by Gregor Maehle | Feb 18, 2023 | Audio/Video, Meditation and Samadhi, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
One of my all-time favourites. Questions discussed: What can yoga offer in today’s crises? How come that most people get stuck with asana and don’t move forward with other yogic limbs? Is an excess of asana preventing that the depth of yoga is probed? What is missed...
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 17, 2022 | Audio/Video, Psychology, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
The plan was to talk about mental health but we ended up talking about the entire spiritual side of the yogic journey. One of my favourites. Apart from many other things we covered: Yoga is for the mind, not the body Yoga is the Vedic system of psychology Treating...
by Gregor Maehle | Jul 22, 2022 | Kundalini, Mudras, Pranayama, Society/ civilisation
Granthi means knot or blockage and granthis refer to pranic obstacles in the course of the central pranic channel, Sushumna, that prevent Kundalini from rising beyond a certain level. Due to this, insights and revelations beyond that level cannot be gained. Granthis...
by Gregor Maehle | Jun 4, 2022 | Audio/Video, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
Gregor again talking to Adam on the Keen On Yoga podcast, this time about Bhakti and Gregor’s recent book, How To Find Your Life’s Divine Purpose. The following themes are discussed: Human aspects of the Divine Bhakti yoga within asana Surrendering to...
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 27, 2021 | Society/ civilisation
I didn’t want to write about this subject but several of my students have asked me about my view. Austria (where I hope to teach in September next year) is now in the grip of the fourth wave and has introduced new lockdowns and vaccine mandates. The German health...
by Gregor Maehle | Oct 2, 2021 | Psychology, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
We have a tendency of going through life entertaining righteous anger (sometimes called holy anger), and holding grudges against people who have slighted us or outsmarted us is a big part of that. And we believe that we are entitled to hold those grudges and that,...
