Moon Phases and Practice

The moon exerts a powerful enough force on the earth thereby creating the tides. The human body is around 60% water (varying with individual). It’s easy to see the moon must have an influence on the human body, if you search the internet you will find much written, and even research papers on the subject.

There are many sources on the internet, and various books that say ashtanga is not practiced on new or full moon days, as it’s full moon day today I decided to observe this tradition and spend my time finding an Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois related reference to this. Why? because Pattabhi Jois is Ashtanga yoga, no one else can authorise people to teach. The Yoga Mala doesn’t seem to say anything about it, the official website www.kpjayi.org doesn’t appear to mention moon phases either.  Matthew Sweeney in his book “Astanga Yoga As It Is”, has a section on it, but he does not appear to be listed as an authorised teacher.

I have emailed my ashtanga teacher, who is listed on the offical list of teachers. When I have more information, I shall write another post on the subject, if it’s true I shall provide more information about this topic.

Of course, if you know anything, please do let me know your thoughts.