Yoga News 112 - 05/2018

A path to heart opening
Our cover model Ranja Weis answered some questions for us – and put together a little Yin Yoga practice for you.

Asana: Strength & Grace Yoga
Part II: Hips, knees and lower back – alternative alignments with Barbra Noh.

Learn to meditate, step by step
Get started with meditation practice with instructions from Anna Trökes – Episode 2: How to learn to flow with the dynamics of the mind.

Understanding Pranayama better
Why is the Dirgha approach (few long breaths) more popular in the West than the Sukshma Pranayama (many short breaths)? Which approach is really more suitable? By Ansgar Schoeberl.

Express Yoga
Recharge your battery! Katharina Middendorf presents a well-portioned yoga program that will quickly get your batteries back into the “green zone”.

Asana: Healing Practice according to Krishnamacharya, Part 2: Backbends
Preparation and introduction to Shalabhasana with subsequent balancing, led by Stephanie Schönberger.

Five types of meditation
What different types of meditation are there and what do they do? A closer look at the rich spectrum of what we call meditation. By Florian Palzinsky.

Food for the soul
Hugs provide comfort, calm and stimulate the release of Happiness hormones. An encouragement to healing touch. By Tobias Frank.

Navaratri
The “nine nights” of Devi, which are celebrated every year in autumn, are among the most important spiritual celebrations in India. Srila Devi.

Yoga and enjoyment – ​​in Shiva’s footsteps
In the myths, Shiva shows us eroticism and pleasure as well as asceticism. But how can you enjoy without losing your inner balance? lose? By Nancy Krüger.

Spirituality in the workplace
Negative thoughts often have a firm grip on us in our everyday working lives, leading to tension and conflicts with colleagues. Why it is worthwhile is to develop more awareness of these mechanisms. By Dirk Hessell.

Back to the country
Roland Jensch and Liz Huntly left life as yoga scene stars behind and went “back to the roots”. This gave them essential dimensions of yoga that are presented to them through the natural Cycles of life reveal themselves anew every day.

Learning to feel again
The path of transformation with Buddhist psychology and meditation leads from the intellectual level directly to the feeling. By Simone Klatt.

Switch off... even if it's just for a few breaths
Calming the mind is one goal of yoga. But that is now easier
No sooner said than done, because the ability to concentrate is waning in many people. By Doris Iding.

Swami Sivananda: How to develop virtues and overcome vices
Part 1: Worrying – How to overcome fears and worrying thoughts overcomes and looks confidently into life. By Tanja Zieger.

The Upanishads... and the Koshas
Episode 3: Pranayamaya-Kosha, the sheath consisting of vital energy, and its structural elements. By Dr. Ralph Skuban.

Sadhvis in portrait: Nani Ma
“Be passionate about God and let go of everything else”: The Sadhvi Nani Ma consistently followed the path of sadhana and meditation and renounced all worldly comforts. Interview: Srila Devi.

The diet of centenarians
Inspiration from the diet of the oldest people in the world. By Daniela Wolff.

Hemp – the forbidden medicinal plant
About the three dimensions of hemp use, the far-reaching Healing potential of the plant and the spiritual aspects of hemp, which are celebrated at the Indian Holi festival, among others. By Joe Romansky.

Apple time
Whether health-wise, culinary or mythological – apples are a real treasure in every respect. By Irene Dalichow.

How we learn to be enough
The much-described yoga teacher training: You think it is about yoga. And
it does. But before we teach, we get the chance to heal ourselves. By Ines Bresler.

Experience report
Mallorca: Hiking & Well-Being
The Balearic island is an El Dorado for all those who enjoy full-bodied wines,
picturesque bays and soothing yoga sequences, and offers a lot of yoga as well as Ayurveda treatments. By Doris Iding.

Off the Mat
Empowerment through self-exploration
In many development projects in India, which are supported by the German ANDHERI
HELP is an integral part of yoga. By Janine Schneider.

Sustainability projects
This time: – Cradle-to-Cradle: doing what others talk about. By Doris Iding.

Shamanism
Power & Self-determination
Out of powerlessness, into self-determination: about personal power and its expressions. By Iris Disse.

Yogaworld
Getting closer to your own truth
YOGA AKTUELL spoke to the internationally sought-after yoga teacher and
Yoga book author Erica Jago. Interview: Jeanette Fuchs.

Dates, trends and news
News from the world of yoga. By Nina Haisken.