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Vinyasa Krama Yoga Montreal Vinyasa Krama Yoga classes. Traditional breath-led movement system, cultivates body, breath and mind.

Vinyāsa Krama Yoga is the yoga system of practice taught by longtime direct pupil of Śrī Krishnamāchārya, Śrīvatsa Rāmaswāmī, who learned from the acclaimed Yogacharya for over 30 years. Over the course of his studies under the professor Krishnamāchārya, Rāmaswāmī sir learned a complete system of Vinyāsa Krama including the powerful practice of the important Mudras and Prāṇāyāma from his teacher,

several classic Sanskrit texts, and Vedic chanting. Central to Rāmaswāmī's teachings is in clarifying the breadth of the system of practice he learned from his Acharya, and in highlighting the scholarly brilliance of Śrī Krishnamāchārya who himself was not just a master practitioner of Haṭha Yoga but also an accomplished Sanskrit scholar of high order with several titles of distinction for his immense scholarship. At his core, Śrī Krishnamāchārya was a highly devout Bhakti yogi, coming from an authentic lineage of householder yogis going back to the Sampradāya of Sages Nammalvar and Nathamuni. The practice of Vinyāsa Krama draws from the scriptural authority of the classic texts or Shastras and authentic lineage of practitioners. It is a powerful and meditative breathing practice incorporating long smooth breathing with synchronous slow and graceful movements, logical progression and sequencing, intelligent application of appropriate counter-movements or Pratikriya wherever necessary, importance placed on the practice of the Bandhas (certain muscular engagements and energetic locks) and Mudras (energetic seals), daily practice of a robust Prāṇāyāma or breathing practices, leading to the process of meditation beginning with intense concentration or Dhāranā and on, along with prerequisite social and personal disciplines (Yamaniyama) as outlined in Patañjalayoga. Vinyāsa Krama is a powerful practice system that brings noticeable improvements in strength and flexibility, posture and embodied awareness, in breathing and lung function, in proper functioning of the internal organs, and in cultivating greater clarity of mind. Director of Vinyāsa Krama Yoga Montreal, Mike De Masi, has been learning from Rāmaswāmī sir for the past few years and is dedicated to transmitting these valuable teachings he is learning from his teacher, both in practice and in philosophical inquiry drawing from the Shastras or classic texts he continues to learn from Sir. De Masi comes from an extensive background in practicing Iyengar Yoga from Tim Ruddy, Louie Ettling, Barbara Young, as well as senior teachers Zubin Zarthoshtimanesh and Father Joe Pereira. He also explored Ashtanga Vinyasa from Terri McCollum, Yaelle Wittes, Jamie Lee, and senior teacher Chuck Miller. De Masi was initiated by Anupama Das into Vedic chanting as well as chanting of Yoga Sutras, and has continued under Savithri Ravikrishnan and Eniko Pianovsky as well as Gaby Flemming. Today, along with his on-going studies under his principle teacher Rāmaswāmī sir and mentoring with sir's longtime pupil Sarah Mata Gabor as well as Joshna Ramakrishnan, he also supplements his studies by seeking out opportunities to learn from senior pupils of Śrī TKV Desikachar, such as S Sridharan, Nrithya Jagannathan, V Srinivasan, Dr M Jayaraman, and Dr Latha Satish.

Happy Guru Purnima! Thanks to Ramaswami sir, and his teacher Śrī T Krishnamacharya.
10/07/2025

Happy Guru Purnima! Thanks to Ramaswami sir, and his teacher Śrī T Krishnamacharya.

Gratitude to the guiding lights of yoga ✨
On this sacred day of Guru Purnima, we honour the timeless wisdom passed down through generations🙏
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Some stock images of the Blood Moon in Total Lunar Eclipse. Because my personal photos either my phone were very low qua...
14/03/2025

Some stock images of the Blood Moon in Total Lunar Eclipse. Because my personal photos either my phone were very low quality.

A spectacular sight demonstrative of the heavenly dance of magnificent celestial bodies.

Om Sūryāya Namaḥ
Om Candrāya Namaḥ
Om 🕉
🙏

What we experienced as a Lunar Eclipse from Earth, last night, was experienced as a Solar Eclipse from the surface of th...
14/03/2025

What we experienced as a Lunar Eclipse from Earth, last night, was experienced as a Solar Eclipse from the surface of the Moon!

Om Sūryāya Namaḥ
Om Candrāya Namaḥ
Om 🕉
🙏

Here's a quote from senior Ashtanga Vinyasa teacher Maty Ezraty that always struck me:"At the end of the day, the techni...
14/03/2025

Here's a quote from senior Ashtanga Vinyasa teacher Maty Ezraty that always struck me:

"At the end of the day, the technical aspects of Trikonāsana are not enough. And you cannot get enlightened doing a fancy pose--no matter how perfect it is. It's just not gonna happen. You have to explore your inner psyche, your mind-stuff, the monkey mind. And āsana is limited. Āsana is just a stepping stone. At some point, a meditation or Prāṇāyāma practice can lead to deeper understanding of yourself and your surroundings. Āsana can help you. It can definitely make you a healthier person in so many ways. Āsana classes will clear the way, help you destress, and help you feel better by releasing tension. Āsana is great for our society, because how many people are gonna just start sitting every day for half an hour? We need that kind of a stepping stone."

"At the end of the day, the technical aspects of Trikonasana are not enough. And you cannot get enlightened doing a fancy pose."

I got to say, I always return to this notable point AG Mohan has made of his learning under Śrī T Krishnamacharya, it is...
14/03/2025

I got to say, I always return to this notable point AG Mohan has made of his learning under Śrī T Krishnamacharya, it is the exact same perspective that my teacher Srivatsa Ramaswami teaches from.

Practice and study, must go together. That is, if you subscribe to this view. Some might be under the impression practice alone is all they need, and for many practice only constitutes āsana-s alone. For Patañjali, of course practice is more broad, encompasses attitudinal constraints for the benefit of mind, and not just āsana-s but also Prāṇāyāma, and also developing a sitting practice for meditation. Of course, the point can be made that dry theory will not bring about transformation, has the danger of merely becoming intellectual in pursuit. But combining practice AND study is in taking the lessons in study to heart from a practical perspective as Patañjali was teaching a practical subject in Yoga. If it is good enough for the great professor Śrī T Krishnamacharya, the esteemed Yogācārya to many famous international teachers, then it is good enough for me.

My studies with Krishnamacharya were only the first part of my yoga journey. I have spent decades continuing to study and practice after his demise too. Yoga is the journey toward peace and wellbeing in life. You never stop that journey once you start; there is no good reason to.

When I started my yoga studies, I did not learn only practices from Krishnamacharya. He spent a lot of time teaching me traditional texts and yoga theory. The principle here is: the more I understood, the more I became capable of practicing on my own, and then teaching others. Theory without practice is lame; it cannot take you anywhere. Practice without understanding is blind; it can lead you to dead ends and dangers.

Pranayama is a lifelong practice. You never stop breathing as long as you are alive. Breath is the most important life function you can work with for your wellbeing. When you learn pranayama, you must also gain knowledge on how to work with your breath. Do not just follow instructions; try to increase your understanding as well.

Your breath changes from day to day and time to time. You must be able to observe your breath and modify your pranayama practice accordingly. The teacher cannot do that for you every day. So learning pranayama is not about just following a practice video or teacher in a class. It is also about understanding the different techniques, their cautions and limits, when to use them. This is necessary even for an ordinary yoga practitioner. Just as you need to understand some basic principles to exercise safely and effectively in a gym, you must learn how pranayama techniques work if you want to keep doing the practice lifelong safely and effectively. Always learn both the theory and the practice.

A. G. Mohan

Learn the theory and practice of pranayama with the Mohans at online.svastha.net.

The Moon becoming Blood Red until it is totally cast in the Earth's shadow in Total Lunar Eclipse. Not the clearest, jus...
14/03/2025

The Moon becoming Blood Red until it is totally cast in the Earth's shadow in Total Lunar Eclipse.

Not the clearest, just taken with my phone and zoom. After seeing the Total Solar Eclipse we experienced last April, which was absolutely jaw-dropping and stunning, actually was quite a moving experience, I find myself more appreciative of these little Lunar Eclipses.

Still, an incredible demonstration of our place in the Solar System and the greater Galaxy and Universe, as we bear witness to this incredible heavenly dance of celestial bodies.

It may seem nothing more than a "New Moon", but it's quite different in that it is one of the rare instances we get to see OUR own shadow, the shadow cast by the entire planet Earth. Our whole world cast upon the surface of our beloved Moon. The New Moon phase of the Moon's monthly cycle is not in seeing the Earth's shadow, but rather just a result of the angle of the sun only illuminating that side of our Moon. Whereas the total lunar eclipse is a Full Moon night in which our Moon is fully lit up by our great Sun, and the Moon then passes directly behind the Earth and gets cast into the darkness of our mighty shadow. In New Moon, we don't easily perceive the dark side of the Moon, but here the Moon is cast in an eerie red tinge due to the lit-up atmosphere of the Earth illuminating and glowing from the Sun directly behind it, which projects a faint red light onto the otherwise dark shadow cast Moon. It gives us a chance to appreciate our massive scale in witnessing our great Earth shadow.

To put it into context, the Moon is in the position we were in here on Earth on April 8th, 2024, in which the light from the Sun changed as the Moon began to move in between us on Earth and our Sun in the distance. Many remarked how the light changed moments before totality, was eerie and sharp, somehow with a sense of haze. And then once we were in the moment of totality, we were plunged into darkness and the air got cool, but there was faint eerie light streaming in the horizon in 360° (something only uniquely experienced during such a rare total solar eclipse), and the faint yet profound light from Sun's magnificent corona that is otherwise ordinarily obscured by the bright rays of the Sun.

Om Sūryāya Namaḥ
Om Candrāya Namaḥ
Om🙏

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