and Sri K Pattabhi Jois at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, India. Essential ingredients of Ashtanga Yoga include vinyasa, drishti, bandhas (mula bandha, uddiyana bandha and jalandhara bandha) and pranayamas resulting in internalization of sensory awareness (pratyahara). Internal practices of dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation) and samadhi (transcendental awareness) result from the former intense (external) practices when combined with the moral and ethical codes of Yama and Niyama. This site is dedicated to preserving and transmitting the essence of these teachings.