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Category Archives:  Chanting

Sanskrit pronunciation

June 7, 2017 by  Robin Ward

MYCPT is very fortunate to have Yvonne de Kock teach two workshop classes in which students will learn to count in Sanskrit, the asana names of the Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series, and the opening and closing mantras. The focus will be on correct pronunciation. Yvonne has been a student of yoga for over 26 years and has been studying Sanskrit for the past 17 years. More details about the classes here, and more about Yvonne here. All proceeds will go to CSI. WHY IS PRONUNCIATION SO IMPORTANT IN SANSKRIT? It is important to spend a little time to learn the basics of Sanskrit pronunciation. Reading [……..]

Categories: Ashtanga, Chanting, Mysore, New to Mysore, workshops

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The Ashtanga Opening Chant

August 18, 2014 by  Neal & Vanessa

So what is this mysterious chanting we do before Practice? Does this affect my faith? What does the opening chant really mean? Should I chant it if I don’t know what it means? Hopefully the following translation will try to answer these questions. The translation is taken from a talk by Arvind Pare (https://www.facebook.com/GangaInGokulam) which I was fortunate to attend on my last trip to Mysore 2014. Arvind had many insightful stories and commentaries which help to give the chant a greater meaning. So I’ve included some of them here. The original text is written in Sanskrit but I’ve used the English transliteration below. For [……..]

Categories: Ashtanga, Chanting, Mysore, New to Mysore

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Mysore Yoga Cape Town offers daily authentic Ashtanga Yoga classes at Yoga Zone, situated in the heart of Cape Town at the Lifestyle On Kloof Centre in Gardens. We are dedicated to the teachings and lineage of the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharathji Jois. Our classes run in the mornings, Sunday to Friday with a resting day on Saturdays. Start each day feeling calm, centered and balanced. Email us to join.

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50 Kloof Street
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