Clarifying Pātañjali :The Pātañjalayogaśāstra
The Pātañjalayogaśāstra, popularly called Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras, is sometimes referred to as Classical Yoga. I often hear people call them ‘the sūtras’, but there are…
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Back on the Table: Private Health Insurance Benefits
Historic Reinstatement Yoga Australia celebrates the official reinstatement of yoga in private health insurance benefits. As of 1 July 2025, the Federal Government has implemented the recommendations…
From Injury to Insight: Robin Rothenberg’s Yoga Therapy
Robin Rothenberg has been a dedicated yoga therapist for nearly 40 years. She is the current International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) Board President and…
Cultivating Trust with Independence
Trust is a key concept in trauma informed practice and it is one of the five trauma informed principles (along with Safety, Choice, Empowerment and…
The Celebration of the First Yogi
As a student and teacher of the Path of Yoga, it is a blessing to annually celebrate the first Yogi – Śiva. On the 26th…
Sacred Agreements: Conscious Parenting
Lord Krishna tells us in Chapter Six of the Bhagavad Gītā that it is a fortunate birth to be born into a family of yogis.…
The Wisdom of Shri Shubha
During a visit to Mysore, India, Josh Pryor had the pleasure of attending the Mysore Yoga Traditions conference, where he was moved by the wisdom…
Sharath Jois and the Mysore Legacy Part 2
I discovered Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga when I was in my early 30s. For someone fairly new to yoga it was an electric experience to…
The limbs of āsana – Part 3: The mountain, the snake, and the tortoise
In this third and final article of the series, Valérie Fimat-Faneco delves into the captivating story of the spiritual journey of the gods and demons,…
The limbs of āsana – Part 2: The art of sitting
In the first article of this series, we saw how a posture is defined in relation to steadiness and comfort (sthira and sukha) and how…
