Yoga Aktuell 51 - 04/2008

Interview - Spiritual Consumption
The ascetic Baba Rampuri was the first Westerner to be accepted into the mysterious order of Naga Babas in India. In an interview with YOGA AKTUELL, he talks about cultural spectacles, enlightenment as a carrot and the inevitability of a great crash for humanity.

Interview - Beyond the Plate
Helga Simon-Wagenbach is one of the best-known yoga teachers in Germany. In an interview with YOGA AKTUELL, she talks about the spiritual path that is not for people with short breath, the connection between yoga and Zen, the importance of subtle breathing and the energetic phenomena on the journey to Samadhi/Satori. Interview. Doris Iding.

Interview - Yoga is like brushing your teeth
The well-known yoga teacher Ana Forrest found in yoga a self-healing path that helped her to come to terms with drastic mental experiences and immense physical suffering. YOGA AKTUELL spoke to the American, who teaches all over the world, about her unusual path to yoga, a passionate, awake, liberating practice and why yoga is like brushing your teeth in some ways.

Hermann Hesse -a Western Yogi
The works of Hermann Hesse have touched countless people. On the East-West bridge-building of an eventful man. By Marianne Scherer.

7 Steps to Happiness
Happiness is an elementary human need. And happiness can be learned! A guide to happiness. By Doris Iding.

The Fine Weave of the Goddess of Fate
The actress Ruth Maria Kubitschek is not only versatile in her profession. Our portrait shows how the life puzzle of the spiritually interested actress and author fits together piece by piece. By Irene Dalichow.

Interview - Two Souls in the Chest
Kundalini Yoga icon and pregnancy yoga expert Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa has accompanied stars like Madonna or Cindy Crawford through pregnancy. In an interview with YOGA AKTUELL, she talks about the emotional rollercoaster during pregnancy, the accompaniment through yoga, chanting and meditation during this special time and the deep trust in life. Interview: Marion Valentin.