Leslie Kaminoff's Yoga Anatomy http://www.yogaanatomy.org Leslie Kaminoff's esutra blog, teaching and touring schedules. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:15:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 The Breath in the Pelvis http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2012/the-breath-in-the-pelvis/ http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2012/the-breath-in-the-pelvis/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:48:53 +0000 lkaminoff http://www.yogaanatomy.org/?p=922

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December 15-16, 2012 | 9am-5pm

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For more information contact Edya by email or phone …

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Yoga Journal October 2012 coverI’m very excited to have written the featured article, “Upwardly Mobile” for the current (Oct. 2012) issue of Yoga Journal.  My deepest thanks go out to my fantastic editor Charity Ferreira, my creative partner Lydia Mann, model Kate …

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From Yoga Journal: “Yoga scholar Georg Feuerstein died Saturday at the age of 65….Feuerstein was one of the most highly regarded scholars …

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This is one of my favorite stories, and it will be a central chapter in the new book I’m writing.
It’s from the time I was a young swami serving as director of the Los Angeles Sivananda Yoga Community in …

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It’s always fun when Amy drops in on one of my advanced studies classes. This time, it was in response to the provocative question “is breathing an asana? It sparked a very interesting exchange. Enjoy!…

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This is the story of how one of the greatest modern sages of yoga, Swami Satyananda Paramahamsa ended up delivering a lecture in my garage in Santa Monica in early 1983.

It is also the story of how a misunderstanding …

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In this video follow-up to my previous post “William Broad is at it again at the NY Times,” you can hear me tell Mr. Broad that every time he opens his mouth, he loses another piece of whatever …

]]> http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2012/767/feed/ 4 William Broad is at it again in the NY Times http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2012/william-broad-is-at-it-again-in-the-ny-times/ http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2012/william-broad-is-at-it-again-in-the-ny-times/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:39:20 +0000 lkaminoff http://www.yogaanatomy.org/?p=764 This time, Mr. Broad is riding the coattails of the John Friend “scandal;” and sharing his expertise about how Yoga’s origins have always been steeped in sexuality.

It’s astounding how this guy thinks that doing sun salutations since the 70′s …

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I wouldn’t be much of a yoga blogger if I didn’t mention the events of the past 2 weeks concerning the Anusara community.  In an attempt to contribute something constructive, I recorded this on Wednesday evening after class.…

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Anyone who’s been following me for a while already knows the answer to this question, but you should watch the video anyway.  This discussion is sure to be heating up again, now that yoga has been proven to be life-threatening, …

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Another great piece from my friend J. Brown’s blog.  He’s given me permission to re-publish on e-Sutra anything I think my readers will enjoy, and I’m sure this qualifies.

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From J. Brown:

Infrequent visitors to the yoga blogosphere …

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“Ad Hominem” literally means “against the man.” It is the …

]]> http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2012/my-review-of-the-science-of-yoga-the-risks-and-the-rewards-by-william-j-broad-and-a-defense-of-my-firend-larry-payne/feed/ 13 Egg On My Neck, part 2 of My 2 Cents about ‘How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body’ http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2012/egg-on-my-neck-follow-up-to-my-2-cents-about-how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body/ http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2012/egg-on-my-neck-follow-up-to-my-2-cents-about-how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:40:38 +0000 lkaminoff http://www.yogaanatomy.org/?p=697 Last week’s video got quite a lot of attention on YouTube – over 12,500 views as of this writing.  This week’s follow-up includes an apology to William J. Broad, the author of the NYT article and the book “The Science …

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]]> http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2012/my-2-cents/feed/ 41 Who is John Galt? RTFN. http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2011/who-is-john-galt-rtfn/ http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2011/who-is-john-galt-rtfn/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:15:14 +0000 lkaminoff http://www.yogaanatomy.org/?p=652 As I write this, I am wearing an article of Lululemon clothing I purchased 8 years ago.  Did I spend twice what I pay for other brands? Yes. But, Lulu’s product has lasted 4 times as long. Maybe reading …

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Flipping through the catalog for a big name yoga and retreat center, I was shocked to notice that they advertised their yoga teacher training programs as “Yoga …

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You thought you were breathing in Trikonasana, but that was only with your lungs.  When you tap into cellular breathing, as we did in the second session of The Breathing Project’s Yoga Anatomy: Practices course, then a whole new arena …

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by Edya Kalev

In a sold-out asana class full of professional yoga teachers, one might expect that the practice would …

]]> http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2011/an-advanced-practice/feed/ 4 The Return of e-Sutra! http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2011/the-return-of-e-sutra/ http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2011/the-return-of-e-sutra/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:27:05 +0000 lkaminoff http://www.yogaanatomy.org/?p=499 headshotWell, it’s been a while.

e-Sutra is coming out of its longest period of inactivity since I started it in 1998 as a mailing list being run from my AOL account.

A lot has been happening, almost of it good …

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