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What is a backbend really? The name can be a bit misleading since the word "back" is part of it. Bending backwards actually invites us to...

Dear Friend , Spring is in the air and also some optimism regarding coming back (slowly) to normalcy. Keeping my fingers crossed :) Just a few words on the current war in Ukraine: These acts of violence in Europe are tremendously saddening. I am deeply wishing that this violence will end soon and people in Ukraine can get back to living a peaceful life. Violence is one of the main causes of human suffering according to yoga philosophy ( ahiṃsā ). It is obviously harmful to th

What is "Vinyāsa"? Literally it means "to place something in a special way". It is a term that has been used in India for centuries...

Dear friend , I hope you had a nice start of the year, that you are healthy and keeping yourself uplifted during these months of winter. I don't know about you, but yoga really helps me keep my mood on the brighter side :) I would like to share with you some of my thoughts and reflections on my own personal journey on the path of yoga. Mantra There was a time that I felt a strong resistance to chanting Mantras which was a part of many yoga classes that I liked. It appeared to

Lotus Pose is a tricky pose, it is not what it seems like.. It is considered in the yoga and Buddhist traditions as the classic meditation pose represented by many images of sages and yogis There are even some yoga texts that claim that Padmasana is a prerequisite for reaching higher states of yoga (meditation). The lotus flower is a sacred image in Eastern traditions and is used as a symbol of growth towards perfection and enlightenment as it is rooted in the mud at the bott

Savasana literally means "corpse pose" The "corpse" is an image used to remind us to turn all switches in the body off, becoming still, and coming to a place of dropping fully to the earth under us. It is considered in many yoga traditions as the most important yoga pose! ~ Why? It is the yoga pose that has the most potential to take us to the next level of our practice - meditation. It also invites us to practice how to let go which is something we all need to practice. On a