Playing With Prasara Yoga

No tips, techniques or strategies today. Just a clip I shot this afternoon during my Prasara Yoga practice (with roots from BodyFlow) – did I mention it’s a beautiful Spring day up here in New England?

Playing with Prasara Yoga

There’s no reason yoga needs to be boring and routine. Yoga is meant [...]

Prasara Yoga - Lizard Flow by John Sifferman (my first self-made Prasara Flow)

I recently created my first Prasara Yoga flow and have called it Lizard Flow. Up until now, I’ve been following stock programs from Prasara Yoga including the Prasara A Flows, FlowFit, Ageless Mobility, and BodyFlow. Lizard flow was created to compensate for the demands I’ve been placing on my legs recently. It’s mostly for [...]

Kong Flow Prasara Yoga Demo Video

The Kong Flow is a Prasara Yoga Flow that is based on a variation of an animal-based movement called the Kong. I’ve been practicing this over the past week for fun – following my coaches advice to try one motor-moron movement each day. The Kong Flow is unique in that it actually self-compensates via hip flexion and extension, making it an excellent Prasara flow for the hips. It’s short and sweet and lot’s of fun to hop and roll around!

Kong Flow from Prasara Yoga

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Training Journal Update: Moderate Intensity Day

June 22, 2009 – Moderate Intensity Day
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John's Training Journal Update

4/2/09 Movement and Practice Day
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Beautiful Montage of Human Movement: Prasara Yoga Demonstration

For this Friday, I have a fun video to share with you. I think this is a marvelous display of human movement by my coach, Scott Sonnon, the creator of the Circular Strength Training system. I’m sure you’ll agree that this is beautiful, artistic movement – yet the purpose is not to impress others – this is not a show, it’s just a part of Sonnon’s daily personal practice.

This clip is from a documentary Scott filmed about Prasara Yoga. I haven’t spoken about yoga much on my blog, but you should know that I practice regularly and use the techniques Scott teaches. Prasara Body-Flow yoga is one of three ‘wings’ in the CST system and it has literally changed the way I train dramatically. Its inclusion in my program has ensured my consistent gains in progress as well as protect myself from injury, among many other things that are beyond this short blog post. Prasara Yoga is like the glue that holds the rest of my training program together.

There is so much benefit to be had from practicing Prasara Yoga, but for now, I just want you to enjoy this short video.


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