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I am going to be teaching another one of these inversion workshops at Finding Sukha Yoga School on Sunday September 19th. It should be a lo...

Coming up on Saturday June 12th I am teaching an inversion workshop. If you are interested the information is below. I am excited about it...

So I am sorry it has been so long since I have been able to post to the YogaScope Kaleidoscope but it has sort of been out of commission. T...

This blog is now located at http://yogascope.blogspot.com/ . You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here . F...

I like this quote. There is a lot in here: Now, in a way, purification I s a hype. You take your body, just as it is, and your mind, just ...

This is a great quote from Paths to God: Living The Bhagavad Gita by Ram Das Those of you who have been in human relationships where real lo...

This gentle but strong movement can be really useful for the strength and health of your lower back.

This is a gentle movement with the breath. It is interesting how repetitive movements like this, where you are linking the movement with th...

This is a video that shows two versions of turning Downward Facing Dog over. In the first version I go part way over and do not take both h...

This video breaks down the process of jumping forward through the hands to sitting. It gives a few techniques to work on that would help yo...

This is a video that breaks down the process of jumping forward into Crow Pose into a few stages giving the practitioner a few techniques to...

It is always interesting to me how the philosophy is really contained in the practice but then, being human, and having a brain that wants t...

I like this quote. It points to the idea that we can use other peoples teachings and techniques, we can learn from someone else's proce...

This video shows the process of jumping back. It is broken down into a few stages that would help you develop the ability to jump back from...

This is a little sequence of yoga postures done for core strength. Because of the way you are balancing in these postures they cause the de...

This is a short and simple video that shows what I feel are the stages for jumping back from Crow Pose, Bakasana. The central issue in the ...

This is a video that goes through a few variations for Side Plank Pose, Vashistasana. This is a great pose because it can be done in so man...

Somehow I always make some sort of intense face with this pose. I think that is me smiling. :) Nah, just kidding. But I like this photo....

These hand balances are not really that hard but they are fun and they link together very nicely. Eka Pada Koundinyasana II opens the pelvi...

Jathara Parivrrti is the Sanskrit name for the pose. This video shows a moving or dynamic version of a reclining twist. It is interesting ...

This is a video of me doing Titibhasana, Firefly pose. You can see decent form in the hand balance and then float through the vinyasa.

These movements are often called Cat/Cow. I like the name Desikachar uses for the movement a little better. Chakravakasana refers to a myt...

I made a new version of A Series and this one is different enough that I figured I would put this in as a new post but I am pulling the old ...

So this is simply a B Series Sun Salutation, Surya Namaskar B, with a Handstand slipped into the sequence.

This is a video of a gentle Vinyasa that is deceptively effective. I find it interesting how these simple repetitive movements are much mo...

This is a sequence with Balancing Half Moon and Bird of Paradise. One of the nice things in this sequence is seeing a way of coming into Ar...

So I think I am getting the hang of the editing side of this process better and better each time. This is a B Series Sun Salutation. Thing...

The idea with this video clip is to see how jumping, or really floating, into and out of crow pose can be done slowly with control if you ke...

I am posting this version of handstand so that I can show a little more clearly the process of getting the hips over the hands first before ...

This is a video in which I demonstrate two variations on how to get up into handstand. The first variation is kicking up with one leg. Oft...

This simple, gentle variation of Dvi Pada Pitam (Moving Bridge) will help release tension from the neck, shoulders and lower back. It is in...

I figured I would put a few photos of what I used to do on inline skates (rollerblades) on here so you guys could see the type of stuff that...

So I have now figured out enough about how to play with video to edit something like this and to put it on the web. This video is really ju...

If you follow this link of me teaching it will bring you to a photo and this tiny little blurb about my teaching. It is towards the bottom...

These photos were taken by students in various teacher training sessions. I thought it might be fun to post them and have people see me tea...

I almost typed in 3009 by accident. I don't want things to go that fast. My how time flies. I hope everyone has a happy new year.

Again, no commentary. :) UpSideDown

It has been a long time since I have posted anything and I felt like just posting some photos without any commentary. Here we go.

Below is a description of a two part seminar being taught by Jeffrey Rubin . He is really worth checking out. He is doing something that I...

These Posts taken together could be turned into an endless number of practices to help the health of your spine. Learning to reduce tension...

Here are some more angles on opening from the pelvic structure into the spine. The more angles you can give your body the better in the end...

Here is a photo of a pose where you are working the muscles of the pelvic structure while opening them at the same time. You are also rotat...

These photos show a few angles on opening from the pelvic structure into the spine. This kind of work would reduce tension in those areas a...

This is some information about a seminar that is going to be held this Sunday. Jeffrey Rubin is someone worth checking out. He has a wealt...

Coming up on Saturday, February 23rd is the first part of a three part workshop that I am doing for Yoga Sutra's School of Yogic Studies...

So I am going to be teaching a Gentle Yoga class at Yoga Sutra NYC starting in February. The first class will be Monday February 4th and i...

Okay, it has been months since I posted anything. I have found a whole new category of busy. Things are good though. I guess all I really...

Lauren Cahn asked another great question and it took me a while to get to it but now, here it is. UpSideDown ====== YC Said: Thank you so mu...

This is from a friend of mine who calls himself Asananda X. He is an interesting guy who is quite creative and has a lot to offer. He star...

This was a comment that I thought brought up some great information to explore about Urdhva Dhanurasana . There other variations of the pos...

This link: http://www.yogasutranyc.com/yogicstudies.php has information on a course called Breathing Anatomy for Asana, Pranayama and Medit...

After a good practice--after the postures, after the rest, after some breathing techniques, when I am ready to sit and be still and go insid...

I realize it is worth making a small note on breathing in Urdhva Danurasana . Because of the position of the arms and what that does to the ...