Yoga Aktuell 80 - 03/2013

Special Dossier: Bhakti-Yoga - how love and devotion transform everything. Yoga practice from the centre of the heart

Love as the elemental force of our existence and devotion as the ultimate trust in being carried by a higher power or as "Yes!" to one's own destiny are essential for the spiritual path and are also expressed in the physical yoga practice. In bhakti-yoga, everything revolves around these two fundamental qualities of our existence. We have spoken with bhakti yogis and dealt with many questions about love and devotion in yoga. Read more about it in the new dossier.

Love and devotion as the essence of our existence
Without these two everything is nothing - an introduction to the dossier. By Nina Haisken.

Grace is for everyone
Radhanath Swami and Sacinandana Swami are world-renowned Swamis of the Vaishnava tradition. YOGA AKTUELL spoke to them about their personal experience of bhakti Their personal experience of bhakti, about seva and about whether everyone can Bhakti can be experienced. Interview: Matthias Beck & Nina Haisken.

Bhakti yoga in the midst of life
We all have a longing to merge with the divine. But how does
Bhakti-Yoga look like in daily practice? We asked some bhakti-yogis. Interviews: Doris Iding.

Love in India
All are looking for love, but often we run after it unhappily and never seem to be able to hold on to it. YOGA-AKTUELL author Maria Wirth has found a completely different approach to love in India. From Maria Wirth.

"Flirting with God"
Christoph Quarch is the author of the books "The Eroticism of Praying" and "Flirting with God". In a conversation with YOGA AKTUELL, he shows how eroticism Spirituality. Interview: Doris Iding.

Krishna Das live!
Live in concert: Krishna Das gives a single concert in Germany in July. Additional event: an evening workshop

For further reading and listening
Book and CD tips about Bhakti-Yoga