tushia …being happy, enjoying sam…entirely While the first of the eightfold path (Ashtanga Yoga) called YAMA is about the connection of the individual with the outside world, dealing with others – the second part called NIYAMA is about dealing with oneself. Santosha is one of the aspects of NIYAMA and means enjoyment, joy without the […]
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 […]
SHAKTI is the devine universal power of energy. She represents the active principle as the energy from which all manifestation arises. In the #tantric cult #brahma, #vishnu and #shiva are seen as the pillars of SHAKTI, the cosmic energy. Body (Brahma), breath (Vishnu) and the mind (Shiva) are perceived as devine aspects in each of […]
SHIVA 🔥 is the dissolver. His essence is symbolized and worshipped in the ashes of wood. In the #yogasutra the quality of a shiva mind is described as citta vrtti nirodhah, a mental state where feelings and thoughts do neither control nor define us. Tranquillity arises and the immortal core of life in us can […]
VISHNU 🐍 is the #preserver, the #eternal resting on #ananta, the #serpent. The essence of his power shows itself in the eternal breath and is symbolized as #ananta. When our breath flows smoothly and regularly you are experiencing the power of #harmony represented by the god #vishnu #mythology#yogaroots#yogainspiration#indiayoga#india
🐍 Immer wenn wir Asanas üben, entstehen vielfältige psychische Erfahrungen. Diese haben das Potenzial tiefsitzende emotionale Blockaden aufzulösen. Und ganz nebenbei wird der Körper gesünder, leichter, harmonischer. Gedanken und Gefühle kommen in Schwingung. Für uns werden innere Widerstände, Nervosität oder gefühlloses, “roboterhaftes” Üben bewußt- und daher wandelbar. Wie nebenbei wird der Körper gesünder, leichter, harmonischer […]
“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. […]
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 […]
The sorrows and pleasure that result from any occurences due to variations of time and place – to accept these with a peaceful, contented mind is s a n t o s h a
Auch wenn Du am Anfang selbst noch nicht so recht an die Kraft Deines Sankalpas glaubst, wird es ganz bestimmt Wurzeln schlagen. 🌱
