Author Archive | Guy

Kino Macgregor ashtanga demo (part 2 of 5)

One of the things I found inspiring about Kino is that she isn’t from a dance or bodywork background. Ok, she did start yoga when she was 19 which probably gives her a head start on most of us. She also said in her talk that she wasn’t naturally strong and really set out to […]

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Kino Macgregor asana demo (part 1 of 5)

Kino Macgregor led an inspiring workshop at Triyoga in London last weekend. This asana demonstration was part of the Friday night session which included chanting and Q & A. I filmed 10 minutes of her demo which I’ve broken up into five parts. Saturday consisted of a 2 hour led primary with around 75 people […]

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I did it! I dropped back!

This last week on the second day of the new lunar cycle (Wed 11th August) I dropped back on my own 3 times. 9 months ago I was really struggling with this – You can read all about it here. Overcoming the fear of dropping back is without a doubt the most difficult obstacle I’ve […]

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Essential Ashtangi reading

With the imminent (er, slightly delayed, Amazon!) UK release of Guruji by Guy Donahaye and Eddie Stern it seems fitting to write a post on essential Ashtangi reading. There are loads of books about Ashtanga yoga. For example you may want to know: ‘The correct vinyasa count for Surya Namaskar B’ or ‘who or what […]

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Buddhafield 2010

Well it’s been just over a week now since we got back from Buddhafield festival and time for that blog post I promised! You may also be interested in my previous posts on Buddhafield festival: Buddhafield 2008 – Connecting with abundance and Buddhafield 2009. This year was a particularly special festival for us as Hannah’s […]

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Ashtanga blogs

Louise and I were chatting about Ashtanga blogs at our Moon day meet-up last night. I went through a phase a few years ago when I was really into reading pretty much anything anyone wrote about Ashtanga Yoga. I think it was also a way of trying to get a better understanding of what I […]

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