Learn
Everything written here
Practice notes, breath work, and the reference material behind both.
The Practice
The sequences, and how to move through them.
- Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series (Yoga Chikitsa): Complete Pose Guide
The complete Ashtanga Primary Series — opening and closing mantras, every pose in sequence with Devanāgarī and English names, and notes on breath, bandha, and dṛṣṭi.
- Primary Series — the Count, the Dṛṣṭi, and the Grips
The Primary Series in full detail — vinyāsa counts, which count you stay in, the gaze point for every pose, and where the hands go.
- Surya Namaskara A
Sūrya Namaskāra A, step by step — with the practice attitude that makes it a complete practice on its own.
Prāṇāyāma
The breath — ratios, locks, and the warnings that come first.
- Rechaka & Puraka Kumbhaka Pranayama
Practice notes: rechaka and pūraka kumbhaka as taught in the Ashtanga tradition, with ratios and transitions.
- Root Lock
Mūla Bandha beyond the muscle — the energetic dimension, how to refine it, and how to carry it off the mat.
- Śanaiḥ Śanaiḥ — Slowly, Slowly
Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā's warning on the pace of prāṇāyāma: the breath is tamed the way a wild animal is tamed — gradually.
Reference
Vocabulary, sources, and material to keep at hand.
- About
Notes on Ashtanga yoga and related practices — the sequences, the breath work, and the texts they come from.
- Pranayama Biblio
A working bibliography for prāṇāyāma study — primary texts and modern scholarship.
- Pranayama Vocabulary: Sanskrit Terms and Definitions
A working glossary of prāṇāyāma — the five prāṇas, breath components, nāḍīs, bandhas, mudrās, techniques, and the philosophical terms around them.
- Richard Freeman & Mary Taylor — Workshop Chants
Chant sheet from the Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor workshop at Ashtanga Yoga Denver — invocations, the śānti pāṭha of the Yajur Veda, and closing chants.
- Scientific research & studies on Yoga, meditation, and pranayama
Peer-reviewed research on yoga, meditation, and prāṇāyāma.