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The 40Hz Protocol: Ashtanga Yoga as a Multimodal Gamma Entrainment System
Neuroscientists are designing elaborate protocols to induce gamma oscillations in the human brain — flickering lights, transcranial currents, near-infrared light helmets. A 2024 review in Frontiers in Neuroscience catalogues four distinct stimulation methods to achieve what the brain needs to perceive clearly, move well, and regulate emotion. Reading it, I kept having the same thought: Ashtanga yoga already does all of this. Not metaphorically. Simultaneously, and without a single device
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Exercise to aid yoga practice?
This is Ashtanga Yoga Tech Support. Real questions from the yoga community, answered. The Question I really want to feel stronger in my practice. I’m plus sized and am working on overall health/wellness and some weight loss is coming naturally as a side effect but that’s not my main goal. I do want to feel stronger during my practice (eg getting my leg higher in 3 legged dog or doing chatarunga from plank each time, not modifying to my knees). Does anyone have suggestions, using yoga or exercises outside of yoga to help with strength? submitted by /u/logarbanzobean [link] &#... --- Read more: https://ashtanga.tech/tech-support/exercise-to-aid-yoga-practice/ All content: https://mjh.yoga #ashtanga #yoga #ashtangayoga #techsupport #ashtangatech
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Big Toe Joint Pain in Ashtanga: Risk, Reward, Conditioning
Big toe joint conditioning can be a missing link in Ashtanga yoga, especially when you’re jumping back and putting weight onto a joint that isn’t prepared. In this Shala Daily, we look at why so many practitioners get screened at the big toe joint and what it means for injury risk. The video explores a practical question: what is the risk-to-reward of big jump-outs, and is it worth it for you? We talk about how the hallux joint can be conditioned, and how that may help you approach hard landings and transitions with more awareness. Alongside the physical work, the study guide theme is surrender. What can we accept? How do we change perspective and let go when stressors are present, even if others can’t see them? That same acceptance shows up in practice when a flinch or reset appears, even without pain, and you have to acknowledge what’s happening before you can smooth it out. If you want to learn skills like jump-outs, the message is clear: want what you want, then take calculated risks and do the conditioning work for toes, wrists, and ankles. visit mjh.yoga #ashtanga #yogapractice #injuryprevention
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how does compression work help you find concavity without fighting your hips?
This is Ashtanga Yoga Tech Support. Real questions from the yoga community, answered. The Question I've been thinking about using compression work with my legs parallel so I can find the concave quality in my stomach while letting my hips move naturally. Does that make sense as a way to work? — from a MJH note Our Response Yes. That's exactly the direction.Compression work with parallel legs gives you a container. You get to feel what your abdomen does when your hips aren't externally rotated, when there's no flinch pattern steering you away from the midline. --- Read more: https://ashtanga.tech/tech-support/how-does-compression-work-help-you-find-concavity-without-fighting-your-hips/ All content: https://mjh.yoga #ashtanga #yoga #ashtangayoga #techsupport #ashtangatech
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strongerbyscience.comCan a little alcohol be healthy for lifters?For decades, thanks to observational studies suggesting a J-shaped curve, light drinking was thought to have some protective benefits for the heart, where a small amount supposedly lowered cardiovascular disease risk. However, that narrative collapses when you actually account for confounding lifestyle factors.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
nautil.usDoes Nurture Trump Nature in Disease Risk Prediction?Does Nurture Trump Nature in Disease Risk Prediction?: Social determinants of health can match or exceed genetic risk of common diseases✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
nextbigfuture.comFuture Space Tourism and Space Industry Will End Up Being Great for the Environment | NextBigFuture.comGlobal international tourism is massive with around 1.5 billion arrivals per year. This covers flights, cruises, road/rail travel, and more. Domestic tourism✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
newscientist.comLost books by ancient philosophers recovered from 'unreadable' scrollsScrolls from the Roman library of Herculaneum that were carbonised by a volcanic eruption have been read in their entirety for the first time, thanks to scans and AI software✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
wtop.comNorman Rockwell people-watched in the West Wing lobby. Now those sketches are on public display - WTOP NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 40 years, sketches by American illustrator Norman Rockwell of scenes from the White House visitor’s lobby graced the walls of the West Wing, where every president from…✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
tricycle.orgThe Four Noble Truths of TravelA journalist and food writer provides a summer sojourn-inflected take on the Buddha’s foundational teachings.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
newscientist.comSome of the last Neanderthals were surprisingly genetically diverseGenetic analysis of Neanderthals in north-western Europe reveals that this population was surprisingly genetically diverse, hinting that inbreeding didn’t lead to the species' demise✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
toddhargrove.substack.comIs Nociception Required for Pain?Another Unfortunate Semantic Debate✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
themarginalian.orgKafka’s Approach to Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Gifted from Living Up to Their GiftsThe most paradoxical thing about creative work is that it is both a way in and a way out, that it plunges you into the depths of your being and at the same time takes you out of yourself. Writing i…✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
strongerbyscience.comHold Still: What Does the Evidence Actually Say About Isometric Training for Strength and Hypertrophy?Isometric training has long been thought to be inferior to dynamic training, but the current evidence doesn’t support those claims.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
toddhargrove.substack.comWalkingChapter 9 of Healthy Movements for Human Animals✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
akrites.orgWe All Depend on Open Source. We Will Defend It TogetherAn open letter from the technology industry, and the launch of Akrites - a coordinated effort to remediate vulnerabilities in the open source software the world runs on.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50Get MichaelFilter
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