As you may be aware, the three important components of yoga practice are asana, pranayama and meditation. The most important text that is normally referred to as authority on these practices is the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. It lists several asana, pranayama and meditation practices. However, over time, as yoga has gained global acceptance and popularity, many new techniques and practices have been added. In the Integral Yoga style of yoga that I practice and teach, there is a basic sequence that forms the core of the practice. As one becomes comfortable with the basic routine, one can start adding more variations to the basic set and also more new practices.
To derive maximum benefit from your yoga practice, it is important that you establish a home-based practice of your own. To help you develop your home practice, I offer two resources – my yoga blog and the youtube channel. Over the years, I have written blog posts on all the basic asana and pranayama techniques and short sequences that I teach in my classes. In addition, for most of these articles, I have also provided a link to the corresponding video demonstration on youtube.
For example, let’s say you are interested in improving your hip mobility and would like to learn about the asanas and sequences that can help. You can go to the blog and search for “hip opening”. You will be presented with a page that lists all the articles that I have written related to this topic. When you visit one of these articles, you will find a link to the corresponding youtube video. That way you can get detailed instructions for the practice you are looking for and can follow along using the video demonstration.
Youtube channel
Alternately, you may go directly to my youtube channel. Once there, the first thing you may want to do is to hit the “subscribe” button. That way you will receive intimation about any new video content that is added. On the home page, you can do a similar search to find all the videos related to the topic of your interest. I have also create several playlists, each covering a specific area or topic. These lists can also help you find the type of practice that you are looking for. Below is a sample of the playlists on my youtube channel:
Youtube Playlists:
- Back care
- Balancing
- Core
- Five Tibetan Rites
- Hamstring
- Hip opening
- Inversion
- Joints
- Knees
- Long holds
- Meditation
- Pranayama
- Quads
- Sequences
- Shoulders
- Surya Namaskara
- Twisting
- Upper body
- Yoga Sutras
Paid content
Most of the videos on the youtube channel are FREE for all visitors. However, there is some content which is available for a small fee. These are the video sequences that are recorded during the special early morning programs that I offer from time to time. Here is a list of some of these video sequences:
Video recording of special programs offered in the past
(Links to YouTube videos will be provided)
- 21-day yoga immersion – $40
- 21-day yoga immersion, Level 2 – $50
- 7-day hip opening intensive – $20
- 14-day meditation intensive – $30
- 14-day pranayama intensive – $30
- 7-day hamstring/quad intensive – $20
- Surya Namaskara sadhana – $20
Payment options:
- cash, check, Zelle (use subhashmittal@gmail.com) or Venmo (use 9199269717)
- PayPal (go to bottom of page) (add $5 to the fee listed above)
I certainly hope that you will make use of these resources to establish your own home-based yoga practice.
I would love to hear back from you with any comments or questions.
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