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- QUOTES:
- T.K.V. Desikachar: “The recognition of confusion is a form of clarity.”
- Leslie Kaminoff: “Breath is the great teacher of tapas, svadhyaya, isvarapranidhana. Tapas refers to that which you can change; isvarapranidhana relates to the stuff you can’t change; svadhyaya refers to self-reflection, the introspection that allows us to distinguish one from the other.”
- Leslie Kaminoff: “The benefit of learning a new breathing technique is unlearning your old way of breathing.”
- T.K.V. Desikachar: “Your yoga practice must always be a little more clever than your habits (tapas).”
- Leslie Kaminoff: “If you can make even a tiny bit of positive change in something you do a lot of (breathing, walking), that’s a lot of positive change.”
- Leslie Kaminoff: “We do not differ from the *norm.* Difference is the norm.”
- T.K.V. Desikachar: “The success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships.”
- Leslie Kaminoff: “It is far more powerful to engage someone in an inquiry than issue a series of instructions and corrections.”
- Leslie Kaminoff: “Inquiry without technique would become anarchy, just as technique
without inquiry becomes dogma.” - Leslie Kaminoff: “There are correct ways to do techniques. There is no one right way to breathe.”
- WATCH/LISTEN:
- Prana chant video
- The Warrior Series: Upwardly Mobile video and article on Yoga Journal website
- Tom Myers’ Deep Front Line dissection video
- Gil Hedley’s courses and video clips
- Freeing the Breath: Health, Relaxation, and Clarity Through Better Breathing with Leslie Kaminoff
- YouTube channels: free shorts from YogaAnatomy.net online courses and Leslie’s Breathing Project Q&A series. Got a yoga or anatomy question you’d like Leslie to address?
- Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing
- Yoga Alliance’s Yoga Talks with Leslie Kaminoff on Regulation
- RECOMMENDED READING:
- ANATOMY:
- Yoga Anatomy, 2nd edition
- Yoga Journal article: Anatomy 101: Understanding Your Tailbone by Amy Matthews and Leslie Kaminoff
- More Leslie Kaminoff content on Yoga Journal
- Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists by Thomas W. Myers
- Your Body, Your Yoga and Your Spine, Your Yoga: Developing stability and mobility for your spine by Bernie Clark
- HISTORY / BIOGRAPHY / PHILOSOPHY:
- Sri T. Krishnamacharya’s history of classical alignment in the Yoga Makaranda, part I (PDF) and Yoga Makaranda, part II (PDF)
- Religiousness in Yoga: Lectures on Theory and Practice by T.K.V.Desikachar
- Claude Marechal’s article describing some of the teaching of Professor Krishnamacharya: Teachings
- Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya by T.K.V. Desikachar and R.H. Cravens
- Yoga Yajnavalkya (PDF) or book, by A. G. Mohan
- Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham
- The “Yoga Sutra of Patanjali”: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books) by David Gordon White
- “Seizing the Whip: B. K. S. Iyengar and the Making of Modern Yoga” by Eric John Shaw, California Institute of Integral Studies, Asian and Comparative Studies
- Leslie’s original post on providing certificates.
- DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN SIGNED CERTIFICATE HERE
- Yoga Alliance “Statement on Yoga Therapy”
- Leslie’s blog post from 2008: “I’m Not a Yoga Therapist Anymore“
- Leslie Kaminoff Interviews T.K.V. Desikachar in Madras, October, 1992
- SCIENCE / PAIN / MEDICINE:
- John E. Sarno’s Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
- Spine research on Chirogeek.com
- Research study abstract: At least half of herniated discs spontaneously de-herniate
- Paul Grilley’s Bone Photo Gallery
- Buteyko Method for asthma
- Empty nose syndrome following “a turbinectomy (removal or reduction of turbinates, structures inside the nose) or other surgical procedures that interfere with turbinates.” (Wikipedia)
- Dr. Steven Y. Park’s book Sleep, Interrupted: A physician reveals the #1 reason why so many of us are sick and tired
- YOGA PRACTICE:
- The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice by T.K.V. Desikachar
- Yoga for Wellness: Healing with the Timeless Teachings of Viniyoga by Gary Kraftsow
- Intelligent Yoga: Re-educating Mind and Body by Peter Blackaby
- Wild Thing Is Not Impossible (but it still might not be worth doing) by Amy Matthews
- Students of T.K.V. Desikachar:
Leslie performing kapalabhati on a bathroom scale
Leslie Kaminoff performs kapalabhati on a bathroom scale, illustrating Sir Isaac Newton’s law: “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
Should We Keep Mula Bandha All The Time?
Have you heard advice about maintaining mula bandha all the time? Have you heard advice about maintaining any body position all the time? Join Leslie and students as they examine well-meaning advice, habits, and practices you can follow to honor the balance into your system.
What is Flexibility, and How Much Do We Really Need?
Do you do yoga to live a better life, or do you live to do better yoga? Your answer may surprise you, and it will help you learn where to set healthy limits in your own practice.
Honesty in Yoga Credentialing
If you’re ready for a learning experience that will make you a more sought-after teacher, re-charge your personal practice, and change the way you think about yoga, breath, and movement, join our online community.
- ANATOMY:
