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Ashtanga Yoga and the Athletes

"To learn how to achieve concentration, the body first must be purified, and then mental strength developed. The method for purifying and strengthening the body is called asana. When the body is purified, the breath also becomes purified, and the diseases of the body are eliminated."
— Yoga Master Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India
Elite training for Athletes, Dancers, Musicians and Artists

The principal of great performances, that of Athletes, Dancers, Musicians and Artists, is AWARENESS. The ability to be AWARE during a performance is pure and free flowing creative expression. The practice of Traditional Ashtanga Yoga as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute www.ayri.org in Mysore, India is a "MASTER KEY" to the cultivation of letting the "HAPPENING of AWARENESS" just simply happen.

Sri K. Pattabhi Jois is now 92 years old and has been teaching this method of Ashtanga Yoga for 70 years in Mysore, India. Guruji's grandson Sharath Rangaswamy is now at his side furthering this wonderful tradition and practice for generations to come.

If travel to Mysore, India is not possible, you can make contact at the bottom of this page for INSTRUCTION on Kauai and throughout the Hawaiian Islands or for workshops in your home state or country.



Professional Athlete Development

The"Ashtanga For Athletes" program meets the Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series practice with SPORT SPECIFIC YOGIC PRINCIPALS and PRACTICES cultivated for building the SUPER ATHLETE. Taking a look at repetitive motions during training, resting, and performance in relationship to the re-balancing of the Athlete with specific Asana (yoga postures). The Athlete soon finds "ease" in any and all of the movements needed to perform to their HIGHEST! The development of control of the breath, lifting of the pelvic floor, Mula Bandha, and how your feet contact the ground form the foundation of "Balance and Freedom" in motion.

The "Ashtanga For Athletes" program takes its BLOOM NATURALLY, as Athletes often already have a sense of "Inner Radar" to a range of degrees. Over time the Athlete will become very sensitive to the inner workings of his body, breath and mind. This will serve to decrease the amount of injuries that occur as well as increase the athletes recovery rate. The mind will sharpen to the task at hand as it has a sense of the present breath. As the individual transforms into a "lighter" Athlete, it will allow the PERFORMER to REVEAL their GREATEST POTENTIAL. FREEDOM !!!

It is the intention of the "Ashtanga For Athletes" program to support and empower each PERFORMER for each PERFORMANCE.


Applications of Ashtanga Yoga FOR an Athlete FROM an Athlete!

Please contact Eagle for more INFORMATION regarding the "Ashtanga for Athletes" program, classes on Kauai, and workshops in your state or country. No LIMITS... Just FREEDOM!

INSTRUCTOR: Eagle. Click here to see how Yoga and Pro-Sports, hand in hand, saved this Athlete.

Looking forward to seeing you in paradise and at your best!


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"The practice of YOGA is the single most important tool to the MODERN ATHLETE"
— Eagle (Ashtanga For Athletes)


Press Interview:

Houston Press Cover Story with Eagle "Speed of Light"
by Jesse Washington, November 23, 2000.
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"Practice, practice, practice... and ALL is coming."
— Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India


"Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled."
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar NBA All-Star Center
"Let an Athlete cultivate their INNER WITNESS and watch out as they display 'GRACE in MOTION'."
— Eagle (Ashtanga For Athletes)
"I am moving and not moving at all. I am like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, 'I am doing this', but rather, an inner realization that 'this is happening through me,' or 'it is doing this for me.' The consciousness of self is the greatest hinderance to the proper execution of all physical action."
— Bruce Lee (from the TAO OF JEET KUNE DO - 1975)
"If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter - if we practice it without fail, we will then attain physical, mental and spiritual happiness, and our minds will flood towards the Self."
— Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois of the ASHTANGA YOGA RESEARCH INSTITUTE in Mysore, India
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