ASHTANGA YOGA BASICS

OPENING MANTRA

ॐ

vande gurūṇām caraṇāravinde

sandarśita svātmasukhāvabodhe

niḥśreyase jāṅgalikāyamāne

saṁsāra hālāhala mohaśāntyai

ābāhu puruṣākāraṃ

śaṅkhacakrāsi dhāriṇam

sahasra śirasaṃ śvetaṃ

praṇamāmi patañjalim

ॐ

CLOSING MANTRA

ॐ

svasti prajābhyaḥ paripālayantāṃ

nyāyena mārgeṇa mahīṃ mahīśāḥ

gobrāhmaṇe bhyaḥ śubhamastu nityaṃ

lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu

ॐ

śānti śānti śāntiḥ

K. Pattabhi Jois

Beate & Chris

Sharath Jois

Beate & Chris

The Ashtanga Yoga Opening Mantra is sung in two variants: in Call-n-Respond mode or in shared mode.

In Call-n-Respond mode, the teacher sings the Opening Mantra OMs. The group joins the OM. Afterwards, the teacher sings part of the opening mantra, which the group then sings.

In the common mode, the teacher also sings the opening mantra by singing the OM and the group enters the mantra with the OM. The mantra is then sung together. At AYRF we sing in common mode.

5x Sun Salutation A – Surya Namaskara A

5x Sun Salutation B – Surya Namaskara B

Ashtanga Yoga Fundamentals Sequence
(without twists, Chris)

Ashtanga Yoga Fundamentals Sequence

(with twists, Beate)

Ashtanga Yoga PDFs

– Surya Namaskara A & B
– Fundamentals Sequence
– Primary Series
– Second Series
– Third Series
– Finishing Sequence

– Primary Series
– Intermediate Series

– Yoga Mat Tip

Thanks to Ronald Steiner and Anna Rossow for allowing me to use their PDFs.

Ashtanga Yoga Soundfiles

– Asanas of Surya Namaskara A & B
– Asanas of the Fundamentals Sequence
– Asanas of the Primary Series
– Asanas of the Finishing Sequence

– Drishtis (Gazing points)
– Digits 1 – 28

– Soundfile – all.zip

Questions about the PDFs or the audio files? yoga@ayrf.de