by Gregor Maehle | Aug 23, 2019 | Meditation and Samadhi, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
Here is a summary of my keynote lecture at this years British Wheel of Yoga Congress in Coventry/ UK, which was published in the summer edition of Spectrum. It explains how the concepts of samadhi and bhakti interdigitate and in the process sums up the the main...
by Gregor Maehle | Jan 6, 2018 | Ashtanga Yoga, Meditation and Samadhi, Yoga Philosophy
I received the following question: “I have read the sutras by Edwin Bryant and there is a concept that I don’t get. How can the individual soul, atman, be differentiated from another one, if the two beings were both illuminated? It seems to me that souls are...
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 | Jul 21, 2017 | Meditation and Samadhi, Yoga Philosophy
The term “yoga” etymologically can be derived from two different Sanskrit roots. Each root assigns completely different meanings to the term. One of the meanings is predominantly used in the system of Vedanta, the other in the historical school of yoga,...
by Gregor Maehle | Sep 2, 2016 | Ashtanga Yoga, Audio/Video, Meditation and Samadhi
I really enjoyed this hour-long interview with Ryan Spielman. I felt he had really tuned into my work and asked great questions. It is called “From Disappointment to Samadhi”. Here it is: LG33 – Gregor Maehle – From Disappointment to Samadhi...
by Gregor Maehle | Mar 19, 2016 | Meditation and Samadhi, Pranayama
After my last article “Researching Pranayama” I was asked to expand more on the idea of Prana, what a ‘rejecter of prana’ is, whether people can be ‘deficient’ in Prana, and how it can be stronger in some people than in others? What are some of...
