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Hey everyone I'm Andrea Ferretti and this is episode 48 of Yoga Land. Today I talked to Richard Rosen.

Richard was on episode 39.

You may have listened to that one.

We focused on Patanjales Yoga Sutra in that episode in the context of Richard's new book, Yoga FAQ. I wanted to have him on again to talk about the chapter on Asana because that is the focal point of so much of our modern yoga practice and it's the longest chapter in the book.

There's a lot of interesting stuff in there. We talk about why Raja yoga has come to be

thought of as different from Hatha Yoga.

We talk about the original meaning of Hatha

and how it's been interpreted.

We talk about who the original Yogis were, who these wanderers were,

and how they were considered within the context of the society at the time.

And then I also got to ask Richard about his own current practice.

He's been practicing, I think he said for 33 years.

And he has had Parkinson's disease for the past 15 years and he's done extraordinarily well in

terms of the progression of the disease or lack thereof I should say and one of the main focuses of Richard's practices

Praniama so I got a little Praniama inspiration because you'll see I admit at the end of the show that it is my least favorite aspect of yoga practice is doing a standalone separate lie in my back or sit down and focus on my breath.

I would so much rather meditate or do Asana.

But it's nice to hear him talk about that part of his practice,

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