Plugging into the source. You aren't promised fun (it is), no one said it would be easy (it isn't), but I swear it's worth it (it is).

Attracting pigeons.

Ordinary afternoon. Intermediate series. Firefly, and her many stages of life.

The seasons are changing.
I'm allowing myself to feel the change-- right down to wearing long sleeves. I'm also trying not to get too wrapped up in it. SwamiJ says that witnessing = observation + non attachment ; Rolf says "easy come, easy go."

Camera shy 😂 ? too much yoga?

#ashtanga @livelyogini

B part

TEAMWORK
MERIT
BADGE @LIVELYOGINI

solstice practice

Solstice Practice
sun salutations x40
drop backs x68

kriya & pranayama

mudra

the
feather
of the
peacock

but sound on.

never ever

playing
with friends
outside.

outdoor practice?

Gonna head out at 9:45a — Logan circle!

are you becoming more whole?

for you? For others?

wrist journey continues.
better & better.

Ankle update: Healing!
Wrist update: Healed!
Charlie says “Hurro!”

@michaelgeovanni chase & charlie

Eclipses are like the cosmic helping hand of the Universe. Imagine the energy of an Eclipse like a Universal hand that reaches down from the heavens and puts you where you need to be. This place may not be where you want to be, or may not be where you thought you would end up, but it is definitely where you need to be. The good thing about Eclipses is that generally you can trust the direction they are guiding you in. Eclipses bring about almost fated events that are part of the cosmic plan and written just for you. – Tanaaz
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Find more reflections on Eclipse at @ashtanga.tech http://ashtanga.tech

Here’s some stuff I do in order to wrestle with the nature of reality and the infinite. It’s mostly stuff to affect physiological change towards general well being layered with meditation and mindset. These disparate systems encourage an emergence of something greater than the sum of their parts. It looks some kinda way.

Prax

Yoga practice is like playing a musical instrument.

We must practice for both skill and pleasure.

At first its scales, and then its compositions. Soon, we create our own music. We iterate and iterate. We remix. Freedom comes through experience and discipline.

At some point we burn the method. We destroy the reference. The joy in creation must be met in equal parts by destruction for the dance to be sustained. And this is how a purposeful life becomes art.

Only from formlessness can a form be created.

WTF is an Ashtanga Influencer?

The internet is creating celebrities instead of role models— and it sounds more Bravo Housewife than it does richard alpert at harvard.

Being visible doesn’t mean being knowledgable.

Having followers doesn’t mean having integrity.
And floating in handstand doesn’t make you a leader.

Influence isn’t wisdom.
Popularity isn’t pedagogy.
Pretty doesn’t equal prepared.

Teaching Ashtanga—really teaching it—takes time, mentorship, oversight, and a commitment to serve.

Not just perform.

And definitely not to posture. How much “peer support” is really a marketing/influence tactic?

We’ve already seen what happens when charisma outpaces ethics. Look around. They physical embodiments of this read are taking money out if the hands of local economies and putting it in their own. Its Ashtanga Amyway, and if youre buying, your supplying. Ask any one of my chilean or argentinian ashtanga friends. Theyll tell you how global white teachers fuck their marketplace.

Lets hear it for one more sexual impropriety!

Ashtanga Yoga is a wisdom tradition.
A system of tools to help you show up better, live better, lead better.

We don’t need more influencers.
We need better leaders.

Support your local Ashtanga shala.

#ashtangayoga #yogaintegrity #ethicsinleadership #notjustasana #ashtangawisdom #yogaisasystem #truthmatters

Ashtanga Yoga isn’t fragile—
But the system that tried to contain it? That one cracked.

When leadership is centralized, the whole thing topples with a single loss.

When authority is gatekept, the system can’t adapt.

But Mysore-style was always meant to be self-practice.

Passed hand to hand.

From one dedicated practitioner to another.

You breathe, you move, you grow.

Someone notices. They ask.

Suddenly, you’re teaching.

No fanfare. No certification ceremony.

Just the work.

Decentralization isn’t the death of tradition.
It’s how it survives.

#decentralizedashtanga #ashtangayoga #mysorestyle #globalsangha #selfpractice #notfragile #theyogaclub

Chasing perfect alignment in Ashtanga is a trap. The body is not a static structure. It is a living system that changes daily. Fixating on an idealized form can absolutely lead to strain, frustration, and duh injury.

Turning the practice into some sort of like rigid stick that has a sharp edge rather than a dynamic process of growth. Alignment should serve internal balance, not just external aesthetic. Forcing form can cause harm. Alignment should support the body, not push it into shapes. It isn't ready for.

My city is under occupation by an armed, masked, Military.

Its not a joke.

I’m watching people get pulled from scooters and beaten them outside of my window on a daily basis

this is what maggie was responding to.