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April 3, 2026
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

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

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

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
February 3, 2026
Samakonasana and the Practice of Listening

By Kino MacGregor For a long time, straddle and middle splits felt like the last unmapped territory of my body. I could move deeply in many directions: forward bends that ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
January 5, 2026
Baddha Konasana and the Art of Sitting Well

By Kino MacGregor Sitting on the floor is an unfamiliar act for many of us. Raised in a culture shaped by chairs, cars, and elevated furniture, our daily movements rarely ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials Uncategorized
December 11, 2025
Krouñcāsana: The Quiet Strength of the Crane

By Kino MacGregor There is a certain kind of silence that lives inside a bird with long legs. Here in Florida, herons and cranes move with a grace that seems ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
November 26, 2025
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
November 14, 2025
Pārśvottānāsana: The Path of Precision and Surrender

By Kino MacGregor The Sanskrit name Pārśvottānāsana unfolds its meaning with quiet symmetry. Pārśva means “side,” ut evokes intensity or upward direction, and tāna comes from the root meaning “to stretch” or “extend.” Although often translated as “intense ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
October 29, 2025
Prasārita Pādottānāsana: The Quiet Expansion of the Inner Sky

By Kino MacGregor The Sanskrit name Prasārita Pādottānāsana unfolds its meaning with the elegance of the posture itself. Prasārita means “spread out” or “expanded,” from the root √sṛ meaning “to ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials