Raw trips,
nothing fancy,
just yoga
Yoga is connection. Connection with the most intimate and true part of ourselves, but also connection with what surrounds us, because everything that exists is an emanation from the same vital source.
What is Mysore Yoga Expeditions?
Mysore Yoga Expeditions it is first of all a connection, a friendship born in the heart of Mysore, Karnataka, India, birthplace of Ashtanga yoga, pilgrimage destination of hundreds of practitioners who come to this magical place every year to share their journey on the path of yoga.
The project Mysore Yoga Expeditions was born with the desire to share this personal and community journey, just as we live it in Mysore: an experience in which practice is central, but it's not complete without sharing it with other fellow travelers, without a healthy routine and without submerging oneself in the rhythms and traditions of this small city in southern India.
What is Ashtanga?
The practice of Ashtanga is a particular form of Hatha yoga, structured in the early 20th century by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, a disciple of T. Krishnamacharya, and still transmitted in its traditional form in Mysore, Karnataka, India. This practice uses a system called tristana, which is based on the integration of three elements: breathing, bandha and drishti.
The breathing makes movement fluid and ensures that all organs and tissues are optimally oxygenated, allowing them to get purified.
The bandhas retain energy and allow you to use muscle strength efficiently during the practice. They also help in the effective diffusion of respiration.
Drishti supports concentration, but it is also concentration that automatically "drops" the mind into drishti.
These three elements, properly combined, along with asanas, allow you to practice self-awareness and exploration, reaching deep into your mind to recognize your reactive habits and trigger a process of change and healing.
Mantra
Each yoga practice is first and foremost a step on the spiritual path, that's why a mantra is traditionally performed as opening, that is to pay tribute to the masters who transmitted the practice to their disciples (guru parampara) and to Patanjali, who collected and transmitted all the practical knowledge to undertake this journey.
Reciting this mantra helps to raise the energy of the environment in which it one practices, to prepare the mind, body and heart for the practice itself.
