Yoga Aktuell 127 - 02/2021

A breath of fresh air and new energy – the April/May issue is dedicated to the cleansing power of spring. Alkaline nutrition, breathing practice and tantric practices for everyday life are just some of the many thematic facets you can look forward to!

Yoga practice

Asana: Yin Yoga and the element wood
In TCM, wood is associated with the liver and gallbladder. The energy of these two organs is beneficially harmonized by this Yin Yoga sequence with Helga Baumgartner

Pranayama – The Heart of Yoga
Part IX: Tribandha using the example of Surya-Bedhana – the combined application of three important seals in breathing practice. By Dr. Ralph Skuban.

Tantric practices for everyday spiritual life
Tantra methods that anyone can practice: The Upayas can bring about deep transformation – and many of them can be easily integrated into everyday life. By Doris Lilienweiss.

Full Moon Meditations
The April full moon on April 27, 2021: Preparation for meditation - about concentration through Pratyahara and the value of daily inner practice. By Wolfgang Bischoff.

Pranayama and Swara Yoga
Respiratory tract happiness: What exactly is Swara Yoga? And how is this yoga of energy flow related to breathing? By Stefan Datt.

Yoga for a vigilant immune system
Harmonization of the nervous system, good blood circulation and mobility - all of these benefits of asana practice help to strengthen the immune system. The sequence shown here also supports the immune system in this way. By Anna E. Röcker.

Yoga and Embodiment
Feeling connected: The body as a gateway to a direct experience of being, completely in the here and now. By Dr. Wiebke Mohme.

Come with us on the soul journey!
Part 6 of Satya Singh’s Kundalini series: the journey through the twenty-fourth vortex – “I know my karma”



Spiritual life, yoga philosophy and mysticism

Be the change you want to see
Imagine you could create the society you've always wanted... By Doris Iding.

Knowledge, wisdom, dialogue
About borders, borderlessness and the foundations for human coexistence. By Florian Palzinsky.

Yoga and its synthesis with everyday life
In order for yoga to become relevant for social life, it is important to understand the inner cosmology of the asanas and to integrate their content. By Heinz Grill.

The transformation of sexual energy
... in yoga and tantra: “Dissolve in the embrace as in everlasting life!” By Christian Salvesen.

Mad about God, Part 4: Rabia of Basra
Beloved of God – the Sufi saint from Persia. By Srila Devi.



Ayurveda, Health & Nutrition

If you want to know about the herbs, you have to go to them
Women's herbs have always been our companions. Once used by midwives during pregnancy or when trying to conceive, you can now find them in many tea blends and other folk medicine applications. By Jane Kathrein.

Avoid chronic hyperacidity
What are the health consequences of chronic over-acidification of the body? What role does silent inflammation play in our civilization diseases? And how can we counteract over-acidification? By Lucia Nirmala Schmidt.

Rediscover bitter substances
“You desperately need that!” – About the effects of bitter substances and why they have become so rare today. By Dirk Engelhardt.

Alkaline fasting – a way to more mindfulness
The well-known fasting method is much more than just a way to relieve the body and lose weight. How alkaline fasting can bring more mindfulness into your everyday life. By Sabine Wacker.



interview

Longing for connection
Veronika Freitag teaches in Hamburg and has developed a fine understanding of how yoga works in many facets from the inside out. She spoke to YOGA AKTUELL about the practice of yoga as a way to help you to always find your center. Interview: Dors Iding.

The Call of the Dharma
Central teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, clearly related to today's life: Guido von Arx has immersed himself intensively in the spiritual core text of the Mahabharata. He spoke to YOGA AKTUELL about Dharma, responsibility and inner peace through letting go of the things you cannot control. Interview: Nina Haisken.

Anger – the fight against reality
The well-known mystic and philosopher OM C. Parkin on the path of conscious purification and integration of the inner fire power that can burn untruth and illusion



Miscellaneous

Plant

India’s Sacred Plants, Part 2: The Banyan
Sacred shade provider and plant giant – the banyan tree is considered a symbol of vitality and immortality. By Kevin Johann.


Yogaworld

Spring trends
News from the yoga scene. By Marita Voithofer.


Company

The masking of the breath
... and normality: About the dictate of "more" and how breathing reflects our definition of "normal". By Ansgar Schoeberl.

Abused Goddesses
Women in India: Once revered as manifestations of the great goddess, they experienced oppression and abuse for centuries after the Vedic era and often even today. By Srila Devi.

The Animal Welfare Page, Episode 10: Pig Farming
Animal welfare in factory farming? The planned state seal suggests that this question can be answered with yes. But the reality is different. By Nina Haisken.