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Book: Thinking in Āsana

Chapter: 9. Ashtanga Yoga of K. Pattabhi Jois

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.44363

Blurb:

Presents the specifics of movement characteristic of Ashtanga yoga, the interpretation of the religiophilosophical model that corresponds to this practice, and, ultimately, the relation between the two. When discussing āsana and prāṇāyāma performance, I describe not only its objective characteristics, but also its subjective experience. By explaining how different postural and breathing techniques feel to the practitioner, I point to the kinds of recurrent kinaesthetic patterns they allow the practitioner to experience.

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