(Part 2) Top products from r/ashtanga
We found 7 product mentions on r/ashtanga. We ranked the 27 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
New World Library
Show Reddit reviews22. Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga Reclaiming Your Body
Show Reddit reviews23. Why Yoga Works: The Science Behind the Yoga
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews24. The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
all about the yamas and niyamas in yoga philosophy and practice
Show Reddit reviews25. Yoga Sutras of Patañjali
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali A New Edition Translation and Commentary
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I’m a beginner myself, only just over one year. If you don’t have access to a teacher, there are some really good tutorials that helped me:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gFg4o5Zg75k&list=PLpfKu0U8zxt5OEvjSidi4_srjLcwvDhQd&index=2&t=0s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Va_P61H9IY
Purple Valley overall has loads of great tutorials.
Also, David Guarrigues: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Va_P61H9IY - Mark Darby demo shows beginner adjustments https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2MghjERHHG8 - David Swenson short forms are a good when you are a bit short of time (or strength 😊) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf4mjtnSA40 (this one is 30 min - there’s a longer one too).
On that note I found David Swenson practice manual really useful https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ashtanga-Yoga-Practice-David-Swenson/dp/1891252089/ as well as Gregor Mahele’s one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ashtanga-Yoga-Philosophy-Gregor-Maehle/dp/1577316061
It gets easier with time. Modify as needed. I still can’t do the 2 revolved ones you mention without modifying :) the important thing is the breath. Enjoy!
I hear you. I like to explore philosophy with a number of teachers in the lineage; one of my favorite weekend workshops was with Harmony Slater. She’s a joy and a wealth of knowledge.
I am lucky that I get to practice with Eddie. I may be a bit biased, but I really don’t know of any other books that so succinctly ties it all together at the right level of information blending both Eastern and Western schools of thought.
Book recos:
Here is my favorite translation of the Bhagavad Gita.
I also really like this interpretation of the Yamas and Niyamas.
And my favorite Yoga Sutras.
The closest I can think of in terms of modern day explanations is the Yamas and Niyamas book by Deborah Adele. It really is a nice, practical read.
We used "Yoga, Discipline of Freedom," by Barabara Stoler Miller during David Garrigues Yoga Sutras workshop. It is an excellent current day interpretation of the Sutras.
There is this book about how the organ systems are effected by the ashtanga practice. I am a bit biased since I wrote it, but I backed all the information in it with scientific research from pubmed.com
I second u/All_Is_Coming as well, seeing as this is your first death be patient with yourself. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to process grief. If you're worried about it, you sound very normal to me. You may find that your yoga practice may drive you to tears in an emotional sense, it happens to me a lot actually. I assume this is pretty normal. Remember, we store our emotions in our bodies so when we use our bodies we release those feelings.
I recently read "Overcoming Trauma through Yoga" and found a lot of really useful information in there. Maybe you'll find it useful, too.