By Melanie Lutz Melanie’s first experience with yoga was in Dhaka, Bangladesh where she worked for 4 years in the field of international development cooperation. Though there were few yoga classes to choose from, she was lucky to find a good teacher. Eager to experience yoga in its birthplace, she went to stay at an…
Read MoreIndian Shanti Yoga Festival, 3-5 January 2014, Goa
The yoga.in team recently received information about a new yoga festival happening this winter in Goa. Deep Deka, the organizer of the festival, got in touch with us and shared some information about himself and the festival. Deep was born and raised in a traditional Indian family and has lived in many places around India.…
Read MoreTop 10 benefits of practicing Mysore style Ashtanga Yoga
By Inna Costantini Inna has been practising yoga for over a decade and teaching since 2008. With a background in media, anthropology and a stint in PR, she experimented with a variety of yoga paths, before deciding to trade her desk for a yoga mat, and embark on an intensive yoga training course in India.…
Read MoreWhat is Vedanta?
By Shubhraji Shubhraji is a direct disciple of highly revered H.H Swami Chinmayananda and the founder of the Namah Vedanta Center for Spiritual Unfoldment. She is a teacher of spiritual studies and meditation techniques, which form part of the ancient Vedanta philosophy of India. She lives in the USA and travels widely throughout the US,…
Read MoreInterview with A. L. V. Kumar of Traditional Yoga
Interview by Anna Bhushan A. L. V. Kumar has been a lifelong practitioner of yoga and meditation. His interest in teaching came about as a result of a car crash that resulted in complete paralysis of the lower body. He used his knowledge of yoga to restore his body to full health. Following this experience he…
Read MoreThe Bihar School of Yoga’s Jubilee Celebrations and World Yoga Convention
The Bihar School of Yoga is one of the best-known yoga schools, recognized across India and abroad for the quality of its teaching and as the home of yoga nidra. Founded in 1963 by Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati, this year the school is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Yoga.in wishes a very happy birthday to BSY!…
Read MoreSadhana Part III: What is the Purpose of Life?
By Krishna Chaitanya Krishna Chaitanya is founder of Yoga Vidya Retreats and a professional yoga trainer and spiritual teacher. His expertise is in the field of meditation, philosophy and psychology of Yoga-Vedanta. He lived and practiced for more than twelve years in some of the best ashrams in India and embraced the monastic life at the…
Read MoreSadhana Part II: What is Yoga?
By Krishna Chaitanya Krishna Chaitanya is founder of Yoga Vidya Retreats and a professional yoga trainer and spiritual teacher. His expertise is in the field of meditation, philosophy and psychology of Yoga-Vedanta. He lived and practiced for more than twelve years in some of the best ashrams in India and embraced the monastic life at the…
Read MoreSadhana Part I: An Introduction
By Krishna Chaitanya Krishna Chaitanya is founder of Yoga Vidya Retreats and a professional yoga trainer and spiritual teacher. His expertise is in the field of meditation, philosophy and psychology of Yoga-Vedanta. He lived and practiced for more than twelve years in some of the best ashrams in India and embraced the monastic life at the…
Read MoreYoga as Therapy
By Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Dr. Ananda is one of our amazing guest writers. He is the chairman of the ICYER (International Centre for Yoga Education and Research) Ananda Ashram in Pondicherry, India. You can find more information about him in our guest writer post or on his websites: www.icyer.com, www.rishiculture.org. Yoga as a mode of therapy (yoga chikitsa) has…
Read MoreAtmavikasa Centre of Yogic Sciences, Mysore
Venkatesh and Hema are a husband and wife team who run the Atmavikasa Centre of Yogic Sciences in Mysore. They describe their yoga as “Traditional Hatha Yoga with the inspiration of the perfection of Iyengar and the intensity of Ashtanga”. At the age of thirteen, Venkatesh was attending yoga competitions (and winning them) and by…
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