by Dr Monica Gauci | Mar 28, 2015 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Audio/Video
Although we usually think and talk about muscles as being weak or strong, closer to the truth is that muscles are usually inhibited or facilitated, respectively. Inhibition is when neural input (from our nervous system) to the muscle has been down-regulated....
by Gregor Maehle | Mar 21, 2015 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
I was asked whether pain in asana should be accepted and if it’s worth going through a lot of pain at all? When does discomfort turn into pain, can it be balanced with the higher limbs or should it be avoided altogether? There is a widespread misconception that...
by Gregor Maehle | Mar 14, 2015 | Ecology, Meditation and Samadhi, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
I am receiving more and more emails and reports from people who are suffering from depression. Most people think that it is a disease and that they have to change something. It is a phenomenon that was not around when I grew up. The WHO believes that in a few years...
by Gregor Maehle | Mar 7, 2015 | Ashtanga Yoga, Meditation and Samadhi, Teaching, Yoga Philosophy
Is alone-ness the same as loneliness? What was eating at Janis Joplin? And what has it to do with finding in ones heart the heart of all beings? Why is the mystic the true friend and why being all-one enables you to commune with others out of freedom rather than out...
