Yoga Aktuell 149 - 06/2024

People

Skills for life
Desiree Rumbaugh is known far beyond the USA for her impressive
Yoga classes. We spoke to her about yoga as a support that supports you even in the most difficult moments of life, and about devotion and letting go on the path to aging. Interview: Nicole Konrad

Food

Food Cosy Kitchen
Warming, nutritious, delicious: This cozy winter cuisine is soul food par excellence. By Agnes Prus (photos and food styling: Annamaria Zinnau).

Yoga Practice

The Seven Chakras Part 5:
The throat chakra – our “manifestor” chakra. By Shai Tubali.

Cultivating Compassion
We can also cultivate Karuna (compassion) for everyday life on the yoga mat – this sequence, preceded by Metta practice, is consciously geared towards this. By Anna Rech.

Yoga for the Creative Mind
How yoga can help you connect with your creative power - here you will find a sequence that first releases tension in the upper half of the body and then focuses on the pelvic area. By Alejandra Baltazares.

breath-based mindfulness
The key to self-leadership – here you will learn more about the profound and far-reaching meaning of breathing and discover a technique with which you can
prepare for challenging situations. By Christoph Glaser.

Yoga Philosophy and Mysticism

The Legend of Mind and Consciousness
About the mind as the midwife for the knowledge that lies dormant within us, and about consciousness as an endless sea that is ultimately a game in dreams. By Bhajan Noam.

The Internal Enemies
How we overcome them to cultivate harmonious action. This time: Matsarya – envy. By Swamini Pramananda.

New Light on the Yoga Sutra
Laura von Ostrowski wrote her doctorate on the Yoga Sutra. Here she places the famous text in fundamental contexts that are often overlooked. Interview: Stephanie Schönberger

What is integral yoga?
Bridge between tradition and future – what an integral yoga encompasses and how the approaches of Jean Gebser, Ken Wilber and Sri Aurobindo are groundbreaking. By Martin Henniger.

The path is not only the destination
On the crucial importance of intention in tantra yoga practice. By Birgit Pöltl.

Three Illusions on the Path to Self-Knowledge
On the barriers between us and the divine light of clear awareness that can be overcome by continuous sadhana. By Swami Vishnudevananda Giri.

Spiritual Life

Spiritual Aspects in Yoga Classes
How effective a spiritual orientation in yoga is – seven inspirations. By Florian Palzinsky.

The Magic of Myths
Food for the soul, bearers of knowledge and signposts on our path of development – ​​how archetypal motifs and stories accompany people in the process of self-realization. By Nina Haisken.

Angels …
are so much more than the usual ideas about them can capture. About the heavenly beings and how you can get in touch with them. By Yvonne Ferger.

Cultivating Connection
Back to the roots: Why we should move away from distorted self-presentation and towards authenticity and true connection – a wish for the new year. By Doris Iding.

Interviews

What does meditation mean to you?
Yoga teachers talk in a short interview about the role
Meditation plays in her life. Interviews: Doris Iding.

Health & Healing

New Medicine of the Soul
Paths to the self, paths to health: the role of meditation for a “new medicine of the soul” that integrates the spiritual level into modern medicine. By Dr. med. Holger C. Bringmann.

Yoga Teacher

My Voice in the World
The presence of the voice in life and in yoga classes – authentic and connecting. By Julia Johannsen.

How easy!
Being mindful of your own statements as a yoga teacher is of fundamental importance - why thoughtless or speculative statements are often problematic. By Nicole Konrad.

Plant

Magical Mistletoe
It has always been considered a magical plant and is relevant for medicine: Mistletoe
is a fascinating plant. By Irene Dalichow.

Incense

Balm of Gilead
... and other biblical fragrances and incenses: symbolic and effective resins and woods mentioned in the Holy Scriptures of Christianity. By Kevin Johann.

and many more