{"id":2702,"date":"2016-05-09T11:17:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T11:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2017-09-08T13:18:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:18:20","slug":"movement-matters-with-john-scott-and-scott-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/movement-matters-with-john-scott-and-scott-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Movement Matters with John Scott and Scott Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forget your preconceptions of Ashtanga Yoga and get to the important stuff with John Scott and Scott Johnson. We met up with this diverting duo at <\/span><span style=\"color: #f5426b;\"><a style=\"color: #f5426b;\" href=\"http:\/\/charityyogaday.org.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Yoga Garden Party<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where they took the time to enlighten us about the true nature of their favourite yoga.<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-avDZok6WM\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Did you think Ashtanga was all about power poses?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The stigma of ashtanga yoga is that it is very dynamic and physical and very asana bound in a powerful, male strength way.<\/p>\n<p>It is true that it is a very disciplined practice.<\/p>\n<p>But yoga <i>is<\/i> a discipline; a discipline to train the mind.<\/p>\n<p>Ashtanga does approach this quite vigorously through the body but it is really about a <span style=\"color: #f5426b;\">trinity<\/span> &#8211; a trinity of <span style=\"color: #f5426b;\">body<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #f5426b;\">breath<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #f5426b;\">mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Find the gems beneath the postures!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In yoga there is a relationship with body and with breath and always bringing it back to that point. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John &amp; Scott\u2019s teaching is not about postures but about creating a framework of how to practice and finding a place of <\/span><span style=\"color: #f5426b;\">vulnerability<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s in that place of vulnerability that people are able to open up \u00a0and something magical happens.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the <\/span><span style=\"color: #f5426b;\">gems of the practice<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When these gems are passed on, people can begin to actually participate in the class themselves. Not just with the body but with a collective voice and collective minds. The experience is something totally different from what people expect!<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/videos?c=27\"><span style=\"color: #f5426b;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0&gt;&gt;Try an Ashtanga Class <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/what-is-yoga\/screen-shot-2015-12-16-at-10-58-15\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2300 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-10.58.15-150x150.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-16 at 10.58.15\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This blog was extracted from an interview with John Scott and Scott Johnson at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/charityyogaday.org.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Yoga Garden Party<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0This fabulous annual charity event raises funds for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehopefoundation.org.uk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hope Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and gives yoga lovers an opportunity to get together and share their practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb_wrap\"><a class=\"fb_link\" onclick=\"fbs_click('https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/movement-matters-with-john-scott-and-scott-johnson','');return false;\" href=\"#\">Send to Facebook<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget your preconceptions of Ashtanga Yoga and get to the important stuff with John Scott and Scott Johnson. 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