Was Pattabhi Jois a Proponent of Seated Meditation & Should You Let Go of Asana For Meditation?
By Shanna Small After David Garrigues’s blog post, What About the Other Seven Limbs, the internet has been discussing if seated meditation is apart of Ashtanga and if we should eventually give up our physical practice for something more meditative. Here is my two cents. Just because a yoga teacher does not discuss yoga philosophy in their classes does not mean they don’t believe in it. I will use myself as an example. I am heavy into spirituality and yogic philosophy, but 99% of what I teach is asana. Why? Because the students came for the asana and it is the most effective way to open their minds to the…