The Ashtanga Yoga Blog

The seminal treatise and guide to Ashtanga yoga by its living master.  Sri K. Pattabhi Jois is one of the great yoga figures of our time.  He brought Ashtanga yoga to the West over a quarter of a century ago and has been the driving force behind its worldwide dissemination. Based on flowing, energetic movement, Ashtanga and the many forms of vinyasa yoga that grow directly out of it--have become the most widespread and influential styles of practice in the United States today. 

Pattabhi Jois outlines the ethical principles and philosophy underlying the discipline of Ashtanga yoga and explains its important terms and concepts.  He then guides the reader through Ashtanga's versions of the Sun Salutation and the subsequent sequence of forty-two asanas known as the Primary Series, precisely describing how to practice each and the benefits each provides.  The Yoga Mala is an indispensable handbook for both students and teachers of yoga.