Ashtanga Yoga is more than just asana, as there is a family of practitioners, not only in your home town, but a worldwide community.
I have just returned to Brighton, the most Bohemian and possibly most yogacentric city in the UK, and having established a Mysore practice with a beautiful, friendly and passionate group of ashtangis over 2 years I have made many yogi mates.
And wandering around the town over the past week I have met a few of these fiends, one whop has just returned from a months intensive retreat in Maui, Hawaii with Nancy Gilgoff, another who has just returned from 6 months in India, and another who has just had a baby... Not static people.
And this energetic and powerful moving family are all creating waves around the planet, learning, through their practice, to be gentle with their bodies and the Earth upon which they tread, and to pass through this life with consideration and understanding.
For the practitioners of Ashtanga Yoga are a special creed, a dedicated and intelligent family, each striving for growth and development, and willing to make sacrifices to create better health for themselves and also educating others by their learned expressions.
And through the connections we make, in yoga, we connect to a larger family, worldwide, with a trust and fellowship, arisen from shared experience and shared wisdom... To my brothers and sisters, I salute you! Namaste!
Written and published by Mark Golding - THE ORGANIC HOME
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