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, he laid out a program…
Author: Thomas Humpert
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 share common views on health…
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 usually rely on this kind…
Are we all crazy?
For seekers of truth, the Tibetan tradition is an inspiration to many. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is one of the leading Lamas in the Gelug tradition. 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…
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 beat the virus, our immune…
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 a scientific and systematic mindset,…