by Gregor Maehle | Mar 14, 2018 | Audio/Video, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
Here Gregor discusses what the yoga industry misses out on by reducing yoga to asana, to a mere workout. Yoga can be a path to inner peace by calling off inner conflict, conflict with ourselves. Outer conflict is an externalization of inner conflict, conflict going on...
by Gregor Maehle | Mar 10, 2018 | Audio/Video, Teaching, Yoga Philosophy
When BKS Iyengar was once asked what he thought of Ashtanga Yoga he said, “There is only Ashtanga Yoga”. What he meant was that yoga that is not eight-limbed is not truly yoga. In this short video Gregor is explaining what is missing in a lot of modern...
by Gregor Maehle | Mar 2, 2018 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Yoga Philosophy
Here is more evidence that the current Yoga-is-gymnastics-with-a-meditative-twist fad does not really stack up to what yoga truly is. In this stanza Patanjali defines the relationship between posture and the higher limbs. Included are many explanatory quotations from...