Yoga Aktuell 151 - 02/2025

People

Yin Yoga and the Power of Silence
Jo Phee is one of the pioneers of Yin Yoga. In this YOGA AKTUELL interview, we talked with her about Yin Yoga's connection to Chinese medicine, Daoism, and the wisdom of the body. Interview: Eva-Maria Kopel.

Food

Meal Prep
Meal prepping is the perfect way to combine effective organization with full enjoyment – ​​here you'll find inspiration, tips, and recipes. Recipes: Svenja Ostwald.

Yoga philosophy and mysticism
Man, an individual on the way
Why the initially difficult process of breaking free from bondage is an essential process in the search for one's own path. By Bhajan Noam.

New Light on the Yoga Sutra – Part 3
The Practice Path: Contents, basic concepts, and lessons from the second chapter. By Stephanie Schönberger.

Advaita – from philosophy to way of life
The consistently transcendental teaching of Advaita Vedanta and the transition from theory to practice. By Ramanatha Giri.

Yoga practice

The seven chakras
Part 7: The Crown Chakra – Gateway to Bliss. By Shai Tubali.

Anchored in the lightness of being
In this asana sequence with Stine Lethan, you can indulge in yoga embodiment, practice slowing down, and celebrate conscious pauses

Yoga for the pelvic floor
With this asana practice for a strong pelvic floor, guided by Isabel Djukanovic, you can promote a harmonious interplay of tone and elasticity

Four stretching exercises with conscious breathing
Discover the physiological and energetic effects of stretching – Bhajan Noam guides you through the exercises and explains what exactly happens

Spiritual life

Confident manhood in uncertain times
A homage to natural masculinity and a return to the five "Zeus energies." By Florian Palzinsky.

Wise Fools
With humor and self-irony, they draw attention to injustices and human weaknesses: Fools are the often underestimated wise men and teachers in history and literature. By Doris Iding.

The nature and misnature of weakness
What exactly is weakness, why is it important to consciously allow it, and what is the difference between natural and "manufactured" weakness? By Muni Konradi.

Elemental Beings – Encounter with the Invisible
And yet they exist… Our author Yvonne Ferger reports on her gentle approach to the nature spirits in her environment

What colors say about you
The energetic meaning of different colors and what our color preferences reveal about ourselves – an entertaining and informative excursion into the world of energy from the perspective of an energy worker. By Robert Henderson.

Ayurveda and health

Consciousness and immunity
Strong immunity is the foundation for physical and mental health. It impacts our social order and our natural environment, as well as internally on our own deeper consciousness, which it in turn helps to determine. By David Frawley.

Experience report

Tell me who you are
Eliminating distractions and confronting conditioning to enter the inner space beyond our habits and experience reality anew – a report on a satori retreat with dyadic work. By Marian Brehmer.

Interviews

How Yoga Enriches Love
Katharina Middendorf and Ralf Sturm offer couples and sex therapy. In this YOGA AKTUELL interview, they discuss intimacy, doubt, and true connection in relationships based on their many years of experience in this field. Interview: Eva-Maria Kopel.

The intestine and the indispensability of symbiosis
Dr. Angelika Gorlo specializes in, among other things, mitochondrial medicine. In this YOGA AKTUELL interview, she discusses the fascinating field of intestinal health and the all-encompassing "we." Interview: Doris Iding.

yoga teacher

Am I good enough?
Are my skills as a yoga teacher sufficient? And what do I actually stand for? – About expectations and ideas, as well as one's own understanding of yoga as a basis for self-determination. By Nicole Konrad.

Shamanism

Meditative plant approaches
Learn directly from plants, experience them in a deeper way, and receive messages from plant spirits – how you can connect with a plant through meditation. By Kevin Johann.

And much more…