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 ’up-dog’ 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