Yoga Aktuell 90 - 01/2015

Buddhasana
Dedicating a posture to the Buddha: True happiness lies in detachment from form. A workshop with Dr. Ronald Steiner

Yin yoga & modern fascia training
Why Yin Yoga offers excellent fascia training and is therefore a modern top trend - with a detox sequence for your fascia. By Dirk Bennewitz and Andrea Kubasch.

Vayus (Prana):
The power of the wind
Taking the Vayus into account in our yoga practice can enrich and deepen it. YOGA AKTUELL presents various approaches as to how this can be done. By Melanie Müller.

Mantra:
Transformation through sound
The traditional stages of mantra practice: Why the transformative spiritual "work" with a mantra follows a very specific process. By Evelyn Einhäuser.

Pranayama:
Practicing Kumbhaka correctly
Stephen Thomas is one of the few yoga teachers who is so well versed in pranayama that he can teach breathing techniques. He spoke to YOGA AKTUELL about an effective pranayama practice and about different forms of Kumbhaka. Interview: Doris Iding

Spiritual vision
The connecting power of thought: How a new approach to extrasensory perception can bring us closer to an ancient feeling of existence . By Bernhard Spirkl.

The structure of meditation depth
The highest is very deep: Different stages of meditation and how to recognize them. By Johannes Weiss.

Health:
Fasting tips for the start of spring
Spring is the ideal time for detoxification measures. Anyone who wants a particularly intensive detoxification, perhaps planning a Fasting cure. YOGA AKTUELL asked some experts about different Types of fasting. By Doris Iding .

Detox oils:
Time to blossom
How essential oils can help you feel confident and refreshed in to break into spring – with a variety of examples and Application tips. By Melanie Müller.

Yoga therapy:
The return of summer
A trauma shakes a person to his core. Yoga can make a valuable contribution to removing the shadows of the past transform.

Yoga medicine – medicine of the future?
A medicine in the sense of yoga regards man as holistic system and approaches symptoms with open appreciation. YOGA AKTUELL about a concept with tradition and future

Shakti :
Female cycles in yoga practice
How can women adapt yoga practice to their hormonal cycles? that it offers optimal support in every phase? around the rhythms of the female body and a wise approach to them. By Julia Johannsen.

Contraception: Riding the natural waves
Contraception tips for yoginis: What are the advantages and disadvantages of different methods, and what do Ayurveda experts say? Melanie Müller.

Wellness:
A visit to the Hamam
Where everything really flows: The Turkish bath is a world of water, Warmth and soap foam – with a wonderful old ritual that the Cleansing on all levels. By Nina Haisken

Spiritual Life:
The Agnihotra ritual
A healing fire technique: The Agnihotra and the application of The ashes resulting from this ancient Vedic ritual are a kind of Therapy. By Marianne Scherer.

Living without money
The power of money seems to be omnipresent. But in fact there is People who voluntarily live without a penny. Four of them report from a life beyond excess and consumerism. By Nadia Saadi.

Yoga off the mat:
Give & receive
A part of yoga is seva, selfless service. YOGA AKTUELL shows using two impressive examples from Africa, how much we can can make a difference. By Melanie Müller.

Yogaworld:
Your own path
“Find the guru – love the guru – kill the guru”: Patrick Broome has broken away from his long-time teachers and started a new Yoga studio opened that is not a Jivamukti school. About the He speaks openly about the background in our interview. Interview: Doris Iding.

Dates, tips and news
- News from the yoga world
- Yoga goes Blog: They are informative, inspiring and very easy in: Yoga blogs

Annual cycle (shamanism):
The Celtic-Germanic Wheel of Time, Part 3:
The Awakening of the Great Goddess Festivals in February and March, plus: Symbolism of animals for this season. By Friedrich and Irene Rehrnbeck.

Yoga teacher:
Let your light shine
The more yoga teachers there are, the more we may have the impression that we have to compete with others. On the one hand, it is important to face these feelings courageously and mindfully. On the other hand, strategic steps help us to make our individual light even to make it shine brighter. By Melanie Müller.

Interview:
The woman Hollywood does yoga with
Kirschen Hagenlocher has illustrious clients from the show business and is known as “the” yoga teacher of Hollywood stars. The fact that yoga is also In this dazzling environment, she explains that yoga always remains Interview. Interview: Doris Iding.

A scent of freedom
Richard Stiegler is a meditation teacher and psychotherapist. YOGA-AKTUELL interview he talks about common misconceptions regarding Meditation, about impartiality on the meditation cushion and about a silence that nothing can disturb. Interview: Doris Iding.

Trip:
Delicious Mauritius
Yoga and breathing on the pearl in the Indian Ocean: Holidays at the Heritage Resort on the beautiful and exotic dream island of Mauritius. From Matthias Beck.

Reader experiences:
Swap your executive chair for a seat cushion
Ups and downs on the way to becoming a yoga teacher – a report from the road. By Gerrit Kirstein.

Philosophy:
What I always wanted to ask!
Do you have to believe in reincarnation in yoga? By Eckard Wolz-Gottwald.

Zoom:
YOGA-AKTUELL readers worldwide
Reader Monika (Atmajyothi) Stahl in 2013 in SwaSwara in Gokarna in the Indian federal state of Karnataka, inspired by YOGA AKTUELL.

Briefly introduced:
A great master of India: Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836–1886).