Yoga Aktuell 108 - 01/2018

Asana: Yin Yoga for Freedom and Confidence
Mindful practice: Helga Baumgartner guides you through a liberating backbending practice without a performance orientation.

Meditation: Meditative thoughts on death
The inevitability of death triggers fear in most people. But if we consciously face this truth, it can give our lives more depth. By Florian Palzinsky.

Pranayama: energy circuits
A powerful, mind-expanding and purifying breathing practice: instructions for a kriya that addresses the energy system and the entire physical organism. By Bhajan Noam.

Asana: Yoga and the Chakras, Part 7: Sahasrara Chakra
At the end of the chakra journey with Richard Hackenberg you will reach the place where you can clearly experience the connection with the divine - the crown chakra Sahasrara.

Shankara and the Maya
The mysterious Maya has been defined differently in the philosophical systems of India. How Shankara understood it and what this view means in consequence. By Nina Haisken.

Nada Yoga and Sound Diving with Crystal Singing Bowls
How do different sound frequencies affect our organism and why do singing bowls help us to experience our true self? By Carlos Michael.

The Upanishads
Turiya, the fourth state - beyond the fragmentation of our being, the original wholeness and oneness awaits. By Dr Ralph Skuban.

You have already arrived
What would it be like if your spiritual search was finally over and you had reached and you had reached perfect realisation? Or is it in the end more about more about the path than the goal? By Doris Iding.

Yoga for depression
What role can yoga, with its various elements, play on the way to a healing in dealing with the causes and symptoms of depression in a healthy way? A well-founded assessment by Anna Trökes.

The practice of forgiveness
Forgiveness as the key to freedom - Katchie Ananda explains why forgiveness is so important and how to practice it.

Yoga in Mind
Inspirations for managers: yoga as a path to more clarity, serenity and vital energy and as a return to important ethical values. From Gerrit Kirstein

The amygdala - the danger scanner in the head
Interesting facts about the amygdala, which influences our behaviour more than most people realise. By Doris Iding.

Grace is everywhere
Why a conversation with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is never boring or predictable, is shown in this article by Nina Heitmann, who met the famous met the famous Indian in Berlin.

Beyond the Asanas
For decades, Emil Wendel has devoted himself to yoga philosophy and practice as well as other Asian philosophies. YOGA AKTUELL spoke with him about the richness and depth of the yoga tradition, which is still little known in the West Yoga tradition. Interview: Nicole Reese.

Servant of Peace
Antje Herrberg worked as a mediator for the United Nations, among others. The peace activist, who runs a yoga studio in the EU quarter of Brussels' EU quarter, spoke about the role of the higher consciousness of Connectedness. Interview: Doris Iding.

Mindfulness as an act of love
The Buddhism and mindfulness teacher Lila Kimhi teaches, among others. in Israel. In the YOGA-AKTUELL interview she talks about her dream of Peace. Interview: Susanne Knechtges.

The art of yoga therapy
Dr. Kausthub Desikachar on the roots and characteristics of yoga therapy Yoga therapy: How does this valuable ancient discipline differ from modern Discipline from modern orthodox medicine

Yoga and health in modern science
This time: gene expression, anti-aging and cancer. By Cordula Interthal.

Culinary delights for animal lovers
The German Animal Welfare Association has published a cookbook with vegan recipes by top recipes by well-known top chefs. Info and four selected recipes. By Janine Schneider.

The "sun vitamin"
Vitamin D and its comprehensive importance for human health. By Irene Dalichow.

Ayurveda detox for inner spring cleaning
Kerstin Rosenberg on Triphala as an Ayurvedic companion for an easy start into spring.

Music for Yoga
In the modern music business, music for yoga has turned into a lucrative Accumulation of clichés. Al Gromer Khan on the wonderful original vision that just won't give in to punk rock to punk rock.

Cacao: the healer of hearts
The cacao ceremony and its original shamanic background: about the meaning of the cocoa bean and its authentic ceremonial Uses. By Sonia Emilia Rainbow.

Pilgrimage to devotion
A pilgrimage to the origins of yoga has a long-lasting effect. Aleah Ghandarvika, known as the singer of The Love Keys, describes her impressions of a bhakti journey of a Bhakti journey.

Book Special: Yoga: The Secret of Life
In a fascinating book, photographer Francesco Mastalia takes up the great challenge the great challenge of capturing the profound spiritual aspects of yoga aspects of yoga. By Janine Schneider.

Dates, trends and news
The latest from the world of yoga.