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!…
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You’ve heard us talk about this documentary . . . because we are pretty excited about it! Well good news for those of you in London. It will be released at the ICA, The Mall on February 22nd with more dates to follow. We’re still waiting to hear about release dates in the US, we’ll…
Read MoreAMMA and Bhakti Yoga
‘Amma’ means ‘mother’ in many Indian languages. So thousands or millions of Indian women are called Amma. There is one Amma who has become world-famous: Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, known as the ‘hugging Amma’, a spiritual mother to millions. Born in the 1950s in Kerala she heard her calling early in life, giving unconditional and…
Read MoreInterview with Shubha Krishnamacharya
Attending the film premiere of “Der atmende Gott” or “Breath of the Gods” in Berlin were T.K. Sribhashyam and Srishubha, son and daughter of T. Krichnamacharya. We were able to join them in a 2-hour workshop and meet with Shubha for a relaxed interview. Here are some highlights: During T. Krishnamacharya’s time there was no…
Read MoreDocumentary: “Breath of the Gods”
“Breath of the Gods – A Journey to the Origins of Modern Yoga” German Version DVD Release: September 26th! From a letter by the director to an Indian friend: “When you step onto your mat, you enter a world within the world – as the charcoal rectangle with Peter Brook. Everything that we see in…
Read MoreInternational Yoga Festival
March 1-7, 2012 – Rishikesh, India What is the International Yoga Festival? Parmarth Niketan is a top yoga center in our book “Yoga in India: a Journey to the Top 24 Yoga Places” and co-hosts the annual International Yoga Festival. This one-week festival located in Rishikesh, otherwise known as the birthplace of yoga, offers…
Read MoreNational Conference on Yoga & Naturopathy for Holistic Health
by April Mietz – editor for yoga.in A welcoming surprise greeted me upon my recent return to India, only one day after arriving in Mysore, I learned that Yogacharya BKS Iyengar himself was visiting his mother city in order to participate in the National Conference on Yoga & Naturopathy for Holistic Health. With a full two-day…
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