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Bow Pose – How to do Dhanurasana
May 27, 2013

Bow Pose – How to do Dhanurasana

Bow Pose - Dhanurasana Doron breaks down the foundation of bow pose, including a step-by-step demonstration, and techniques for transitioning from dhanurasana to your vinyasa. Dhanurasana is a backbend that is part of Ashtanga second series. In the Doron Yoga method, it is in the block of "on the belly" -poses. This pose involves the [...]
How to do Salabhasana, the Locust Pose for a Healthy Back
May 6, 2013

How to do Salabhasana, the Locust Pose for a Healthy Back

Salabhasana - Locust Pose Salabhasana is a yoga pose (asana) that both strengthens and improves the flexibility of the back. It is an important warm up for all other backbends, and appropriate for all levels. Salabhasana is practiced on the belly with variations of the legs and arms actions. Salabhasana, or locust, is part of [...]
Meditation Made Fun – Sitting Tips
April 23, 2013

Meditation Made Fun – Sitting Tips

Meditation can be intimidating. It's not always fun, and can be hard. Many struggle in trying to meditate or relax. Doron explains here how to simply sit - without trying so much - just observing and enjoying the process. Allow yourself to surrender, do not try to let go, but just watch yourself and see [...]
Meditation Foundations – Great tips to make it happen!
April 23, 2013

Meditation Foundations – Great tips to make it happen!

Fundamentals of Meditation Meditation is really simple. It is a feel good practice at first that develops into a beautiful state of surrender, where all the mundane drops away, worry disappears, and bliss arises. Here Doron explains meditation foundations to you. Of course at first you may find yourself wandering off into the chattering mind, [...]
Prayer for Enlightenment
April 19, 2013

Prayer for Enlightenment

Prayer for Enlightenment //doronyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/asotoma.m4a OM ASATOMA SATGAMAYA TAMASOMA JYOTHIRGAMAYA MRITHYORMA AMRITAMGAMAYA OM SHANTI,, SHANTI, SHANTI Lead us from ignorance to truth From darkness to light And from death to eternity Let peace prevail everywhere   Find more information on chants here, and for more reading on yogic techniques check out the Doron Yoga Manual.
Less Pain, More Happiness
April 9, 2013

Less Pain, More Happiness

Find Happiness Life will always have its moments of pain, but it doesn't mean you have to suffer from it. The attitude of the mind towards the pain will determine whether the pain goes away quickly or becomes a lasting suffering. Learning to control the attitude of the mind will save you from adding more [...]
Ashtanga Closing Chant
April 1, 2013

Ashtanga Closing Chant

Ashtanga Closing Chant This is the classic way to end the ashtanga practice as taught by Pattabhi Jois of Mysore India. After the practice is done, and before savasana, chants this astanga closing chant quietly to yourself this chant, or even out loud. Practice chanting the ashtanga closing chant over and over here with this [...]
Ashtanga Invocation Chant
March 18, 2013

Ashtanga Invocation Chant

Ashtanga Invocation Chant Here's an audio recording with Sanskrit and English transcriptions of the Ashtanga Invocation Chant, used to open an Ashtanga class.   //doronyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/AsthangaInvocationCR.m4a OM VANDE GURUNAM CARANARAVINDE SANDARSITA SVATMA SUKHAVA BODHE NIH SREYASE JANGALIKAYAMANE SAMSARA HALAHALA MOHASANTYAI ABAHU PURUSAKARAM SANKHACAKRASI DHARINAM SAHASRA SIRASAM SVETAM PRANAMAMI PATANJALIM OM Roughly translated into English as: I bow [...]