by Gregor Maehle | Dec 23, 2017 | Audio/Video, Teaching
In this little clip I am talking about my favourite teaching format:...
by Gregor Maehle | Dec 8, 2017 | Audio/Video, Teaching
In this video Gregor speaks about svadharma, becoming a vehicle for a greater intelligence and how to prepare for...
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 24, 2017 | Audio/Video, Meditation and Samadhi, Yoga Philosophy
A video in which Gregor talks about the relationship between asana, pranayama and meditation on one hand, and objective and objectless samadhi on the other. He puts this in context with the panchakosha doctrine of the Upanishads and the concepts of conditioning and...
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 11, 2017 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Ashtanga Yoga
Today unfortunately many students hurt their knees when performing postures and as the main culprit often the lotus and half-lotus postures are singled out. These postures, however, are completely safe as long as two things are observed: they are attempted only if the...
by Gregor Maehle | Oct 28, 2017 | Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching, Yoga Philosophy
I.31 The obstacles to yoga surface as anxiety and depression and unsteadiness of body and breathing pattern. From those symptoms we can gauge that the various obstacles, some of which were listed in sutra I.30, are present. The obstacles don’t just stop at...