by Eric Shaw | Jan 7, 2020 | Articles, Blog
The four Vedas (Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda, c. 1200 BCE) are the oldest books of the Indian traditions. Though these compositions do not talk about yoga directly (that would come about 700 years later) they include many ideas and practices which...
by Eric Shaw | Nov 22, 2019 | Articles, Blog
Two things inspired me to write about the controversial yoga superstar, Bikram Choudhury today: Three days ago, I found this historic pic of Bikram Choudhury (b. 1944) that I’d previously lost. (I collect archival yoga images.) Two days ago Netflix just came out with...
by Eric Shaw | Oct 14, 2019 | Articles, Blog
. As early as 1934, we get reports of the “Father of Modern Yoga,” Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, demonstrating new dynamic vinyasas of his own design which incorporated the movement flow pattern of Surya Namaskar (the Sun Salutation). His vinyasas added...
by Eric Shaw | Nov 12, 2017 | Articles, Blog
A few days ago, a student asked me how she could improve her sleep. I get this all the time. Lots of folks are dogged by difficult sleep patterns—and yogis are no exception. The great teacher, Krishnamacharya famously said, “Food is the first yoga.”...
by Eric Shaw | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog
MCMP Eric Shaw Interview 9/18/16 Union City, CA How did you live on the inside in your mind before “winning” on the outside in the world? “This is a question that goes to the heart of my technique. I feel like I did develop a technique to live the life that I wanted,...
by Eric Shaw | Aug 3, 2016 | Articles, Blog
by Eric Shaw for bahiranga.com Virabhadrasana or Warrior Pose Its Source Indian artists made careful choices about how to position Indian gods and goddesses in painting and sculpture. They meditated to find what deities looked like,1 and found familiar bodily...
