Vinyāsa Krama for Upaviṣṭa Koṇāsana from TKV Desikachar’s Notebooks
An example of a Vinyāsa Krama for an Āsana,
this one for Upaviṣṭa Koṇāsana,
from TKV Desikachar’s personal notebooks.
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108 Teaching Path Pointers – 31 – Amongst the Antarāya that relegate Prāṇāyāma to the wish list……
108 Yoga Practice Pointers – 44 – Āsana is the interface between the body……
Āsana is an interface between the body
and the systemic energy processes.
Prāṇāyāma is an interface between the
systemic energy processes and the psyche.
Dhyāna is an interface between the psyche and
the awareness that pervades our sense of being.
108 Prāṇāyāma Practice Pointers – 6 – Bhāvana for the Breath in Nāḍī Śodhana.
Cultivating a home Yoga practice is an odyssey through a relationship……
“Cultivating a home Yoga practice is an odyssey through a relationship. However, this odyssey not only requires patience and perseverance, but also enthusiasm and care. In this respect, as in any relationship, it is necessary to consider establishing priorities.
“Only through Yoga Yoga is known.
Only through Yoga Yoga arises.
One who is diligent with Yoga,
Enjoys Yoga for a long time.”
Vyāsa Commentary to Yoga Sūtra Chapter Three verse 6
To students interested in forming a relationship with a home practice with its attendant fruits, two initial suggestions are offered: First, think of a personal Yoga practice as if acquiring a new book. However before you try to fit this book into what is probably the already overcrowded bookshelf of life, take a decision to remove an existing book to make room for the new one.
108 Yoga Practice Pointers – 43 – Ṣat Mukhi Mudrā – A means to ‘Listen’ to the Space within the Heart.
108 Sūtra Study Pointers – 34 – The paradox of being in a state of distraction is that……
The paradox of being in a state of distraction
is that we are actually in a state of focus.
Its just that we are focused on being turned outwards,
as in the tendency of being scattered,
as in Vyutthāna Saṃskāra,
rather than being focused on being turned inwards,
as in the tendency of being contained,
as in Nirodha Saṃskāra.
Both Saṃskāra are acquired tendencies
and thus we can cultivate a choice within our oscillations.
– Commenting on Yoga Sūtra Chapter 3 verse 9
Propose a Prāṇāyāma practice to increase the length……
Propose a Prāṇāyāma practice to increase the length
and stamina of the inhalation within Viloma Ujjāyī.
Āsana is basically something linked to Prāṇāyāma……
“In the Yoga Sūtra,
Āsana is basically something linked to Prāṇāyāma,
since Prāṇāyāma is a very important practice there,
linked to Dhāraṇā.”
– TKV Desikachar commentary on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 46
Sthira is the absence of Rajas.
“Sthira is the absence of Rajas.”
– TKV Desikachar commentary on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 46
The Online Art of Gītā Scripture – 121 eStudy Module One
The Online Art of Gītā Scripture – 121 eStudy Module One
Search your Heart in The Quest for Relationship with the Beyond
This particular eStudy Module One consists of nine 121 live video meetings to facilitate a personalised approach and in-depth transmission between teacher and student. It introduces the student, through an online teaching dialogue, to the primary principles and essential teachings from T Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar within the Bhagavad Gītā.
“Jñānam is the wisdom of ‘I am that’.
Vijñānam is the discernment of ‘I am not this’ ‘I am not that’.”
– Bhagavad Gītā Chapter Seven verse 2
It is open to all except complete beginners and offers an opportunity for any Yoga Student, teacher or trainee teacher from any Yoga background to develop and deepen their personal Yoga practice and study.
The Online Art of Haṭha Energetics – 121 eStudy Module One
The Online Art of Haṭha Energetics – 121 eStudy Module One
Vitalize your Energy Understanding Nāḍī Prāṇa Agni Cakra Bhūta
This particular eStudy Module One consists of nine 121 live video meetings to facilitate a personalised approach and in-depth transmission between teacher and student. It introduces the student, through an online teaching dialogue, to the primary principles and essential teachings from T Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar within the Haṭha texts.
These Primary principles will be drawn from early formative texts such as the:
- Gorakṣa Śataka composed around the 13/14th Century
- Yoga Yājñavalkhya composed around the 14th Century
- Śiva Saṃhitā composed around the 15th Century
- Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā composed around the 15th Century
- Yoga Tārāvali composed around the 15/16th Century
- Yoga Upaniṣat composed around the 16/17th Century
- Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā composed around the 17/18th Century
We will explore how they inspire and guide our personal Yoga Sādhana, as well as our Yoga teaching. The module is complete in itself and offers a sound overview of the core principles of Haṭha Yoga as a Sādhana.
“Whilst Prāṇa circulates in us, we live, and when it goes, we die.
Prāṇa is responsible for different functions in the body.
Prāṇa expresses itself in everything that concerns life.
there is an important question to be answered.
How does Prāṇa penetrate the different areas of the body?”
– Quote from ‘Concering the Cakra’ by TKV Desikachar
It is open to all except complete beginners and offers an opportunity for any Yoga Student, teacher or trainee teacher from any Yoga background to develop and deepen their personal Yoga practice and study.
108 Sūtra Study Pointers – 33 – The Yoga Sūtra is also very helpful in guiding us around the notion of……
The Yoga Sūtra is also very helpful in guiding us around
the notion of surrendering to that which we don’t know,
through that which we do know.
– Commentary on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 23
Online Live Learning – 121 eStudy Modular Programme
The aim is to reflect the fundamentals of Śrī Krishnamacharya’s teaching, namely, transmission occurs through the direct experience of the teacher with the students personal practice and study Sādhana.
Online Individualised Learning within a Personal Dialogue
Over the past decade, with the advent of online video technologies, I have found myself increasingly involved in virtual teaching situations with Yoga students and Yoga teachers. Here I have offered 121 video meetings to facilitate a personalised approach and in-depth transmission between teacher and student.
Yoga is a process which makes me understand how my mind……
Response from TKV Desikachar on attempts being made to link Yoga to specific diseases
“We have to examine many factors to see what is the origin of what is known as a symptom and according to that we have to propose for this condition some Yoga which is not just Āsana.
Yoga is a process which makes me understand how my mind is functioning and then reduces the turbulence of mind, any technique that helps this helps the person. We are reaching the human being through the mind; we are reaching the sickness through interaction at the mental level, with different tools of course.
This is why it is a challenge for Yoga.”
– Extract from Interview with TKV Desikachar by Paul Harvey in 2000
on ‘Science, Medical Conditions and Yoga as a Therapy’.
We should know what NOT to teach……
“One of the important rules is that
we should know what NOT to teach.”
– TKV Desikachar on Yoga as a Therapy’.
We see what we need to see.
“We see what we need to see.”
– TKV Desikachar 1980
We can use Āsana to explore the Breath and……
Dynamic postures bring out inherent weaknesses and trends in the breath……
“Dynamic postures bring out inherent weaknesses and trends in the breath.
They can also tell you what ratios should be avoided.”
– From personal lessons with TKV Desikachar
108 Sūtra Study Pointers – 32 – Yoga is about remaining true to the Self……
Yoga is about
remaining true to the Self
within the wiles of Myself.
– Reflections on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 21
To influence Prāṇa, we have to influence the mind……
Prāṇa is that which helps us handle things……
“Prāṇa is that which helps us handle things.
It is not something we can handle.”
– From personal lessons with TKV Desikachar
108 Yoga Practice Pointers – 42 – In Āsana the Breath is an accessory to the Āsana……
108 Yoga Practice Pointers – 41 – Cutivating a home Yoga practice……
Cultivating a home Yoga practice
presents a solution to an obstacle.
Maintaining a home Yoga practice
presents an obstacle to a solution.
