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Supta Virasana or reclined hero assist!

Ganesh on the windowsill ... Om gam ganapataye namaha!

Geshe Michael Roach, January 2012

From an evening teaching on the Bhagavad Gita, the third in a series, by Geshe Michael Roach. Geshe Michael is a Tibetan Buddhist monk in the Gelugpa lineage - the first Westerner ever to earn the "Geshe" degree and an author, philanthropist and teacher. He is the root lama in the Tibetan Buddhist lineage of Conquering Lion Yoga.

Greeting the teacher on entering, a tradition in this lineage. Geshe'la joking about a rose.

Greeting the teacher

Lovely A

Geshe'la

Some jazz to start before the opening chants, with Geshe Michael on upright bass

The room in rapt attention

E and L during the break

#bhagavad gita #dharma #geshe michael roach #tibetan buddhism #yoga #conquering lion

Urdhva Dhanurasana or wheel

#asana #mala #yoga #wheel pose

Virabhadrasana I

#Black and White #asana #mala #yoga #warrior pose

Falun Gong circle in Madison Square Park

Not the form or lineage in which I practice. But part of the practice is honoring the practice of others.

#yoga #dharma #practice

side stretch from Sukhasana

#yoga #asana #mala #black and white

The changing room

#yoga #Black and White #asana

Daniella Rosales-Friedman, Mala Yoga Brooklyn

Dharma talk

Lowering from Chatturanga Dandasana

Virabhadrasana I technique

Ardha Chandrasana or half moon pose

#mala #yoga #asana #brooklyn #black and white

Salamba Sirsasana or headstand

#yoga #mala #asana #headstand #black and white

Geshe Michael Roach, May 2011

From an evening of teachings on the Bhagavad Gita given by Geshe Michael Roach at Pure Yoga East, New York City in May 2011. Geshe Michael is a Tibetan Buddhist monk of the Gelugpa lineage, a scholar and author, and the root lama of the Tibetan Buddhist lineage of Conquering Lion Yoga.