Here is a clip of a film by Academy Award nominated director Roko Belic, entitled HAPPY HAPPY takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading experts in happiness research, including Ed Diener, Sonja Lyubomirsky and Nic Marks, HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion. What makes you happy? Happy - A Documentary Trailer from Wadi Rum Films on Vimeo .

Practise. All is coming... Sri K.Pattabhi Jois

Someone told me recently that they were a regular Ashtanga yoga practioner, and they had a daily primary series practise. She was somewhat surprised when I told her this pose is NOT part of the primary series....Great pose but not in primary-funny how some teachers will throw in a few extra poses, and not mention to their students this is not part of the traditional sequence.

Swami G Mysore , originally uploaded by yogamama.co.uk . Swami G is to be found living in a cave in Charmundi hills Mysore India. He has lived in the cave for 17 years-A wonderful gentle wise man. When I asked him if I could take a photograph of him-he agreed and then asked me if he could take one of me too-I roared with laughter when he pulled out an iphone ( or similar)...the modern day swami :-)

Resentment is like drinking poison expecting someone else to die. Anonymous

I think this is good tutorial for students new to headstand-although I find Kino saying move the pelvis forward slightly confusing, as I would describe this as moving the pelvis backward- but all amounts to the same direction I guess.

Please watch this moving documentary; Neil Bulstrode is an amazing plastic surgeon who is both a friend, and a work colleague. He and his fellow professionals are changing peoples lives with their amazing surgical skills.  In a tiny hamlet in Colombia, six-year-old Didier has struggled with a huge burden: a rare condition called a Congenital Melanocytic Nevus: a giant mole that grew so much that it covered 40% of his body. It resembled a shell, and Didier was nicknamed Turtle Boy. There was a chance it could turn malignant. And Didier's mother Luz struggled with an additional burden: guilt. In this superstitious society, there was a belief that Didier's growth was a result of being conceived during an eclipse, which meant Luz and her family had to live apart from the rest of the village. Luz longed to be free to have her son baptised, to take him to school and see him grow up like any other boy. But there was no way she could raise the money for an opera...

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  Here is an ashtanga yoga video from Kino MacGregor, in which she demonstrates the Marichyasana A pose. I have never seen this jump back done before. I also found the foot adjustment interesting.

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I really like what Eddie says about the practise being joyful-we have enough intensity in our lives without making our yoga practise intense too