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Doug Taukobong-Olsen

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Festive family breaks are challenging for sticking to my normal food and sleep pattern (hello constant food bloat, bye bye 9 p.m. bed times) but sometimes present great opportunities for practice spaces. Quick primary today.

Happy New Year and looking forward to see everyone at @lunawavebrighton in 2026

#dianibeach #kenya #ashtangayogaeverydamnday
#ashtanga #brightonyoga taken in Diani Beach, Mombasa, Kenya by @3methodspace

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10 months ago

स तु दीर्घकाल नैरन्तर्य सत्कारा असेवितो दृढभूमिः

Sa tu dīrgha kāla nairantarya satkārāsevito dṛḍhabhūmiḥ. Sri Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.14

Saḥ (Sa) = this; tu = and; dīrgha = long; kāla = time; nairantarya = without break, continuous; satkāra = earnestness; asevito = well attended to; dṛḍha = firm; bhūmiḥ = ground.

"Practice becomes firmly grounded when well attended to for a long time, without break and in all earnestness."

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you a windy, stormy night and only two students manage to attend, take the opportunity to focus on fundamentals. I learned from my own esteemed Teacher in my former discipline that opportunities like this should be embraced as a chance to achieve for the student in one class what might otherwise take ten to do if your attention is divided by a large attendance. Thank you, Sensei.

#Ashtanga #Ashtangi #ashtangayogaeverydamnday
#practiceandalliscoming #primaryseries #Brighton #sealanes taken in Luna Wave - Immersive Yoga by @3methodspace

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2 years ago

गते गते पारगते पारसंगते बोधि स्वाहा

gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā

gone, gone, gone beyond, gone completely beyond, Awakening, blessings

Yoga is Family.

#yogaisfamily #ashtangayoga #sharathjois #sharath by @3methodspace

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2 years ago

पद्मासने सथितो योगी नाडी-दवारेण पूरितम |
मारुतं धारयेद्यस्तु स मुक्तो नात्र संशयः || ५१ ||

padmāsane sthito yoghī nāḍī-dvāreṇa pūritam |
mārutaṃ dhārayedyastu sa mukto nātra saṃśayaḥ || 51 ||

The Yogî who, sitting with Padmâsana, can control breathing, there is no doubt, is free from bondage.

#ashtanga #ashtangayogaeverydamnday #yoga #yogaisfamily #ashtangayogaprimaryseries #ashtangayogapractice #brighton #brightonyoga #sealanes #sealanesbrighton taken in Luna Wave - Immersive Yoga by @3methodspace

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2 years ago

Heroic effort at @lunawavebrighton in our Sunday morning Led ½ Primary class from regulars Laura (@salty_mat), Stephen (@brightonmoneyspider ), Rob (@average.r.o.b ), Yve, Bryony (@lewesnorthernsoulclub) and Abdi (@hanad.nuur.7 )this Sunday morning. With no newcomers in the class it was a chance to practice more closely to standard Led class format with fewers cues. We were also able to focus more on Vinyasa (breath/movement coordination) and individualised technical refinement and even managed to squeeze in a mini-conference/Q.A. session! Well done all.
#ashtanga #ashtangayoga #ashtangayogaeverydamnday #practiceandalliscoming
#brighton #brightonyoga #primaryseriesashtanga #primaryseries by @3methodspace

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2 years ago

Among the many misleading statements spread about the Ashtanga Yoga method is that "it was developed by Sri Krishnamacharya to teach to 12 year old boys". While it is certainly true that he taught young boys at the Mysore Palace they were not the sole members of the student body as not only are there several adult men in the iconic tableau of students from the palace other images even show adult women and of course there is video of a 50 year old Sri Krishnamacharya demonstrating Asana in the dynamic Vinyasa style.

Furthermore the person Sri Krishnamacharya entrusted with the mission of developing the method - his student Sri K. Pattabhi Jois - organised it into a 4 year Diploma course taught to undergraduate students at the Mysore Sanskrit College, most of whom would be young men in their late teens and older. In particular the course included not only the 4 original series of Asana and associated Pranayama practices as the Practical component, it also had a substantial theory component comprising:

Sarala Sanskrit Shikshak volumes I - VI
Yogamala
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Gheranda Samhita
Yogataravali
Yoga Yajnavalky
Sutasamhita
Aparokshanubhuti
Patanjali Yoga Sutras
Yoga Upanishads
Srimad Bhagavad Gita (with Brahmanandagiri Commentary).

Pretty intense stuff for 12 year boys, no? So why does the myth persist and why do seemingly better informed people spread it? After all, this only serves to obfuscate the depth of the practice path Sri Krishnamacharya laid out. Or maybe that is their intent?

#ashtanga #ashtangaYoga #ashtangaYogaEveryDamnDay #practiceandalliscoming taken in Brighton by @3methodspace

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2 years ago

Yoga is family. Today I practiced next to Zheying from China and Jeanny from Switzerland - different continents, same energy - all students of Paramaguru @sharathjoisr coming together for his workshop in Stockholm

#yogaisfamily #yoga #ashtanga #ashtangaYoga #ashtangayogaeverydamnday #primaryseries #primaryseriesashtanga #medis #medborgarplatsen #södermalm #sodermalm #stockholmyoga #sofo taken in Yogashala Stockholm by @3methodspace

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2 years ago

Ascension - John Donne

Salute the last, and everlasting day,
Joy at the uprising of this Sun, and Son,
Ye whose true tears, or tribulation
Have purely wash'd, or burnt your drossy clay.
Behold, the Highest, parting hence away,
Lightens the dark clouds, which He treads upon;
Nor doth he by ascending show alone,
But first He, and He first enters the way.
O strong Ram, which hast batter'd heaven for me!
Mild lamb, which with Thy Blood hast mark'd the path!
Bright Torch, which shinest, that I the way may see!
O, with Thy own Blood quench Thy own just wrath;
And if Thy Holy Spirit my Muse did raise,
Deign at my hands this crown of prayer and praise. taken in Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI) by @3methodspace

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2 years ago

There was a flicker of summer ... then it disappeared. First beach practice 🏖 ☀️of 2024 done but now they say we'll have 50 days of rain... 🌧😥

#Summer #Hove #hoveactually #ashtanga #ashtangi #ashtangayoga #ashtangayogaeverydamnday #ashtangaLove taken in Hove Lawns by @3methodspace

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2 years ago

by @3methodspace

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3 years ago

Ashtanga Yoga - Led ½ Primary classes.
Central Brighton - Doug Taukobong-Olsen.
SYC Level II Authorised.

I'm excited to be putting on 3 classes a week from September 2023 until December 2023 at 2 great venues in Brighton and Hove:-

Yoga in the Lanes ( yogainthelanes.com )
- from Tuesday 12th Sept.

Luna Wave Yoga ( lunawave.co.uk )
- from Thursday 14th Sept.

Tue. Evening - 6.00 p.m. @ Yoga in the Lanes
Thurs. Evening - 7:45 p.m. @ Luna Wave Yoga
Sun. Morning - 7:45 a.m. @ Luna Wave Yoga

All classes are ½ Primary.
See studio websites for class pricing.

#brighton #brightonyoga taken in Brighton and Hove by @3methodspace

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3 years ago

Wonderful week in Stockholm catching up with old friends and making some new ones. Here's to the next one!

#ashtanga #astanga #ashtangaYoga #ashtangayogastockholm #ashtangayogaeverydamnday #ashtangis #stockholm #södermalm taken in Stockholm, Södermalm by @3methodspace

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