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  2. Ashtanga vinyasa yoga - Wikipedia

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    There were originally four series on the ashtanga vinyasa syllabus: primary, intermediate, advanced A, and advanced B. A fifth series was the "Rishi series", which Pattabhi Jois said could be performed once a practitioner had mastered the preceding four series. [10] [11]

  3. Beryl Bender Birch - Wikipedia

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    In 1981 she began to teach Ashtanga Yoga at the New York Road Runners Club; she later became Wellness Director there. [6] She is the creator of one of several forms of Power Yoga; [2] she stated that she went on using the Ashtanga Yoga asana sequence in the new brand. [5] Her 1995 book of the same name became a bestseller. [2]

  4. Matsyasana - Wikipedia

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    The asana is a backbend, where the practitioner lies on his or her back and lifts the heart chakra by rising up on the elbows and drawing the shoulders back. The neck is lengthened, and the crown of the head Sahasrara chakra is "pointed" toward the 'wall' behind the practitioner.

  5. R. Sharath Jois - Wikipedia

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    Jois published Ashtanga Yoga Anusthana which provides an introduction and overview to Ashtanga Yoga, delineating the eight limbs of the practice, the importance of Tristhana and Vinyasa, main asanas of the primary series, and supplemental asanas for therapy. Jois, Sharath. Ageless: A Yogi's Secrets to a Long and Healthy Life

  6. John Friend (yogi) - Wikipedia

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    In 1984, Friend began practicing the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Primary Series and, in 1986, quit his analyst job to teach yoga full-time. In 1987, Friend graduated to Secondary Series while studying with Ashtanga founder K. Pattabhi Jois in California where he also studied with Iyengar Yoga teacher Judith Lasater .

  7. K. Pattabhi Jois - Wikipedia

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    In 1948, Jois established the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute at their home in Lakshmipuram. [30] In 1964 he built an extension in the back of the house for a yoga hall. [15] In 1964, a Belgian named André Van Lysebeth spent two months with Jois learning the primary and intermediate series of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga system.

  8. Mysore style - Wikipedia

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    The Mysore style of asana practice is the way of teaching yoga as exercise within the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga tradition as taught by K. Pattabhi Jois in the southern Indian city of Mysore; its fame has made that city a yoga hub with a substantial yoga tourism business.

  9. Pratyahara - Wikipedia

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    Pratyahara [1] [2] (Sanskrit: प्रत्याहार, romanized: Pratyāhāra) or the 'gathering towards' is the fifth element among the Eight stages of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga, [3] as mentioned in his classical work, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali composed in the 2nd century BCE. [4]