Author: Thomas Humpert
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Coming out of Omicron
Corona came out at the beginning of 2020, and now, almost 4 years later, at the end of 2023, we are still affected by a variation of this flu. These are obviously not the kind of news we would like to have. However, we should not forget that our immune…
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Sriman T. Krishnamacharya
Sriman T. Krishnamacharya (1888 – 1989) “Teach what is inside you. Not as it applies to you, to yourself, but as it applies to the other.” – T. Krishnamacharya Widely acknowledged for being the father of modern postural yoga. However, the credit for the popularity of today’s yoga goes to his…
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Past and present Yogis, Gurus and Teachers
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh A Vietnamese Buddhist monk, spiritual leader, bestselling author, poet and activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he started his monastic education at age 16. Besides fulfilling his ascetic wish, he grew into a prolific writer and a leading activist. In 1966 when he was 39, following his peace…
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In her father’s light – Interview of Geeta Iyengar
For me a healthy yoga addiction is better than other addictions. The fire of yoga must remain burning without smoke in the spiritual heart throughout the practice, the sadhana. The interest of the practitioner, sadhaka, needs to be affirmative and dynamic. However, this interest should not be a wildfire burning down the forest; the…
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Learning Iyengar Yoga
Learning Iyengar Yoga While charting out his beginners’ sequences, BKS Iyengar took into consideration: • How to enhance all the systems of the body, i.e., nervous system, muscular system, organics system, etc • A methodical way to awaken the body intelligence • The need to feed the curiosity of the practitioner With that in mind,…
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About yoga, fasting and health
‘Yoga and fasting change the way you feel about yourself.’ – Thomas Humpert Common thread The practice of yoga and fasting…
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Cooked Millet with Seasoned Tomato Gravy
Healthy food There is an easy way of finding out if the food you are eating is healthy or not healthy – trust your guts. Unhealthy food is usually difficult to digest, there is a sense of being full but not nourished, you feel bloated, heavy and needing a nap afterwards – we…
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Are we all crazy?
[Written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche] From morning to night we do everything with the self-cherishing mind. Inside the house, outside the house, getting dressed, walking around, talking to people, working, eating, seeing things, shopping, going to bed—we do everything with self-cherishing. Even though everything we do is motivated by the wish to obtain temporal…
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Yoga practice and immunity
Covid 19 – immunity and the practice of yoga In 2021 the coronavirus might be less deadly than in 2020. Did you know that our immune system has a form of intelligence, adapting and adjusting to the each-and-every threat that comes our way? As a matter of fact, over the years to come and to…
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What is Iyengar Yoga?
“It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence” ― BKS Iyengar The origins Iyengar Yoga, as a practice, is best viewed as the culmination of many years of practical research and experimentation (of traditional Hatha Yoga) by BKS Iyengar and his family. Using…
