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    Ashtanga yoga: Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati, the origin of our dynamic practice?

    Ashtanga yoga: Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati, the origin of our dynamic practice?


    Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati, the origin of our dynamic practice?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 12:26 AM PST

    Hi all,

    I was reminded by a recent post on pulling exercises that I had been searching for this text for a long time in trying to trace the origins of our particularly dynamic approach to asana practice which is quite a departure from traditional Hatha yoga's approach to asana.

    A lot can be speculated about KPJ's, Iyengar's and even Krishnamacharya's motives for their systems, same goes for Sivananda. Most trace dynamism to Surya Namaskar/popular exercise, and asana to haṭhayogapradīpikā and co. Roots of Yoga is good, But I want to go further back and explore more instead of just relying on the usual texts. I just want authoritative permission to justify the fact that I like jumping around.

    Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a translation of it. I emailed the official translation project a year or two ago but got no response. Have any of you literary wizards been able to get your hands on it? Or maybe even something similar?

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    Pull exercises

    Posted: 20 Nov 2020 08:52 AM PST

    I practice yoga fairly regularly. I've been doing some research and it seems yoga is lacking in pull exercises. Does anyone do any other pull exercises to complement their yoga routine? I really don't like exercise except for my yoga practice, so any recommendations to complement or do along with a yoga practice would be great. I do have some resistance bands I could use, but no weights. I'm not opposed to getting some though.

    Thank you, yogis!

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