Learn from Living Traditions!

BY KRISHNA PRAKASH Today there are innumerable styles of Yoga and an equally impressive array of studios and great teachers. The obvious questions are, where to study, how to know whether the teaching is authentic, and what value to give to certifications etc. To understand the answers to these questions, it is important to understand…

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How I healed my body from within and the miracle of life that followed

BY FRANZISKA The first feedback I received from Acharya Venkatesh was, “Your body will change, your face will change, your mind will change. The secret lies in the eyes, within”. And here I am! Three years later. Three years full of practice, study, and self-inquiry. Three life-enhancing winters with my teachers, every year leading me…

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Yoga for Every Body: Adapted Sivananda Yoga Course

BY ADITHI MATHEWS Yoga is a personal practice. It’s a practice that caters to you on an individual level while keeping in mind your physical abilities and limitations. If we take a leaf from how traditional yoga was practised, the teacher personalised asana, pranayama and meditation methods based on the student’s needs. Cut to today’s…

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Golden Jubilee of Ananda Ashram at ICYER, Pondicherry

DR. ANANDA BALAYOGI BHAVANANI “Science and spirituality are met at Ananda Ashram, convincing even the most difficult mind that yoga is a complete mind science.” – Yogacharini Korina-Anandhi Kontaxaki one of the eminent Yoga teachers of Cyprus. Very few Yoga schools are able to marry tradition and modernity in a seamless manner. One of the…

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Torchbearers of Traditional Yoga – Atmavikasa Center of Yogic Sciences

BY ADITHI MATHEWS Enrolling in a Teacher Training Program in India is on the list of most Yoga aspirants. Many spend years just preparing by saving up financially, and thoroughly researching the perfect Indian Yoga school. Upon arrival in India and a week into their training program, that dream slowly starts to lose steam. They find themselves…

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