Yoga Aktuell 73 - 02/2012

Special Dossier Topic: Yoga critically – commercialism, health risks and guru traps

Yoga has a special meaning for each of us - and yet yoga is not beyond criticism. Yoga, or rather what is done with it and from it, sometimes has dark sides and problematic aspects, and these are precisely the ones we want to focus on this time. From commercial backgrounds to questionable expectations of healing to difficult teacher-student relationships, we tackle many controversial topics.

Critical Aspects of Yoga
Where there is light, there is usually also shadow – and this too wants to be seen. By Nina Haisken.

From meditation soap to yoga competition and asana performance: the downside of the yoga boom. By Mathias Tietke.

The yoga teacher, a projection surface
Yoga teachers are faced with different expectations that are not always unproblematic. How they deal with projections, love affairs Students and other challenges, we have some well-known teachers asked. Interviews: Doris Iding.

The Purchased Knowledge
Today, yoga teachers are trained on an assembly line, the priorities in yoga practice are often questionable. How far yoga differs from classical ideal. By Doris Iding.

Yoga at the Limit
Yoga is good for you, this statement is generally true. But can yoga also help with mental illnesses such as burnout and borderline or even cure it? What about the effectiveness in people with Psychoses and personality disorders ordered? By Mathias Tietke.

The teacher-student relationship
How do I find the right master? Does every searcher actually need a spiritual teacher, and if so, why? The complex issue of Teacher-student relationship. By Doris Iding.

Integral Yoga
A spiritual life within and without the world. By OM C. Parkin.

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