Meditation Technique

My yoga place is perfect here. I have room enough. I can keep the door open which is ideal, because then a fresh breeze comes in from time to time when I practice. It is warm and dry here, 27° Celsius, but there is always this fresh breeze.
It was excellent to move the body [...]

Before practicing I read in The book about Guruji (see below). This time I opened the chapter by Lino Miele, the Italian yogi.
Lino Miele reminded me that the breath is the most important ingredient of this practice, then the movement and to match the breathing with the movements. Focusing on the breath calms the [...]

Meditation is a great thing. It’s difficult to disagree with this statement because even recent scientific findings effectively proven this ancient understanding today. The advantages of meditation are countless and whole book would barely be sufficient only to name them. Among positive results of meditation is enhanced psychological and physical health, balanced emotions, increased creativity, [...]

Led class on Friday…..switched on the CD by Sharath…….had a wonderful beginning…….changed attitude from “it will be difficult” to “what a wonderful practice”………instead of doing navasana, I took a break on the mat……..prepared myself mentally for the second part…….admired my wet t-shirt……….went on till the end………held urdhva dhanurasana as long as counted…….ha, loved it…………when in [...]

How often do you practice pranayama?
Daily!Or a bit more precise: Each time when I practice Ashtanga yoga. I do ujjayi breathing (re wikepedia this is the correct spelling) when I practice the Ashtanga series, I use the glottis in a way that I can hear a sound when I inhale and when I exhale. I [...]

The beautiful trip to Herzogstand is still in my mind. When I am there I forget everything, really everything (even myself and my yoga practice). The beauty of the nature gets all my attention. Lakes, mountains, flowers, trees, stones. We were there with friends we even hiked up to the top (pic come later). I [...]

Would you like to learn the secret arts of Yoga? The real truth is – there is no secret to: “Study, practice, study more, and practice again.” Yoga is a lifelong journey, which for some Hatha Yoga students may start much like a gymnastic event. Then, over years of study, Yoga training evolves into self-realization [...]

How often shall one practice surya namaskara A and surva namaskara B? (Thanks to S I know this):
1. As long as a yogi/yogini does not practice the complete first series it is the rule that he/she does 5 surya namaskara As and 5 surya namaskara Bs. 2. Later, when the first series is complete, [...]

“Practice slowly”, M told us today in the Mysore class after our common chanting. I added for myself: “And take it easy“. It was one of the practices where I was already happy only because I went through all these asanas. Already after having greeted the sun (slowly of course), I felt how a few [...]

The 3 Hs are in effect here in NY — hot, hazy, and humid. Right now I’m keeping cool by staying inside in the AC (I like to go for evening walks in the summer time), listening to the newly-released Eat, Pray, Love soundtrack (you can get it on iTunes too) and sipping some lemon-infused [...]