by Jude Hynes | Nov 18, 2012 | Asana, Ashtanga
Setting up – to enter the pose: squat down, knees bent and lean the weight of the body slightly forward and over to the right (hands as a support on the floor) and then lift the left heel up turning the calf muscle outward and bringing the upper torsos –... 
by Jude Hynes | Nov 18, 2012 | Philosophy
Bridging the gap between a physical practice to a spiritual practice was always my intention, but I never understood, so clearly as I do now, the fact that yoga is all about the mind. I always felt instinctively that I was doing the practice to bring myself peace of... 
by Jude Hynes | Nov 17, 2012 | Funky food
For 6 people, or 3 people wanting 2 burgers each There are three stages to creating tofu burgers: Creating the salad platter Mixing and cooking the patties Oiling and toasting the buns Creating the salad platter Create stacks of salad goodies each with their own... 
by Jude Hynes | Nov 2, 2012 | Ashtanga, Philosophy
Detachment and befriending the destructive perfectionist within In the advent of rampant yoga materialism one can certainly look the part of an urban spiritual yogi. You can sling on your latest Lululemon purchase and throw your self selected yoga mat bag over your... by Jude Hynes | Oct 29, 2012 | Ashtanga, Health, Philosophy
Each time I went to study Ashtanga Yoga in Mother India, I would stay for a minimum of 2 months and set up an apartment very close to Guruji’s Yoga Shala. 16 visits later, I have developed many survival skills for enduring unsanitary conditions and air pollution. Some... 
by Jude Hynes | Oct 21, 2012 | Asana, Philosophy
Questions asked by yoga students What stops us from doing some asana in their full and mastered forms? Why can we do some asana more easily than other asana? How can we master yoga asana intelligently and without causing injury? Answers I have based on my own...