by Gregor Maehle | Feb 22, 2015 | Asana, Pranayama, Teaching
Yoga is beautifully set up with a balance between energetic, extrovert practices such as asana and kriya and introspective, introvert practices such as meditation and pranayama. Even with pranayama itself such a balance can be achieved by breathing more through the...
by Gregor Maehle | Jan 3, 2015 | Ashtanga Yoga, Mythology, Pranayama, Teaching
One of my readers posted the following question: Is it absolutely necessary to practice asana and pranayama to evolve to the highest human level or is it possible to do so by exclusively following the path of Jnana Yoga as taught by the likes of Ramana Maharshi or...
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 19, 2014 | Kundalini, Meditation and Samadhi, Pranayama
I am getting a fair amount of enquiries relating to strange, very intense body symptoms, sometimes involving loss of consciousness, incredible surges of energy, burning sensations accompanied by emotional highs and discharges in some cases uncontrolled catharting....
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 14, 2014 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama
As the four Vedas were originally one, so all yoga in the beginning constituted one single system, sometimes called Maha Yoga, the great yoga. The separation into Bhakti, Karma, Hatha, Raja Yoga etc. is artificial, as they are only aspects of the one yoga. The various...
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 14, 2014 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Meditation and Samadhi, Pranayama
I frequently get asked how modern yogis could find the time for for all the various yogic techniques that I am suggesting. My book ‘Yoga Meditation’ contains an extensive analysis of this problem, delving into what’s in India called phase of life (ashrama), world age...
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 12, 2014 | Pranayama
I received some inquiries how to deal with anxiety during pranayama, a subject that is also covered in detail in the pranayama book. In a nutshell, reduce your breath count and let go of any ambition to lengthen it. The attitude of achievement that many modern yogis...
