info: www.ashtangayogabrooklyn.com

Ashtanga Yoga 2010 Moon Days

Ashtanga practitioners take the day of a full and new moon as a day of rest from asana practice. To learn more, click here.
To view current moon phase, click here.

January 15 Friday
January 30 Saturday
February 14 Sunday
February 28 Sunday
March 15 Monday
March 30 Tuesday
April 14 Wednesday
April 28 Wednesday
May 14 Friday
May 27 Thursday
June 12 Saturday
June 26 Saturday
July 11 Sunday
July 26 Monday
August 10 Tuesday
August 24 Tuesday
September 8 Wednesday
September 23 Thursday
October 7 Thursday
October 23 Saturday
November 6 Saturday
November 21 Sunday
December 5 Sunday
December 21 Tuesday

{Event} 5/16/10 Ashtanga Yoga + Chakras with Mary Flinn

Sunday, May 16, 2010
Ashtanga Yoga + Chakras with Mary Flinn

10:00am-11:45am
Bandhas & Breath + Half Led Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga

12:00-2:00pm
Chakra exploration

Location:
Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Brooklyn
1 Monitor Street, L to Graham Ave

Register here:
Ashtanga Yoga Brooklyn

Moon Day Theory #3 {Shri K. Pattabhi Jois}

Next Moon Day: Friday, May 14, 2010.

From Shri K. Pattabhi Jois at the Ashtanga Yoga Shala:

"That day is very difficult day. Two stars one place (conjunction) is going. New moon also, full moon also. That day very dangerous day. You (take) practice (on that day), anyone can have a small pain starting. That pain is not going very quickly. Long time he is taking. Some broken possible. That is why that day don’t do." read on

Recycle!

Sunday, May 2nd, head over to Williamsburg/Greenpoint's McCarren Park for the Go Green! Greenpoint Earth Day Festival. The event will run from 11 am - 4pm and will feature:

• Education Displays & Vendors
  
  
• Children’s Center
  . . . ever heard of Box City?
  
  
• Greencycle Swap
  Drop off your clean and gently used clothes, shoes, bedding, toys, and books. They'll also take your bikes & electronics (working) and computers (non-working okay). Take what you want and what's left gets "Goodwilled".
  
  
• Sensitive Document Disposal
  
  
• Art, Science & Writing Contests
  
  
• Blood Drive
  
  
• Live Music & Performances
  

Want to do some donating/swapping and can't make it on Sunday? Town Square holds Greencycle Swaps every 2nd Saturday.

Moon Day Theory #2 {Richard Freeman}

Next Moon Day: Wednesday, April 28, 2010.

From Richard Freeman at the Yoga Workshop:

"Observing this restraint to practice can be helpful in not becoming too attached to practice and routine. It also provides time for the body to rest and recuperate."

read on

{Photos} 4/25/10 Event with Mary Flinn

Photos from Sunday's Ashtanga Yoga Practice and Theory with Mary Flinn.

Click to view album

What is Ashtanga yoga, Mysore, and what can a beginner expect?

{Schedule} Afternoon Mysore starts in May

Monday-Thursday 3:30 - 5:30 pm afternoon Mysore begins May 3rd, 2010. Beginners are welcome! Classes take place at 112 North 6th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Take the L to Bedford Avenue. Monthly tuition is $99 for new students.

More information.

Ashtanga Books - Essential Reading

See it at Amazon (We also carry it at AYB)
Yoga Mala : Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Also Surya Namaskara : Sri K. Pattabhi Jois available through the KPJAYI.




See it at Amazon
We also carry a translation at AYB
The Yoga Sutras




See it at the Sri Ramakrishna Math
We also carry a translation at AYB
Bhagavad Gita : Swami Tapasyananda










See it at amazon
Hatha Yoga Pradipika