by Nea Ferrier | Oct 30, 2019 | REFLECTIONS
REPOSTED FROM: ashtangaparampara.org Nea, please share with us your history before yoga I had attended the occasional yoga class during my early twenties but nothing really grabbed me until I made a major lifestyle change and found Ashtanga yoga when I was living in...
by Nea Ferrier | Oct 3, 2018 | REFLECTIONS
UTTARKASHI, OCTOBER 2015 To take part in a yatra is an important part of the yoga tradition. It is to go on a pilgrimage to a place of spiritual significance. For practitioners of Ashtanga yoga, travelling to Mysore India, to study at the Sri K. Pattabhi Jois...
by Nea Ferrier | Sep 21, 2018 | REFLECTIONS
When we embark on the journey of learning the Ashtanga yoga sequence of asanas, invariably along the way we come into contact with asanas that we don’t really like. In fact, there could be a range of responses from mild distaste, to intense dislike to downright dread....
by Nea Ferrier | Aug 29, 2018 | REFLECTIONS
Today I stepped back on the mat after almost a week and a half. After a week of tonsillitis (practising with fever is definitely not advised!) and then my cycle I couldn’t wait to “begin again.” All this week students have been returning from summer travels, where...
by Nea Ferrier | Aug 13, 2018 | REFLECTIONS
Is it someone strong and flexible with a fluid, beautiful practice? If so, does that make someone whose form is tight and stiff, who are struggling with their practice, not good at yoga? When Ashtanga yoga is practiced in the Mysore style, students of all levels of...
by Nea Ferrier | Aug 12, 2018 | REFLECTIONS
When I first heard the word Mysore – I thought it had something to do with “My sore…hamstrings!”. I later found out that this is the name of the city in South India from where the practice originates. Now in Ashtanga yoga schools around the world, “Mysore-style”...
