About: Kino MacGregor
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Confessions of a Loved & Hated Ashtangi.by Kino MacGregor on Feb 5, 2013 People love and hate me. I am, after much deliberation, okay with that. I’m a bad Ashtangi. I wear small shorts and mascara. I’m not a natural blonde. I color my hair and blow dry it, even while in India. I’m also vain and I love beautiful and sometimes expensive things. I’ve been called an [...] 35,001 views |
5 Tips for a Great Start to 2013. ~ Kino MacGregorby Kino MacGregor on Dec 30, 2012 As the page turns on 2012, and the world has not ended in a cataclysmic Hollywood style disaster, it is time to set our gaze on the inevitability of next year. Future oriented thinking can take you out of the present moment. If you are someone who likes to plan and control the stream of [...] 5,996 views |
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Power, Breath & Control: Three Part Ashtanga Beginner’s Series Online.by Kino MacGregor on Aug 11, 2012 Yoga trains the mind to stay in places of difficulty instead of running away and developing protective measures. 2,885 views |
The Journey to Mysore, India: Lighting the Sacred Fire through Ashtanga Yoga.by Kino MacGregor on Jul 22, 2012 Nine hours in a tiny seat to a cold European airport; two hours in a layover where you stumble from coffee to cakes, another fourteen hours on an airplane bound for Bangalore and finally, a four-hour taxi ride through cows, honking, Indian traffic, rickshaws and pollution, lead you to a small South Indian city called [...] 2,454 views |
The Responsibility of a Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga Teacher.by Kino MacGregor on May 26, 2012 What does it take to be a really good Ashtanga Yoga teacher? I love Miami. I love the sunshine, the sandy beaches, the open vibrancy of the people and the flashy sense of style. Since I run a yoga center on Miami Beach, I get to see many people move in and out of the [...] 10,630 views |
Bandhas in Ashtanga Yoga: the Difference Between Uddiyana Bandha & Kriya.by Kino MacGregor on May 1, 2012 One often misunderstood difference is between uddiyana bandha and uddiyana kriya. The first is from the navel down to the public bone and the second is a purification practice that can only be done on exhalation. Watch the clip to see the difference. 2,763 views |
A Suffering Animal & the Navy Seals: The Journey from Weakness into the Brave Heart of a Yogi.by Kino MacGregor on Apr 11, 2012 The physical yoga practice is actually designed to create scenarios where you experience panic, stress and other strong emotions so that you can build the brave heart of a yogi to go directly into those scary places and remain calm and steady. 4,589 views |
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The Emotional Journey of Backbending.by Kino MacGregor on Feb 24, 2012 Backbending often brings up strong emotions when students first begin to practice it more regularly and go deeper. 9,967 views |
The Lesson of Third Series: On Burning Through Ego & Pride.by Kino MacGregor on Feb 16, 2012 The practice of the Ashtanga Yoga Third Series is not something to be taken lightly or to play around with. It is a devotional practice that burns through some of the deepest blockages that exist in the human mind and body. It is a practice that contains the essence of Ashtanga Yoga and one not to be taken for granted. 6,027 views |
Let Her Fall: the Road through Pain, to Suffering to Forearm Balance.by Kino MacGregor on Feb 1, 2012 Ashtanga Yoga is, first and foremost, a spiritual practice. It is not an exercise where you judge your success by how hard you work your body, or how perfect the posture is. 11,632 views |
Handstand Technique Video & the Four D’s of Yoga.by Kino MacGregor on Jan 10, 2012 It was something that I never imagined I would actually be able to do. But yoga is the power of transformation where the impossible becomes possible. 11,370 views |
Principles of Twisting: Marichasana C with Kino MacGregorby Kino MacGregor on Jul 31, 2011 The Ashtanga Yoga method purifies the internal systems of the body, clears emotional and psychological blockages and frees the student to experience a new depth of consciousness within themselves and their lives. When you begin the practice there are a series of simple movements in the Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series that will help you tap [...] 2,251 views |
Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga – New DVD with Kino MacGregor, Greg Nardi & Tim Feldmann.by Kino MacGregor on Mar 27, 2011 Owning and running our yoga center on Miami Beach gives my husband and I the chance to experience a full range of yoga students. We have the dedicate group of Mysore Ashtangis who rise before dawn to practice in a candle-lit space before joining the legions of worker bees at their offices. We have the [...] 225 views |
Facing Doubt in the Practice of Yoga.by Kino MacGregor on Jan 25, 2011 On Sundays in Mysore, India at the New Shala in Gokulam there is conference with Sharath where all the students of the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute gather to ask questions and listen with open hearts. When Guruji used to teach at the Old Shala in Lakshmipuram he had conference every day except Saturday [...] 1,092 views |
The Best Things in Life are Free.by Kino MacGregor on Dec 20, 2010 The glowing heart of the sun rises and sets each day and belongs to no one. The Earth is cut up into segments of private property and national boundaries but no one owns the deed to the whole planet…except maybe all of us collectively…unless we just have it on loan from future generations. Nations carve [...] 432 views |
Yoga Air: Enjoy the Ride.by Kino MacGregor on Nov 15, 2010 I travel all the time. On the rare occasion I get an upgrade, but most of the time I don’t. Luckily I’m small and flexible enough to be able to curl myself into a moderately comfortable sleeping position in any airline or train seat, a blessing that I count on every intercontinental flight. No matter [...] 773 views |
Ashtanga Yoga in Denver.by Kino MacGregor on Sep 27, 2010 Even though I travel all over the world there are still parts of the U.S.A that I have never visited. I always wanted to see Colorado and this Fall I was schedule to have my first visit to Denver. But then the yoga center that originally was going to host me had a terrible fire [...] 664 views |
Fearless Resolutionby Kino MacGregor on Sep 26, 2010 There are moments in life that define us and determine the degree to which we are willing to allow the vital essence of our being to dictate the direction of our path. It can even feel like life is spent waiting for these pivotal moments that lead us down the road to discovery. The connection [...] 637 views |
Discover the Present Moment.by Kino MacGregor on Aug 4, 2010 Sometimes a day in the life of a yogi is plagued by fear of the yoga postures that claim to lead toward inner peace. Yet this ironic dichotomy is exactly how yoga teaches practitioners to find that elusive state of calm. Since yoga asks you to learn peace of mind it also demands that you [...] 917 views |
 Backbending and Strength Highlights from Kino’s Workshop at Red Pearl Yoga in Ft. Lauderdale, Floridaby Kino MacGregor on Jul 17, 2010 Every time I travel to a new city I am always in love with it for a little while. In Florida especially I never get tired of the sunshine, the clear water and the open skies. Sometimes I fly thousands of miles to share the healing power of yoga with new students. And sometimes I [...] 476 views |
Healing Injuries with Yoga.by Kino MacGregor on Jun 30, 2010 Can you feel gratitude for your injuries? It is not the physicality of hatha yoga that transforms, but the state of presence cultivated by a conscious effort to heal the body and train the mind that heals. It is actually higher awareness itself that brings about great changes in practitioners’ experience of reality. One of [...] 1,652 views |
Oprah + Yoga + Kino + TV?by Kino MacGregor on Jun 8, 2010 Have you ever wondered why there isn’t a TV show about Yoga? Bravo has a contest for everything from cooking to hair salons to house wives. Every channel has its own reality show, from the Food Network to the HGTV to Fox. It’s time that yoga gets a chance to inspire a whole new generation [...] 1,168 views |
Real Yoga. ~ Kino MacGregorby Kino MacGregor on Jun 3, 2010 Training the Mind to See the Abundance of Greatness . The daily practice of yoga gives us ample ground to test out the hypothesis of an infinite universe. When you see an accomplished practitioner achieve masterful feats of asana, that doesn’t mean you cannot go and accomplish the same thing. Yet it can sometimes be exceedingly [...] 2,540 views |
The Key to Happiness through Daily Yoga Practice.by Kino MacGregor on May 1, 2010 Stepping through the looking glass of life. The iconography of the yoga world transports would-be practitioners into an idyllic scene of blooming lotus flowers and gently flowing estuaries. The promise of sincere yoga practice is that this paradisiacal realm of inner peace will one day be attainable for all practitioners who commit themselves fully. Yet [...] 2,454 views |
Ashtanga: the Yoga of Purification.by Kino MacGregor on Apr 14, 2010 Working Through Physical & Emotional Discomfort in the Practice of Yoga. “The practice of yoga is a slow retraining of our bodies and minds to make ourselves comfortable with the scary places inside and outside of ourselves.” Yoga purifies the mind and body…by asking you to develop deep self-knowledge. When you unite with the deepest [...] 4,088 views |
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