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The Power of Ashtanga Yoga II: The Intermediate Series: A Practice to Open Your Heart and Purify Your Body and Mind
Elevate your yoga fitness with his essential guidebook to intermediate-level Ashtanga Yoga—ideal for yoga teachers and experienced yogis
In her first book, Kino MacGregor introduced readers to Ashtanga Yoga, a popular and athletic type of yoga developed by her mentor, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Now, she returns with this informative follow-up to present and explain the Second—or Intermediate—Series to practitioners who wish to take their practice to the next level. MacGregor provides step-by-step instructions and covers the key aspects of the practice,
• The basics of Ashtanga Yoga philosophy
• Essential background information on the Intermediate Series
• How to know when you are ready to take on this next stage of practice
• The purification aspects of the practice
• The pranayama techniques associated with the practice
• And more
With over 250 photographs, this solid and engaging entrée into intermediate-level practice is a wonderful resource for both practitioners and teachers.
In her first book, Kino MacGregor introduced readers to Ashtanga Yoga, a popular and athletic type of yoga developed by her mentor, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Now, she returns with this informative follow-up to present and explain the Second—or Intermediate—Series to practitioners who wish to take their practice to the next level. MacGregor provides step-by-step instructions and covers the key aspects of the practice,
• The basics of Ashtanga Yoga philosophy
• Essential background information on the Intermediate Series
• How to know when you are ready to take on this next stage of practice
• The purification aspects of the practice
• The pranayama techniques associated with the practice
• And more
With over 250 photographs, this solid and engaging entrée into intermediate-level practice is a wonderful resource for both practitioners and teachers.
248 pages, Paperback
First published May 12, 2015
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September 25, 2015
I'm only reading up to my current posture, but I have enjoyed it so far. Her philosophical explanations tied into the physical practice are important, as it emphasizes the process of the Ashtanga method, which is the real gift of the practice. The techniques that she describes toward the start of the book are extremely helpful, I have been doing them to help face the challenging postures in the second series, in particular, and I believe they have really helped me, both physically and mentally. The second series is tremendously demanding and I appreciate that Kino constantly refers back to the deference and respect that this sequence deserves.
April 30, 2025
Emotions
Open, Your Heart, Your Body.
Calm "Mind, Mind" : True "Mind, Mind," Light, Pain, Mental ... True Time, the Time of Breath ; Your Axis, Balance, the Body, a whole, the Floor, Lifetime Practise.
Practise, Prayer, Inner Strength, Patience, Inner Purification, Taraka ; Yoga, Basic Practise, Positions.
Journeys, Natural Energy Lines, Energy & Time : "Space, Space," Balance, Discipline, Steady Accumulation, Movement Patterns, Engage ... guide, down low.
Faith, Your Knowledge, Lands, Dark Places, It (the Success)
-- Floor, Base, Yoga Full/Half --
Brave Spine, Journey, Prayers, Practise, Your Emotions.
Strength, Heart, Flexibility, and Practise, a position ; Ashtanga, the Fish, Yoga.
Head, the Earth : Posture Mind, Body, and the Life Journey ; Your Top, Your ...
Elbows, Your Spine, Stability, Half-Work, Inner ...
Back, the Head, Stress, Religious ...
-- Your Practise, New Strenght --
The System, the Nervous Sounds.
Before, Experience, you need ...
Side Posture.
Movements.
Patience, Strength, Will, Diligence.
To Build, and To Be.
Technique ; every position, joint.
Student, slowly, the Student -- Your -- Hip, Hips.
Floor, Floors
Bakasana.
System, Your Nervous Momentum.
Shoulders.
Foundations.
Emotional Imtegrity, Strength, Body, Flexibility, Shelves, and ...
Successfully ...
Courageous.
Of ...
Activation -- Pelvic Floor -- How Long ?
Absolutely necessary.
Back, over ... -- Elongated-- On ...
Full Expressions.
Practise.
●
Mind.
Mind, to Be.
Heart, Self, Peaceful Self.
Present Moment, Pranab & Apana
-- Results --
First School Day, Learning.
Practise.
Chance, Spiritual ...
Student, Lineage.
Mula Bandha.
Core Strength -- Full Pose -- Mental Endurance.
Your Ground.
Armour, Obstacles, Worlds.
Body, Mind, Inward
-- Breath --
Padmasana Pose, Lotus Position, Core.
Centre.
Float Back
-- Floor --
Entre, Ability, Gateway, Expressed Movement.
Strength, "Technique, Technique"
-- Your Own --
Happy Moment, Signals your ...
●
Yoga Journey.
Spine.
Path.
~
Open, Your Heart, Your Body.
Calm "Mind, Mind" : True "Mind, Mind," Light, Pain, Mental ... True Time, the Time of Breath ; Your Axis, Balance, the Body, a whole, the Floor, Lifetime Practise.
Practise, Prayer, Inner Strength, Patience, Inner Purification, Taraka ; Yoga, Basic Practise, Positions.
Journeys, Natural Energy Lines, Energy & Time : "Space, Space," Balance, Discipline, Steady Accumulation, Movement Patterns, Engage ... guide, down low.
Faith, Your Knowledge, Lands, Dark Places, It (the Success)
-- Floor, Base, Yoga Full/Half --
Brave Spine, Journey, Prayers, Practise, Your Emotions.
Strength, Heart, Flexibility, and Practise, a position ; Ashtanga, the Fish, Yoga.
Head, the Earth : Posture Mind, Body, and the Life Journey ; Your Top, Your ...
Elbows, Your Spine, Stability, Half-Work, Inner ...
Back, the Head, Stress, Religious ...
-- Your Practise, New Strenght --
The System, the Nervous Sounds.
Before, Experience, you need ...
Side Posture.
Movements.
Patience, Strength, Will, Diligence.
To Build, and To Be.
Technique ; every position, joint.
Student, slowly, the Student -- Your -- Hip, Hips.
Floor, Floors
Bakasana.
System, Your Nervous Momentum.
Shoulders.
Foundations.
Emotional Imtegrity, Strength, Body, Flexibility, Shelves, and ...
Successfully ...
Courageous.
Of ...
Activation -- Pelvic Floor -- How Long ?
Absolutely necessary.
Back, over ... -- Elongated-- On ...
Full Expressions.
Practise.
●
Mind.
Mind, to Be.
Heart, Self, Peaceful Self.
Present Moment, Pranab & Apana
-- Results --
First School Day, Learning.
Practise.
Chance, Spiritual ...
Student, Lineage.
Mula Bandha.
Core Strength -- Full Pose -- Mental Endurance.
Your Ground.
Armour, Obstacles, Worlds.
Body, Mind, Inward
-- Breath --
Padmasana Pose, Lotus Position, Core.
Centre.
Float Back
-- Floor --
Entre, Ability, Gateway, Expressed Movement.
Strength, "Technique, Technique"
-- Your Own --
Happy Moment, Signals your ...
●
Yoga Journey.
Spine.
Path.
~
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