Yoga Aktuell 152 - 03/2025

People

The long way home
Eddie Stern has helped shape the international yoga scene for decades. In the YOGA-AKTUELL interview, we spoke to him about why his path has now led him away from Ashtanga yoga, which he taught for so long. Interview with: Marita Peter.

Food

Vegan delights from Bella Italia: antipasti for the summer
Fresh flavours, plant-based variety - Italian antipasti also tastes good without
Authentic animal products! By Estella Schweizer and Maria Panzer.

Health

Effects of smoking
An easy-to-understand summary - plus five cleansing and revitalising breathing techniques. By Bhajan Noam.

Autohaemotherapy
Treatment with your own blood is intended to support the body in healing itself - with the help of its own substance. YOGA AKTUELL spoke to Munich-based orthopaedist and trauma surgeon Dr Philipp Vorauer about the applications and potential of this form of therapy. Interview: Irene Dalichow.

Yoga practice

Expansion and contraction
An asana sequence with Stine Lethan in which you can explore and consciously experience the essential pulsation of expansion and turning inwards

Yoga to mobilise the psoas
Isabel Djukanovic shows you asanas to mobilise and relax the great hip flexor

Yin Flow - the (r)evolution of sensuality
Sensing the flowing, dynamic and deeply vibrant qualities of yin yoga practice - a sequence with Diana Devadi Schöpplein

Spiritual life

Financial independence and spiritual satisfaction
Secular security and holistic lifestyle. By Florian Palzinsky.

Spiritual bypassing - a path to a dead end
Spiritual beliefs and practices are often used to avoid dealing with difficult aspects of existence or one's own personality - but such bypassing has little to do with spiritual maturity. By Doris Iding.

How yoga came to the West
Through which personalities and circumstances did yoga reach the Western world, in which forms was it initially taught there, and which developments in the country of origin, India, played a role in the spread of yoga? By Dr Martin Henniger.

The thing with evil
Is evil an illusion, a mere capriciousness of duality, or even a necessary entity in the universe or on our soul path? - Why we shouldn't make this difficult topic so easy for ourselves. By Nina Haisken.

Across the threshold
Our age and humanity's collective entry into the spiritual world. By Yvonne Ferger.

Ways out of online addiction
Learning to ride the waves of the flood of information without getting lost in it - about a mindful and addiction-free approach to the temptations of the internet and other digital offerings. By Doris Iding.

Yoga teacher

What it means to hold the space
Holding the space is now seen as an important task of the yoga teacher. But what exactly does this mean and how does it actually work? By Tobias Frank.

Healing the chakras in yoga classes
...without working on it primarily with asanas or breathing exercises! How to integrate components that are healing for the individual chakras into your teaching. By Robert Henderson.

Yoga and money?
We don't talk about money - or do we? About yoga classes and remuneration, and why many yoga teachers have inhibitions about this topic. By Nicole Konrad.

Yoga philosophy and mysticism 
New light on the Yogasutra - Part 4: 
The third chapter: the inner limbs of the eightfold path and the siddhis. By Stephanie Schöneberger.

Pratyaksha-Advaita
Experiencing the divine in the here and now, in the midst of everyday life. From Ramanatha Giri.

Who am I?
About the oldest question in yoga philosophy and why it is still relevant today. By Andreas Klein.

Interview

Language in yoga classes
The power of words - Barbra Noh on language as a central tool in yoga classes and why she now teaches in her mother tongue. Interview with: Eva-Maria Kopel.

Shamanism

Shamanism in South Africa 
About lucid dreaming and spirit-moving ritual plants. By Kevin Johann.

And other topics and features...