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  • May 6, 2026

    Śraddhā: Faith and the Path of Ashtanga Yoga

    Śraddhā: Faith and the Path of Ashtanga Yoga

    By Kino MacGregor When I first stepped into the demanding terrain of advanced postures under the guidance of my teachers in India, I did not arrive with confidence. I arrived ...

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    Category: Practice
  • April 29, 2026

    The Integration of Opposites in Practice

    The Integration of Opposites in Practice

    By Kino MacGregor It is easy for the mind to fracture the world into opposites. This is its habit and its comfort, to divide experience into clean lines of right ...

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    Category: Practice
  • April 15, 2026

    The Vinyasakrama Yoga

    The Vinyasakrama Yoga

    By Srivatsa Ramaswami I thought I should write about one of the unique features of Vinyasakrama yoga keeping the multiple 100 hr Vinyasakrama programs in consideration. My Guru Sri Krishnamacharya ...

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    Category: Culture
  • April 8, 2026

    Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose): Alignment, Benefits & Ashtanga Foundations

    Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose): Alignment, Benefits & Ashtanga Foundations

    By, Kino MacGregor This foundational standing posture, often passed over in the eagerness to arrive somewhere more complex, quietly contains within it the architecture of the entire practice. The strength ...

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    Category: Practice
  • April 3, 2026

    Pinchamayurasana: The Practice of Patience, Failure, and Inner Balance

    Pinchamayurasana: The Practice of Patience, Failure, and Inner Balance

    By Kino MacGregor It took me two years of failure to finally stand steady in Pinchamayurasana. I fell more times than I can count, and each attempt revealed not only ...

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    Category: Pose Tutorials
  • March 20, 2026

    What Remains Through Waking, Dream, and Sleep

    What Remains Through Waking, Dream, and Sleep

    By Ashutosh Agarwal Lately, I’ve been trying to deepen my understanding as I study texts from Kashmiri Shaivism. The Spanda Kārikā says: “जाग्रदाद्वविभेदेऽपि तदभेदे प्रसुप्तवत्…” Even though waking, dream, and ...

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    Category: Culture
  • March 3, 2026

    The Source Is Always Within

    The Source Is Always Within

    By Kino MacGregor I am in Mysore now, a place that has been the home of yoga for me for the last twenty-six years of my life. Being here in ...

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    Category: Practice Uncategorized
  • February 6, 2026

    The True Meaning of Yoga Practice: Beyond Stretching Into Inner Transformation

    The True Meaning of Yoga Practice: Beyond Stretching Into Inner Transformation

    By Kino MacGregor How yoga practice cultivates inner awareness, ethical clarity, and spiritual maturity beyond physical postures.   Yoga is more than stretching. Anyone who has practiced sincerely for even ...

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    Category: Culture
  • January 19, 2026

    Vīrāsana (Hero Pose): Seated Heroism, Stillness in Readiness

    Vīrāsana (Hero Pose): Seated Heroism, Stillness in Readiness

    By Kino MacGregor What does it mean to be a hero? On the yogic path, this question quietly reshapes itself the longer we practice. Heroism is not measured by dramatic ...

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    Category: Pose Tutorials
  • November 26, 2025

    Padāṅguṣṭhāsana: A Complete Guide to the Standing Big Toe Pose

    Padāṅguṣṭhāsana: A Complete Guide to the Standing Big Toe Pose

    By Kino MacGregor Padāṅguṣṭhāsana is one of the most unassuming shapes in the Ashtanga Yoga method, yet it holds the quiet power of a first teaching. The name joins pada, ...

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    Category: Pose Tutorials
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