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The role of this page is to offer a centralised resource where you can access any of Paul’s posts collected from the Yoga Studies Journal around Yoga Texts, Yoga Teachings, Yoga Practice and Yoga Practice Theory. As of October 3rd 2026 the running total of collated Yoga posts is 202. They are correlated on this page within 6 primary groupings and quick links for each are shown below. Within each of the 6 primary headings are sub-groupings where appropriate. The date at the bottom of each topic group will indicate the last update. |
Quick Links for this page:
1. Yoga Convention, Interviews, Practice & Study and Texts
– Collected Overview & Background Posts
Yoga Convention Related Posts
Yoga Practice & Study Related Posts
Yoga Text Related Posts
2. Āsana & Kriyā Practice & Theory – Collected Posts
Āsana Form & Function Related Posts
Āsana Practice Example Related Posts
Āsana Practice Sequencing Related Posts
Counter Posture, Transition & Rest Related Posts
Breathing in Āsana Related Posts
Bṛṃhaṇa & Laṅghana Kriyā Related Posts
Śikṣaṇa Rakṣaṇa & Cikitsā Related Posts
3. Mudrā & Bandha Practice & Theory – Collected Posts
4. Prāṇāyāma & Pratyāhāra Practice & Theory – Collected Posts
Prāṇāyāma Practice Theory Related Posts
Prāṇāyāma Practice Example Related Posts
5. Dhāraṇā & Dhyānam Practice & Theory – Collected Posts
6. Mantra & Sūtra Chant Practice & Theory – Collected Posts
Veda Chanting Practice & Theory Related Posts
Yoga Sūtra Chanting Practice & Theory Related Posts
1. Yoga Convention, Interviews, Practice & Study & Texts
– Collected Overview & Background Posts
– Yoga Convention Related Posts
- Musings on the Student’s Relationship with the Teacher
- Reflections on TKV Desikachar’s Teaching and Svatantra……
- T Krishnamacharya’s accomplishments should not be defined just by his more well known characterisations……
- The Krishnamacharya methodology of melding the Application of Āyurveda with that of Yoga
- The seeds from Krishnamacharya’s and Desikachar’s teachings on Haṭha Yoga……
– 5 Last Updated 26th September 2023
– Yoga Practice & Study Related Posts
- 108 Yoga Practice Pointers – 2013-2026 Collected and Collated
- 108 Yoga Study Path Pointers – 2011-2026 Collected and Collated
- 108 Yoga Teaching Path Pointers – 2011-2026 Collated and Collated
- Haṭha Yoga has roles other than mere freedom of movement……
- It is interesting that in this current boom of Yoga Vogueing there are two distinct camps emerging……
- It is the pleasure of practising Yoga because you want to practice……
- Medicine, Mastery and Mystery within the field of Yoga.
- My understanding on the context and content of Yoga Makaranda….
- Taking Yoga Further – Excerpt from Yoga for Every Body
- The breadth, depth and potential of Desikachar’s teachings on practice……
- The concept of Bhāva and Abhāva in Yoga Practice……
- The Practice Planning Interrelationship between Āsana, Mudrā, Prāṇāyāma and Dhyānam
- The pursuit of ‘Yoga happiness’ can be so demanding or intense……
- The Viniyoga of Yoga is the application of the principles that…
- The Westernisation of Yoga Āsana with its emphasis on structural focus……
- Though there are many different aspects to formal ‘home’ practice……
- Trumperies and Tactics for the Discerning Gardener……
- Trying to hold onto the fleeting presence of awareness can be likened to a bird…
- What is Yoga? – An interview with Paul Harvey on BBC Radio Bristol 1986.
- When encountering a student wanting to explore how to engage with Yoga practice…
- Yet ask any number of people what Yoga is and you are likely to get……
- Yoga Practice and Study was seen by T Krishnamacharya as……
- Yoga practice as a process precedes Yoga practice as content……
– 21 Last Updated 3rd October 2026
– Yoga Text Related Posts
- Āyurveda & Yoga – Linking the Two Arts – Part 1 of 12
- Āyurveda & Yoga – A Common Philosophical Background in Sāṃkhya – Part 2 of 12
- Āyurveda & Yoga – The Pañca Bhūta The Das Indriya & The Tridoṣa – Part 3 of 12
- Āyurveda & Yoga – The Triguṇa The Tridoṣa & The Human System – Part 4 of 12
- Āyurveda & Yoga – The Tridoṣa The Human Constitution & The Ageing Process – Part 5 of 12
- Āyurveda & Yoga – Prāṇa & The Five Aspects of Each of the Tridoṣa – Part 6 of 12
- Āyurveda & Yoga – Prāṇa and its links within Āyurveda – Part 7 of 12
- Āyurveda & Yoga – Dhātu & Mala, Body Tissues and Means of Elimination – Part 8 of 12
- Āyurveda & Yoga – Dravya and Rasa, Substance and Taste within Food – Part 9 of 12
- According to TKV Desikachar the process of cultivating a state of Meditation…
- Exploring the Bhagavad Gītā as a Vinyāsa Krama starting with Chapters One to Six…
- I do feel that verses ten and eleven in Chapter Two of the Yoga Sūtra……
- Īśvara Praṇidhānā appears as a Sādhana Upāya at three unique reference points…
- Pañca Maya – The five aspects of Being Human…
- Prāṇa – Its origin, function and malfunction
- The Force of the Past within the Face of the Present…
- The presence and actions of Prāṇa Śakti……..
- The View of Rāja Yoga, Practice of Haṭha Yoga and Tool of Viniyoga of Yoga
- The Wisdom of the West as a guide to appreciating the Wisdom of the East…
- Within the Yoga Sutra Patañjali offers numerous lists which can reflect nuances or gradings…
- Yoga as a View, Practice and Tool – Part One The View
- Yoga as a View, Practice and Tool – Part Two The Practice
- Yoga as a View, Practice and Tool – Part Three The Tool
- Yoga Practice is about a re-turning towards our inner life……
– 24 Last Updated 12th September 2025
2. Āsana & Kriyā Practice & Theory
– Collected Posts
– Āsana Form & Function Related Posts
- Āsana & Mudrā Practice Techniques Glossary
– Grouped into Standing, Kneeling, Lying,
Inverted, Backbend, Seated & Sitting - Āsana is not just another form of exercise……
- Considerations for Vinyāsa Krama around Bakāsana……
- Guidelines for skilful dynamics within the performance of Vīrabhadrāsana……
- Nāma, Rūpa, Lakṣana – The Name, Form and Characteristics of Āsana
- The Art of Exploring Priorities through Āsana and the Yoga Body…
- Yoga Postures in Practice – A series on Āsana by Paul Part 1 Samasthiti
- Yoga Postures in Practice – A series on Āsana by Paul Part 2 Tāḍāsana
- Yoga Postures in Practice – A series on Āsana by Paul Part 3 Uttānāsana
- Yoga Postures in Practice – A series on Āsana by Paul Part 4 Utkaṭāsana
– 10 Last Updated 12th May 2025
– Āsana Practice Example Related Posts
- An example of a Secondary Yoga Practice, primarily for early evening use.
- An example personal practice from 1980 from TKV Desikachar……
- An example personal practice from 2002 from TKV Desikachar……
- Another personal practice from 1980 from TKV Desikachar……
- A sample Parivṛtti and Paścimatāna Themed Group Practice
- Āsana Planning question example around a 25-30′ practice, focused on Parivṛtti Trikoṇāsana and Bhujaṅgāsana…
- Āsana Planning question example around a 25-30′ practice, focused around Vīrabhadrāsana and Dhanurāsana…
- Āsana Planning question example around a 25-30′ practice, focused around both Dhanurāsana and Upaviṣṭa Koṇāsana…
- Āsana Planning question example around a 25′ long practice, focused on Stay in Janu Śīrṣāsana…
- Āsana Planning question example around a 25-30′ practice, focused around Staying in both Nāvāsana and Baddha Koṇāsana
- Āsana Planning question example around a 25-30′ practice, focused around Staying in both Nāvāsana and Śalabhāsana
- Āsana Planning question example around a 25-30′ practice to assess capacity for working with Sarvāṅgāsana…
- Āsana Planning question example around a 30′ practice, focused around Staying in both Daṇḍāsana and Paścimatānāsana…
- Children’s Āsana Practice Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram Sept 1980
- Children’s Āsana Practice Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram Jan 1981
- Example of a Vinyāsa Krama around Jaṭhara Parivṛtti
- Examples of Vinyāsa Krama for Sitting Āsana within a Single Practice
- Parivṛtti focused practice for an intermediate level Āsana student.
- Simple Yoga Practice from Yoga For Every Body by Paul Harvey
– 19 Last Updated 20th August 2025
– Āsana Practice Sequencing Related Posts
- Can we find some similar characteristics between various individuals around Āsana practice…
- Collected Practice Theory Posts on Vinyāsa Krama
- Chatting with TKV Desikachar during a lesson in the early 1990’s…..
- Cultivating a home Yoga practice is an odyssey through a relationship……
- Cultivating the skills within Yoga Practice Planning for Individual Students
- cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 1 – Self Planning & Self Practice
- Finding your starting point within Āsana to set a direction and route towards a goal…
- How do we apply Viniyoga to students already set in a particular mode of Āsana practice?
- It appears that one can often talk about the effects of Yoga Āsana on the spine in Yoga yet……
- The Art of Setting Priorities for Āsana and Yoga Body Practice…
- There are Many Approaches to Āsana Practice…
- The Viniyoga of Āsana – Planning an Appropriate Āsana Practice
- The Viniyoga of Planning Principles Guidelines – Collected & Collated
- The Viniyoga of Planning Principles within Āsana Mudrā and Prāṇāyāma
- Vinyāsa Krama for Upaviṣṭa Koṇāsana from TKV Desikachar’s Notebooks
- What are the concepts of Sṛṣṭi Krama, Sthiti Krama and Anta Krama?
- We need to consider the process that surrounds one’s Āsana practice…
– 17 Last Updated 12th May 2025
– Counter Posture, Transition & Rest Related Posts
– 1 Last Updated 7th May 2022
– Breathing in Āsana Related Posts
- Āsana practice as a prerequisite to exploring how to integrate Prāṇāyāma……
- If we appreciate the role of breathing in Āsana how can we make it longer?
- Know your breath and its unique characteristics in Āsana and you will……
- Longer term Vinyāsa Krama within the Viniyoga of the breath in Āsana……
- My understanding on the context and content of Yoga Makaranda
- The breath can be a key to unlocking the mystery of the relationship……
- Though there are many different aspects to formal ‘home’ practice……
- Viniyoga Vignette 1 – Antar and Bāhya Kumbhaka in Āsana
- Collected Practice Theory Posts on the Breath
– 9 Last Updated 6th May 2020
– Bṛṃhaṇa & Laṅghana Kriyā Related Posts
- Bṛṃhaṇa Kriyā and Laṅghana Kriyā as Expansive and Contractive potentials…..
- Collected Practice Theory Posts on Laṅghana
- Collected Practice Theory Posts on Bṛṃhaṇa
- Laṅghana Kriyā has two functional dimensions…
– 4 Last Updated 6th July 2022
– Śikṣaṇa Rakṣaṇa & Cikitsā Related Posts
- Cikitsā Practice for a Beginning, though not Novice, Level Āsana student
- It is not possible to give examples of illnesses or ailments that can be improved……
- Physiological and psychological considerations around the practitioner’s starting point…
- There is an increasing tendency in terms of Modern Therapeutic Yoga application strategies……
- This approach is known as the Yoga of Rejuvenation and Prevention……
- This guiding principle of seeing the person rather than the problem……
- What is healthy for the Heart of Yoga?
- Collected Practice Theory Posts on Śikṣaṇa
- Collected Practice Theory Posts on Rakṣaṇa
- Collected Practice Theory Posts on Cikitsā
– 11 Last Updated 9th December 2022
3. Mudrā & Bandha Practice & Theory
– Collected Posts
- Āsana & Mudrā Practice Techniques Glossary
– Grouped into Standing, Kneeling, Lying,
Inverted, Backbend, Seated & Sitting - Glossary of Prāṇāyāma & Bandha Practice Techniques
– Grouped into Primary, Secondary & Ancillary Techniques - cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 4 – Self Planning & Self Practice
- Studying, Practicing and Learning the Tri Bandha involves Theory, Techniques and Cautions…
- The Viniyoga of Inversion as an Āsana or as a Mudrā……
- Viniyoga Vignette 5 – Introducing Uḍḍīyana Bandha within an Āsana practice
- Vinyāsa Krama for the Catur Bandha in Mahā Mudrā for an advanced Āsana student……
– 7 Last Updated 2nd December 2022
4. Prāṇāyāma & Pratyāhāra Practice & Theory
– Collected Posts
– Prāṇāyāma Practice Theory Related Posts
- Prāṇāyāma & Bandha Practice Techniques Glossary
– Grouped into Primary, Secondary & Ancillary Techniques - Cale Vāte Calaṃ Cittam – As is the Breath so is the Psyche…….
- cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 1 – Self Planning & Self Practice
- cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 2 – Self Planning & Self Practice
- cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 3 – Self Planning & Self Practice
- cYs Practitioner Training Programme Retreat Extract 4 – Self Planning & Self Practice
- Deepening our relationship with Prāṇāyāma deepens our relationship with Āsana……
- Exploring Prāṇāyāma within Cikitsā, Rakṣaṇa and Śikṣaṇa Krama…
- In exploring the links between Āsana and the Breath and Prāṇāyāma…
- One primary prerequisite to initiation into a Tri Bandha Sādhana was a…
- Prāṇāyāma – Where to Start? Part One
- Prāṇāyāma – Where to Start? Part Two
- Prāṇāyāma – Where to Start? Part Three
- Prāṇāyāma – Where to Start? Part Four
- Prāṇāyāma within Rāja Yoga and Haṭha Yoga
– 15 Last Updated 25th October 2024
– Prāṇāyāma Practice Example Related Posts
- Seated Prāṇāyāma Practice focused on Sūkṣma Bhāvana rather than Dīrgha Bhāvana
- Viniyoga Vignette 2 – Combining techniques in Prāṇāyāma
- Viniyoga Vignette 2 Commentary on – Combining techniques in Prāṇāyāma
- Viniyoga Vignette 3 – Śītalī and Anuloma Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma within Āsana
- Viniyoga Vignette 4 – Combining Prāṇāyāma within Āsana
- 20 Minute Prāṇāyāma Practice focused on Pūraka without Kumbhaka
– 6 Last Updated 10th July 2024
5. Dhāraṇā & Dhyānam Practice & Theory
– Collected Posts
- In the Indian tradition some Mantra are known as Mahāvakya…
- The concern of Yoga as Meditation is the mystery of life rather than the mastery of life…….
- Yoga can be a mystery to be resolved or a question to be solved……
– 3 Last Updated 27th May 2024
6. Mantra & Sūtra Chant Practice & Theory
– Collected Posts
– Veda Chanting Practice & Theory Related Posts
- Correct vibrational intonation was an important emphasis within all aspects of Mantra initiation
- One example of this depth is Krishnamacharya’s lesser known work in the teaching of Mantra……
- This particular full moon day is known as Guru Pūrṇimā……
- Chanting Offering for Mahā Śiva Ratri – Six Verses on Nirvāṇa
- Navarātri or the Nine Nights of Durgā as a time for Mantra Sādhana……
- Gāyatrī Mantra as taught by T Krishnamacharya – with translation
- Kayena Vāca – Veda Chanting Short Closing Prayer with Translation
- Laghu Nyāsa – Agnir Me Prayer for Health with Translation
- Mahāmṛtyañjaya Mantra – Saṃhitā Pāṭhaḥ – with Translation
- Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad – Ṛtaṃ Tapas as Mantra Practice with translation
- Prārthanā Mantraḥ – Gaṇapati Saṃhitā Pāṭhaḥ with Translation and Recording
- Śrī Kṛṣṇavāgīśa – A Prayer to Śrī Krishnamacharya with Translation
- Learning Support for Chanting the Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra – Om Tryambakam
- Learning Support for Chanting Āyātu Varadā
- Learning Support for Chanting Āyurdhehi Mantra
- Learning Support for Chanting Closing Śānti Pataḥ – Śaṃ No Mitra
- Learning Support for Chanting Opening Śānti Pataḥ – Śaṃ No Mitra
- Learning Support for Chanting the Durgā Gāyatrī
- Learning Support for Chanting the Durgā Suktam
- Learning Support for Chanting the Gaṇapati Prārthanā Jaṭā Pāṭhaḥ
- Learning Support for Chanting the Gāyatrī Mantra – Tat Savitur Vareṇyaṃ – Saṃhitā, Pada & Krama Pāṭhaḥ
- Learning Support for Chanting the Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra – Tryambakam – Saṃhitā Pāṭhaḥ
- Learning Support for Chanting the Mahā Mṛtyuñjaya Mantra – Saṃhitā, Krama, Jaṭā & Ghana Pāṭhaḥ
- Learning Support for Chanting the Mantra Puṣpam – Yopāṃ Puṣpaṃ Veda
- Learning Support for Chanting the Nirvāṇaṣaṭkam
- Learning Support for Chanting the Pavamāna Mantra – Asato Mā Sadgamaya
- Learning Support for Chanting the Praṇo Devī Mantra – Ghana Pāṭhaḥ – Learning Rhythm
- Learning Supports for Chanting the Praṇo Devī Mantra – Saṃhitā Pāṭhaḥ – Learning Rhythm
- Learning Support for Chanting the Puruṣa Sūktam
- Learning Support for Chanting the Śānti Pataḥ – Bhadraṃ Karṇe
- Learning Support for Chanting the Sarvaguṇa Sampanna Mantra – Saṃhitā Pāṭhaḥ
- Learning Support for Chanting the Sarvaguṇa Sampanna Mantra – Krama Pāṭhaḥ
- Learning Support for Chanting the Sarvaguṇa Sampanna Mantra – Krama and Jaṭā Pāṭhaḥ
- Learning Support for Chanting the Śiva Mantra – Namaste Astu Bhagavan – Saṃhitā Pāṭhaḥ
- Learning Support for Chanting the Śiva Mantra – Namas Tārāya – Ghana Pāṭhaḥ
- Learning Support for Chanting the Śuci Mantra or Prāṇa Apāna – Typical Rhythm
- Learning Support for Chanting the Śuci Mantra or Prāṇa Apāna – Learning Rhythm
- Learning Support for Chanting the Sūryanamaskāra Mantraḥ
- Learning Support for Chanting the Tri Guṇa Mantra – Saṃhitā Pāṭhaḥ – Learning Rhythm
- Learning Support for Chanting the Tri Guṇa Mantra – Krama Pāṭhaḥ – Learning Rhythm
- Learning Support for Chanting the Tri Guṇa Mantra – Krama Pāṭhaḥ – Typical Rhythm
- Prārthanā Ślokam – Śuklām Opening Verse with Translation
- Prārthanā Ślokam – Vedic Chanting Full Opening Prayers with Svaraḥ
- The Art of Mantra involves…
– 44 Last Updated 10th August 2026
– Yoga Sūtra Chanting Practice & Theory Related Posts
- Making a start in learning to Chant the Yoga Sūtra……
- Learning to Chant the Four Chapters of the Yoga Sūtra……
- Kayena Vāca – Yoga Sūtra Chanting Closing Prayer with Translation
- Prārthanā Ślokam – Patañjali Opening Dhyānaṃ Ślokam with Translation
- Yoga Sūtra – Full Opening Prayers with Svaraḥ
- Yogena Yogo – Opening Yoga Prayer for Yoga Practice with Translation
– 6 Last Updated 10th August 2026