Writings: Ashtanga Journals

Solutide is Key for Home and Group Practitioners

Solutide is Key for Home and Group Practitioners

I’m a bit of a nut when it comes to practicing in solitude. I imagine at times this can be hard on my practice partner but she also knows how thankful I am for her and our practice time. 
Acknowledge Suffering

Acknowledge Suffering

What is the first waking moment you can remember in your life? I remember being 3 years old and locking myself in an unlit closet. I was trapped and crying for help.
Taste the Dirt of Yoga

Taste the Dirt of Yoga

Yes, the road behind me is strewn with my failures and as painful as all these mistakes were, and are, at least I can say I took on my darkness.
My little station in Yoga

My little station in Yoga

Most of the day I feel that I waste the miracle of life that I know I am part of. The evidence of the miracle—–the undisputable fact of the world’s Beauty and Intelligence is literally everywhere. And this miracle of life cannot even be denied in midst o

From David’s Journal: Physical and Mental Edge

A significant part of asana practice is to encounter physical hardship, it is by challenging yourself physically that the body becomes firm, strong, and healthy–the strong body enables you to work with your mind.
From David’s Journal: Yoga is Discovered Alone

From David’s Journal: Yoga is Discovered Alone

Stepping on your mat each day is walking into the forest, practice is sitting down in the middle of that scary place and undertaking to meet the source within...
From David’s Ashtanga Journals: Hatha Yoga Pradipika

From David’s Ashtanga Journals: Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Look to this book, study this book, marry this book, obsess over this book, consume this book, love this book, bow to this book, become a connoisseur of this book, appreciate its subtle bouquet, its heady nose, its earthy, chewy flavors...

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