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I agree: some of what omboy says is interesting,

although, on the other hand, much else of what he posts

looks rather confusing (and confused) to me.<br><br>I

believe now that to be worth anything, yoga needs the

strict rules & the rigorous discipline you can

experience in astanga yoga. Without strict rules & rigorous

discipline, the practice of yoga easily degenerates into the

sort of chaos and obvious decadence on plain display

in the "popular" yoga books.<br><br>I hope that

omboy may soon realise that this board is committed to

astanga yoga in the tradition of Sri Jois rather than to

that of Patanjali, and that he will soon start to

practise astanga yoga as we intend it here himself & share

his experience with us, rather than to litter this

board with messages which really have nothing to do

with astanga yoga at all.

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"ashtanga yoga in the tradition of Sri Jois

rather than that of Patanjali..."<br><br>Shining (is it

ok to use your first name?), I know what you mean,

but, just to keep the record clear, the one tradition

is at least considered a part of (if not the same

as) the other, right? And, this board is not

explicitly limited to use one definition or the other of

"ashtanga"? (is it?)<br><br>(i am upset now. I wanted to be

mr. tell me, not mr. me tell)

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<<<<<... this board is committed

to astanga yoga in the tradition of Sri Jois rather

than to that of Patanjali

....>>>>><br><br>"I teach only ashtanga yoga, the original method

given in Patanjali's Yoga Sutra. Ashtanga means

"eight-step" yoga: yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara,

dharana, dhyana, samadhi. The Yoga Sutra says "Tasmin sati

svasa prasvasayor gati vicchedah pranayamah (II.49)."

First you perfect asana, and then you practice

pranayama: you control the inhalation and the exhalation,

you regulate the breath, you retain and restrain the

breath. After asana is perfected, then pranayama can be

perfected. That is the yoga method."<br><br>-- k. pattabhi

jois, 1994

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