ayl magazine issue 11 contents

features:

Pranayama research at RMIT
Where science and yoga meet

Wisdom, devotion and right action
How yoga helps us draw on our strengths to balance ourselves

Creative influence and yoga
Writer Sarah Armstrong looks at how her practice helps create focus and inspiration in her writing

Overcoming the mountains
Facing our greatest fears – how yoga can help

Searching for a guru
Do you need a guru to practise yoga? One student asks the question and discovers the answer can get personal

Strength & courage
How yoga is an anchor of peace against life’s harshest blows

Aussies go to bat for yoga
Sydney yoga teacher Kate Turner accompanies our cricketers to India

Conscious breathing and the power of exhalation
When the breath is still, so is the mind still

60th birthday celebrations for Geeta S. Iyengar

Introduction to meditation
Developing your own practice

Getting your man to yoga

Loving your spine with yoga
A great practice to look after your spine every day

Pose or poser?
Do yoga competitions have a future in Australia? Are they in conflict with the essence of yoga?

Navasana – Boat pose
An awakening pose that can shift stagnant patterns to live life fully

Vinyasa sequence

regulars:

Jnana Yoga
Acharya Rami Sivan answers your questions

Developing your own practice
We help you get started on a home practice

Teacher profile
We interview Sydney teacher Simon Borg-Olivier

Wholly munchies

Raga
Aural vibrations to uplift the mind

Notes from the classroom

Notes from a student

Daffi Ant

Book, video and CD review