I’ve been doing a little research on Ashtanga lately. I have taken Ashtanga-inspired yoga classes before, but never ventured into Primary Series territory. Then recently I found myself browsing around the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute site, Ashtangi.net and Ashtanga.com, and I even ordered a primary series DVD with Richard Freeman. I guess you can say that I’m a little Ashtanga-curious.

In my search for Ashtanga info I came across this delightful video on YouTube of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the guru of Ashtanga yoga. He believes in practicing. A lot. (He is famously quoted saying “Practice and all is coming.”) Now I’m going to follow his advice and go to class: “You can take practice. Don’t talk.”