Great find from Lucia,
"it was a great thrill to run into this video posted via Ed Ross. when I published his name has not appeared so I write it now. it was exciting because I have had the great honor to practice with Radha, the first time 5 summers ago. I can tell you that this woman embodies the practice and tradition, in her Shala seems that time has stopped. With her, I understood what it means just one breath in one movement, the vinyasa, and without using words because 5 years ago I could barely speak and understand English and no one there spoke Italian with me she has only ever used her hands on me, no verbal instruction, if I can stay inside the vinyasa I owe it to her, and the funny thing is that she and I are really spoken only a few times. Last summer I also felt her healing touch on me. more than her body moving in the shala I felt the presence of her spirit, that I can not express it in words. so she is still spreading love and devotion to the practise, in such humble way". Lucia
Derek Ireland and Radha in a breakfast TV spot for what looks like the UK's TVAM.This appears to be a number of 'spots' spread throughout the morning, my mistake, my mistake, Derek mentions that they have been 'showing you things for a few days' so it looks like TVAM may have been featuring Ashtanga all week. First up is Derek talking Radha in the standing sequence, introducing Ashtanga, next they switch and Radha talks through Derek's first few primary postures and so on switching back and forth. At the end there's demo of the two of them practising together (unfortunately to some particularly cheesy music the sound editor had deemed appropriate).
This seems to be a very early introduction to Ashtanga in the UK, perhaps the first time it was seen there on TV.
I went hitchhiking for a few years from '83 so would have missed this otherwise who knows....
"it was a great thrill to run into this video posted via Ed Ross. when I published his name has not appeared so I write it now. it was exciting because I have had the great honor to practice with Radha, the first time 5 summers ago. I can tell you that this woman embodies the practice and tradition, in her Shala seems that time has stopped. With her, I understood what it means just one breath in one movement, the vinyasa, and without using words because 5 years ago I could barely speak and understand English and no one there spoke Italian with me she has only ever used her hands on me, no verbal instruction, if I can stay inside the vinyasa I owe it to her, and the funny thing is that she and I are really spoken only a few times. Last summer I also felt her healing touch on me. more than her body moving in the shala I felt the presence of her spirit, that I can not express it in words. so she is still spreading love and devotion to the practise, in such humble way". Lucia
Derek Ireland and Radha in a breakfast TV spot for what looks like the UK's TVAM.
This seems to be a very early introduction to Ashtanga in the UK, perhaps the first time it was seen there on TV.
I went hitchhiking for a few years from '83 so would have missed this otherwise who knows....
To put it in perspective, TVAM's regular yoga 'instructor' was 'Mad Lizzie' Web
She was brought in as a response to the BBC's breakfast TV yoga spot presented by the Green Goddess Diana Moran
UPDATE (what already?)
My friend Oscar ( I presented my first workshop at Oscar's beautiful studio in Leon in December) has just pointed out that the same Youtube channel has this early Spanish TV slot with Tomas Zorzo. Thomas is giving a workshop at Oscar's studio from April 12th, been hearing great hints about Thomas and the breath.
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1 comment:
hi Grimmly, it's refreshing to be able to actually see a video, while visiting a country that allows these to be viewed. i noticed their jump throughs are so clean. in California i used to do jump throughs sort of like that, then my first teacher in SH took them away, saying i was just falling on my bum and instructed me to do the cross legged one, with the result that my jump throughs never look like anything dramatic.
cheers
Arturo
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