Bhakti and Hatha Yoga

"w/o pain there is no yoga" Jois

This photo reflects my bhakti yoga path or devotional path. The other yoga I practice is the 8 limbs of ashtanga yoga incorporated into each moment all the time. There is also the asana practice of the 8 limbs called hatha or sun/moon yoga. Ashtanga Yoga the 8 limbs and Ashtanga Vinyasa of Jois of Mysore, India.
My teachers in Boulder say, "Muscle pain is good, but joint pain is bad."
The 2 hour practice private lesson left all of my muscles in pain this morning. I had to rub on Ayurvedic oils just to get out and about after a soft yoga practice w/ Iyengar alignment using props, and bhakti practice in front of my shrine.
The Ashtanga Vinyasa practice is a hard serious practice. 6 days a week, 2 hours daily. It draws yoga students around the world to study with it's founder Jois here in Mysore. There are 6 series, but most stick with just the first one. They are done like kata of martial arts. Even professional athletes find the series challenging. One student here had a shoulder problem for 7 years and a senior practioner and teacher said that it is temporary. It is temporary if you view your practice in decades and not months or years.

Check out the link below for more on bhakti yoga, the 8 limbs of Ashtanga or Raja Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa click on the links below:
http://www.sivananda.org/teachings/philosophy/eightlimbs.html
http://www.ayri.org/
http://www.yogaworkshop.com/
http://www.sivananda.org/teachings/bhakti/bhakti.html