Sunday Yoga Blog Times: Now With Yoga Puzzle

I did not get it at first, What do you fill in the blank with?  The most intimate relationship you'll ever have is with...  see here for answer.  Did you think the same thing?  What did you first think? Tell me, tell me!

In defense of wearing glasses (while practicing yoga). Great comments too.

What if you never improve?

Concerning Authorization (to teach Ashtanga that is)

You hold the flower by the stem, never the flower. Richard Freeman, king of metaphor, teaching in London, talking about "holding the pose".

Have you read this book? She got one nice realization out of it in the last paragraph.

A good argument for practicing alone, at home.

Tim Miller answers questions about pranayama.

And now the yoga puzzle!



ACROSS
3English name for chaturanga dandasana
7Gathering for a few days with a teacher
8Birth place of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
10Most common looking point while doing asana
11Yoga is a ___ practice
13English name for one of the drishtis, or focus points
14Sanskrit name for standing or equal balance
15Wheels of energy within the body
16Internal neuro-physical locks
18Sanskrit word for winds, or internal flow of subtle currents of the body
19One of the five most famous direct and long-term students of Krishnamahcarya
21English name for the first word of the name of the Third Series of Ashtanga
22The yoga of paying attention to which nostril is more active at all times

DOWN
1Common modern term for linking poses together
2First limb of yoga
4Fourth limb of yoga
5Sanskrit name of First Series of Ashtanga Yoga
6Famous yoga teacher with big eye-brows
9When single-minded concentration is steady and long we may be lucky and fall into
12Patanjali said that asana should be... First word in English
15one of the types of oils recommended for Ashtanga Yoga Saturday practice
17basic tool for practicing asana
20Indian spicy tea

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3 comments:

  1. Love the crossword Claudia, think you should do a really tough, one and offer a prize. And thanks for the mention /link, hope to post day three of RF's workshop Tuesday/Wednesday

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  2. yes this was a bit simple, woke up Friday with the idea and did it in one go, if kind of flew out of me... but if it was taugher then yes a prize could be in order, good thinking G!


    I keep thinking of all the metaphors from Richard... the other one that caught me off guard was that if you dont get in and out of the poses right you are hurting your body and it is like being in a car accident but slowly... quite the imagery he uses...

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  3. Nice job...very informational thanks for sharing..

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