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Home » Articles Posted by jaya chakravarty
04 Feb
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Self Practice in yoga, Part 1: What is Self Practice?

  • February 5, 2021
  • By author-avatar jaya chakravarty
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If we go into every ‘self practice’ session expecting that we will have the kind of deep focussed, penetrative experience that we have in a class, we are setting ourselves up for disappointment.

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06 Nov
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Stories of Personal Consultation

  • February 4, 2021
  • By author-avatar jaya chakravarty
There were at least 30 people in the room in the first Iyengar Yoga āsana class that I went to.  In those first few months,I was grat...

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10 Aug
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Practice ideas: softening abdomen while keeping head elevated

  • February 4, 2021
  • By author-avatar jaya chakravarty
aka on antibiotics with inflammed jaw This is not a ‘sequence’. It is only an example for how asana practice can be modified to adap...

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12 May
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Adapting Asana Practice to Menstrual Cycle-Study notes for videos

  • February 4, 2021
  • By author-avatar jaya chakravarty
Yoga practice has a special place throughout the reproductive cycle of a woman - from the onset of puberty, through pregnancy, post-par...

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10 May
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Online Yoga: Tips for an immersive and progressive experience

  • September 25, 2020
  • By author-avatar jaya chakravarty
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We live in a fast-changing world. What would at one time, sounded almost sacrilegious, is now a reality: finding an online teacher for ...

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30 Sep
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“Last week of a chilly month” – audio recordings of two classes with reference images

  • February 4, 2021
  • By author-avatar jaya chakravarty
Class level: Intermediate Class duration: Part 1: 90 mins, Part 2: 75 mins this is a live recording of a class at the practice room...

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25 Jun
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Pranayama: an ode, and some practical guidelines

  • February 4, 2021
  • By author-avatar jaya chakravarty
This is an often-quoted, beautiful biblical allegory: “After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the foot...

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14 May
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Happily (Meno)paused

  • February 4, 2021
  • By author-avatar jaya chakravarty
Long post alert! Go straight to the last section “Life Adaptations” section if you are interested only in the “call to action”....

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07 Feb
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the inconceivable logic of turning students away

  • August 23, 2020
  • By author-avatar jaya chakravarty
It might seem counter-intuitive for a business to turn away customers.  For a new business with no established network, and no marketin...

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05 Jan
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Geeta Iyengar – a pictorial tribute

  • August 23, 2020
  • By author-avatar jaya chakravarty
Most of these images were shared in various forums after Geetaji’s passing away. None of them were taken by me. I am not able to give t...

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