Tag: yoga practice

Of Spirituality and Dimensions

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
In November 2022, someone indirectly voiced concerns that they felt that certain elements of spirituality were missing in my yoga class. However, it were exactly these elements that led them to experience happiness. Unfortunately, they did not elaborate further.  As a reaction, a part inside me lost its passion and…
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Of Trust and Hope

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
About 10 years ago, a young woman joined us at Yogashala. She turned out to be dermatologist. We repeatedly conversed about eczema: I knew what it feels like and all about living with it. She was academically educated about it and had only seen effected, deformed and abnormal skin in…
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Looking through new eyes

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
The journey of true discovery lies not in finding new lands but in looking through new eyes. ~ Marcel Proust I’ve been feeling newly inspired in my yoga teachings lately. It is not that I discovered something new in yoga land. Instead, I received the silent invitation to look with…
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Freeing the Breath

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
"As for the proper inner breath, it is called the Embryonic Breath. Since it is naturally inside you, you do not have to seek outside for it." – Master Great Nothing of Sung-Shan in the famous Taoist Canon on Breathing Most people somehow connect breathing with yoga. Over the years that…
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How Slowing Down Changed My Life

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
From A Cardio Nut to Low-Intensity Exerciser: How Slowing Down Changed My Life This blog post is a contribution by Anamaria Suciu. She has been attending yoga classes at Yogashala and the change she describes below definitely showed on the yoga mat!  Overall, I'm a big proponent of finding a…
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Nurturing is cool!

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
I recently listened to a podcast published by J Brown wherein he interviews Alexandria Crow. Both are experienced yoga teachers. Amongst other subjects they talked about yoga practices that are inspired by ‘nurturing is cool!’, ‘beating yourself up is not cool!’, ‘being nice to yourself and doing good for yourself…
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A fascinating, quiet world to explore

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
This blog post is a contribution by Marieke Vos. She has been attending classes at Yogashala for more than 5 years now and yoga obviously has become a part of her life. She shares this enthusiastically with her partner and they regularly enjoy partner yoga in a private class. Dear Marieke,…
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Being spiritual

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
'Yoga makes you more spiritual'. As I’ve been active in the field of yoga for many years, I’ve heard the most different reasons why people want to practice yoga. ‘Becoming more flexible’ and ‘learning to relax’ are definitely high on the list. But there’s another one: yoga makes you more…
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Yogashala á la 2016

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
We opened Yogashala 11 years ago ...and our love for teaching yoga and the compassion we bring to it is more steady than ever. When we started the adventure of our yoga studio we had no idea what the outcome would be. We meanwhile have experienced that when you offer a service like teaching yoga from the heart, no business…
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Welcomed, invited to explore and challenged at Yogashala

by Anke Mein
Anke Mein
Yoga @ Yogashala This testimonial is a contribution by Gosia Wysocka who discovered the fruits of yoga at Yogashala. Since she moved to the UK, she has been looking for a similiar yoga experience. You can read her story below.  "Yogashala for me is THE place on earth for deepening my yoga practice. I…
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