This Sunday, June 21st has officially been declared the International Day of Yoga by the Indian government and 175 co-sponsoring nations that will all take part in a worldwide celebration of yoga. The IDY in Berlin In Berlin the main festivities will take place at Pariser Platz/ Brandenburger Tor from 3 – 5 pm, featuring asana […]
For years I’ve tried NOT to be a yoga teacher… I’ve tried hard but failed miserably! Let’s face it: If it’s your dharma, its unavoidable. Nothing else will work. Maybe you are in the same situation. You are a devoted student, want to know everything about yoga and consider doing a TTC – but still struggle with […]
What Is A Mantra? The word mantra is derived from the sanskrit root words man – mind – and tra – tool. A mantra is a tool for the mind! An instrument with which you can learn to control your mind. Once you control your mind, you control your life. Let’s do a little experiment […]
It is done! April 29th was the last day of my 40 day-sadhana! It was not my first 40-day Kundalini Yoga practise – but the first one that I did consistently during Amrit Vela at 4am. Before, I usually practised whenever I found some time. In the morning. More often in the evening, before I […]
You run to the yoga studio twice, maybe thrice a week. You practice handstand, scorpio, kapotasana, eka pada koundinyasana (the pose from the title picture)… Congratulations! You are a hard-working gymnast! So am I. As most busy city people I have the tendency to rush though my practice. I have to remember myself every single minute to […]
Two weeks ago I started a 40-day morning Sadhana between 4am and 5:30am in the morning. It’s not easy keeping up, but it’s worth it. Luckily, I have a friend that joins me in this. We start together and keep texting us throughout the practice. This morning, I was so tired, I would totally have […]
Here’s a fun video for the weekend for you! I don’t think Gandhi would have actually used words like this to express his anger, but it still shows the direction in which yoga is going in the hip and hot yoga studios from L.A. to Berlin these days… What do you think?
I’ve been thinking a lot about desire as a major problem of the mind lately. I took the liberty to wildly mix some theories from yoga and spiritual discourse with post-structuralist philosophy. The following becomes a bit theoretical in the end but it’s eventually very practical to be clear about what it is the mind […]
BKS Iyengar left his body today, on august 20th at 3:15 am this morning in Pune due to a kidney ailing. With him, another one of the great yoga gurus of India has gone, after Patthabi Jois’ death 5 years ago, on May 18th in 2009. Iyengar was born in 1918 to a poor Brahmin family […]
Yogis of Berlin, here is a good way to spend this sunday: it’s yoga, it’s fun and it is for a good cause! With their project 108 x 108, the organizers Frauke Schroth and Janna Aljets want to support various refugee projects in Berlin. Here’s the schedule for tomorrow: 10:08: 108 sun salutations with 108 Yogis […]
