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Pickings · 2026-06-27

The photo shows a person holding a promotional poster for Madonna’s album “Confessions II” in a casual setting. The mood appears to be enthusiastic, likely reflecting excitement for the album’s pre-release event.
Text in image: MADONNA
CONFESSIONS II
ALBUM PRE-RELEASE EVENT
WARNER RECORDS
a Stan

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How did you come to Ashtanga
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How did you come to Ashtanga

This is Ashtanga Yoga Tech Support. Real questions from the yoga community, answered. The Question I’ve been listening to a lot of genesis stories lately from Laruga and Kino and so on of how each found Ashtanga and continued the practice. I have been reflecting on my own journey and wanted to hear some everyday stories from the community on how you got here? Bit of a long post if you’re interested: I took my first yoga class when I was 18 or 19 on a gap year where I was bored with a lot of free time at the gym.

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Oct 15, 2025

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the inspo for my reel. I have not listened to the album, thanks for asking (n…

the inspo for my reel. I have not listened to the album, thanks for asking (nobody asked ).

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The Yamas and Niyamas in Modern Practice

There’s something odd about a Mysore room. No blaring playlists. No teacher on a headset shouting “FIND YOUR INNER FIRE!” Just a bunch of sweaty people breathing like Darth Vader and bending like origami — all in near silence. It looks calm. It’s not. Underneath that still surface? Pure chaos, transformation, and the occasional emotional meltdown masked as a backbend. And weirdest of all? When one person has a breakthrough — sticks a jump-back, drops into kapo, or finally breathes through their existential dread in supta kurmasana — it somehow lifts everyone. Welcome to the group project you didn’t know you signed up for: The Collective Energy Field™ — where your personal practice is apparently everybody’s business. I. The Science of Collective Energy (or, Why…

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Individual Breakthroughs Impact Collective Energy

There’s something odd about a Mysore room. No blaring playlists. No teacher on a headset shouting “FIND YOUR INNER FIRE!” Just a bunch of sweaty people breathing like Darth Vader and bending like origami — all in near silence. It looks calm. It’s not. Underneath that still surface? Pure chaos, transformation, and the occasional emotional meltdown masked as a backbend. And weirdest of all? When one person has a breakthrough — sticks a jump-back, drops into kapo, or finally breathes through their existential dread in supta kurmasana — it somehow lifts everyone. Welcome to the group project you didn’t know you signed up for: The Collective Energy Field™ — where your personal practice is apparently everybody’s business. I. The Science of Collective Energy (or, Why…

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🚨🚨Pop Emergency!!!

🚨🚨Pop Emergency!!!

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me in the tub

me in the tub

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Sep 21, 2025

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Apr 17, 2016

Do you like my charts? These are from my videos about balancing subjectivity and objectivity as practitioners/teachers of Ashtanga Yoga to grow in your practice(s). I’ll include a download in my newsletter on Friday.

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