Discover the roots of yoga MOUNT MERU or KAILASHA and its mystical signification for our yoga practice Mount Meru or Kailasha is an important sacred place for buddhists and hindus alike. The mythical mountain in the Himalayas of western Tibet is the eternal abode of Shiva. And Shiva gave Yoga to mankind. Merudanda describes a […]
Ashtanga Yoga – Aparigraha or being undemanding
Consumerism, longing for things that we want to call #mine, works at the expense of our tranquility. Whenever we consume too much, we lose our serenity. Let’s take teaching Yoga as an example We want to hold courses, need a nice room, mats, pillows, there is work to do to organize everything around classes. This […]
How MEDITATION changes your stress response 🎈
“Meditation helps us to understand our mental habits by giving us the opportunity to observe them from a neutral vantage point.(…) It’s like watching a rainstorm from a warm, dry room. The peace we feel when we are watching our minds rather than identifying with our thoughts is the peace that is at our core. […]
Abhyasa & Vairagya 🎯🧘🏾♀️🎈
The effort to stay with your practice is called abhyasa – keeping up a continuous practice needs discipline 🤪😳😎 Together with openness regarding results which is called #vairagya we enter into a #yogastate of #joy 🌼 As we stay within our own #flow 🌊 we sense what actually is going on and savour the experience […]
Yogabasics – Śitali – the refreshing pranayama 🌊🌊🌊
That is how : Roll your tongue up into a U-shape and move it between your lips, but not further If this is anatomically impossible for you, just form your lips as if you would drink through a straw 😮 inhale and move your head up as if you would drink cool water can you […]
Yogabasics: Bhrāmari 🐝
humming like a bumblebee 🐝 and feeling the #vibrations resonating in the head and chest is called #bhramari Keep the lower jaw relaxed and bath in the #vibration of your #voice Try different pleasant pitches and bring the fingertips to the chest, allow tensions to melt away benefits of this pranayama 》bhrāmari is useful for […]
Yogabasics: 🌬 Prana
the power behind any type of movement provides energy to the body on different levels 》 the breath and mental energy 》the energy needed for elimination 》 for movement 》 speech 》 digestion Yoga means directing Prana Yoga is energy work, so when I use #yoga #asanas 🤸♀️ for #therapeutic purposes 🎯 I do even […]