Sublime

Fascia responds all the time, so we can consider what we do in our default patterns as part of its training and loading history. Ignoring it all day and then remembering to “sit right” just for the yoga session, is asking a lot of that yoga practice.

What we want to find out is whether the body adapts the breathing to the pose effectively or not. What we do not want to do is to try and control the breath in some supposedly idealised way while we practise.

But where subtle anatomy is most useful is in shedding light on levels of alignment and form that govern obscure aspects of the practice, such as Mūlabandha, and whole-body patterns that connect us from top to bottom. By practicing āsana with some of these patterns in the nervous system, the poses are enhanced, and perhaps more important, the affe

Katie’s body is containing and managing the internal changes of breathing. At the same time it is organising the external balance between gravity (drawing her toward the centre of the earth) and ground reaction force (her body instinctively resists, away from it). Thus her ability to “draw in” to her sense of her centre and at the same time reach a

In this manner, we can perceive feelings, thoughts, and sensations clearly and respond to them with kindness and equanimity. Bringing awareness to and cultivating the sound of ujjāyī breathing is a vital, underlying thread of the internal practice of Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa yoga. It trains the mind to listen and become absorbed by sound so that movement is