Simon Borg Olivier teaching the essence of vinyasa yoga

Origins: It is fair to say that probably all modern vinyasa yoga is derived from the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga taught by the late great Sri K Pattabhi Jois. This short essay and this short video show how he and his senior students have shown me how to the lifting up to the linked updog and down dog movements often referred to as vinyasa. How to do a vinyasa: Use of the breath: The most important feature of vinyasa is the breathing. The breath must begin from the abdomen (diaphragmatic breath). A diaphra br, br,