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How to start a realistic home practice as a beginner
This is Ashtanga Yoga Tech Support. Real questions from the yoga community, answered. The Question Hi all, I'm new to ashtanga and I want to start building a realistic home practice with a long-term vision. Where do I start and how do I keep going? I've been going to led classes 2x a week for a few months now with a great teacher. At the same time, don't want to be dogmatic about Ashtanga. Is this possible? I'm still a relative beginner with yoga in general and love exploring different styles, but so far ashtanga has touched me the most. submitted by /u/philosop... --- Read more: https://ashtanga.tech/tech-support/how-to-start-a-realistic-home-practice-as-a-beginner/ All content: https://mjh.yoga #ashtanga #yoga #ashtangayoga #techsupport #ashtangatech
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The Count Is the Practice
Surrendering to an external count transforms your breath into the breath—and that's where the practice deepens. There's a led count for Intermediate Series on YouTube that I've been using for years. Not because it's perfect. Not because it solves all my problems. But because sometimes you need someone else to decide when five breaths is actually five breaths. You know how this goes. You're in a bind. Your breath is shallow. You start negotiating. Maybe six breaths today. Maybe seven. The count says five and you move, even though your hip flexor is staging a protest and your mind is writing a strongly worded letter about fairness. That's the thing about a led class. The decision is made for you. --- Read the full article: https://theyoga.club/the-count-is-the-practice/ Original source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myk53CzOdQ8 All content: https://mjh.yoga Concepts: Tapas · Vinyasa · Drishti · Pranayama #ashtanga #yoga #ashtangayoga #yogapractice #theyogaclub
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After the Peak
What happens when yoga stops being new, stops being a high, and you still have to show up anyway?
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The polite version says abundance mindset. The honest version is that the math doesn't work for most people teaching yoga. Not because they lack dedication. Not because they're doing it wrong. Because…
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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
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
themarginalian.orgYes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Viktor Frankl’s Lost Lectures on Moving Beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning“Everything depends on the individual human being, regardless of how small a number of like-minded people there is… on each person… creatively making the meaning of life a reality…✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
themarginalian.orgMushrooms and Our Search for MeaningThis essay was originally published as the cover story in the Summer 2025 issue of Orion Magazine. “Who are you?” the caterpillar barks at Alice from atop the giant mushroom, and Alice, never quite…✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
scientificamerican.comWill humans one day talk to animals? This scientist is bringing us closerJulie Elie has been studying zebra finch vocalizations for years. Now, she has won the Coller-Dolittle Prize for progress toward a world where humans can talk to animals✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
newscientist.comPhages could enable us to hijack vaccine immunity to kill cancer cellsPhages, viruses that infect bacteria, could be genetically manipulated to destroy cancerous cells using the immunity we have acquired from vaccines✦ 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
washingtonian.comI Went to Trump’s Great American State Fair. It Was Bleaker Than I Expected.Opening day of the Freedom 250 event in DC was sparsely attended and shockingly boring.✦ 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
lionsroar.comUsing Heartbreak as PracticeA Latina Buddhist practitioner reflects on the bodhisattva vow through the story of Chenrezig shattering at the world's suffering. She argues that genuine practice should break us open in response to injustice like ICE raids, and warns against spiritual bypassing that hides behind concepts like equa✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
lionsroar.comHow to Speak Up in Difficult MomentsA Buddhist practitioner recounts standing with interfaith clergy outside an LA detention center during ICE actions, speaking unprepared to riot-geared LAPD officers about the fear he sensed in them. He traces how the Eightfold Path, particularly Wise Speech and sila, helped him move past lifelong co✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50Get MichaelFilter
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