Yoga Aktuell 155 - 06/2025

Vedic astrology, heart rhythm meditation, and Metta – this issue guides you on your path to inner clarity and realignment. Featuring Kundalini realignment practice, slow breathing, exercises for the cervical spine, and much more!

People

The compass points to the heart.
Stefan Datt has been teaching yoga for thirty years, and for many years he and his wife organized the Berlin Yoga Festival. In this interview with YOGA AKTUELL, he talks about how his yoga journey unfolded through the four classical stages and why personal contact in his classes is important to him today. Interview by Nina Haisken.

Food

Festive mocktails
Cheers to special moments! Non-alcoholic drinks for stylish enjoyment during the holidays and for toasting the New Year. Recipes: Kerry Benson & Diana Licalzi.

Astrology and Jyotish

Wonder, trust, and bridge building
The astrological constellations for 2026, explained by Markus Jehle in a YOGA AKTUELL interview. Interview by Julia Johannsen.

Jyotish illuminates the way
An insightful introduction to Indian astrology as a guide for the soul – and: a preview of your stars in 2026! By Sandra Cammann.

Spiritual life

Life in the river
How often do I actually go against the flow? How often do I decide against what is, without even realizing it? And what does it mean to live a life in the flow? By Muni Konradi.

Spark capture – the cosmos within us
"And behold, it was good"... On our true participation in the cosmic miracle and the alchemy of our destiny. By Mika Schöberl.

Spiritual practice: Novena
Nine days that can change everything: the Christian tradition of prayer and reflection known as novenas, linked to specific requests to the saints, which remains very much alive and worth exploring. By Srila Devi.

Enjoy with all your senses
Consciously experiencing the fullness of life: Mindful sensory perception is a practice that reconnects you deeply with yourself and your surroundings. By Doris Iding.

Yoga knowledge

Studies on Maitri/Metta meditation
Loving-kindness meditation as a practice that transforms your perception. By Dr. Ronald Steiner.

The history of yoga
Part 1: The Vedic Period – The historical overview of the roots and developments of the yoga tradition begins with its origins. By Martin Henniger.

Yoga practice

The keyboard of the seven cervical vertebrae
Body areas that we "play" with, in a positive or negative sense, through the individual sequences of our cervical spine. With an exercise program. By Bhajan Noam.

Heart and mind in harmony
This practice with Nina Heitmann is an invitation to feel and promote inner coherence – experience a sequence that is geared towards the harmonious interplay of heart, brain and nervous system.

Slow Breathing
Introduction: Light in the jungle of conscious breathing – the start of a new series by Ralph Skuban.

Kundalini ReAlign
A yoga practice with Caroline Eder for intuition and inner regulation – Part 3: the head and the interplay of the “Happy Inner Family”.

How yoga can help with depression
Gentle yoga exercises, like those shown here by Judith Vogel-Weissinger, can help to get back in touch with one's own body and to find one's way back from rigidity to self-efficacy.

Plant

Connected to trees
Part 3: The Spruce – Guardian of Life. By Andrea Wichterich.

Yoga teacher

Yoga teacher: Profession, vocation and reality
On the opportunities and challenges of being a yoga and meditation teacher
– from the perspective of a freelancer with twenty years of experience. By Florian Palzinsky.

meditation

In time with the heart
Heart-rhythm meditation leads to inner harmony: How an ancient practice guides modern people back to themselves. By Peter Assad Splieth.

Yoga philosophy and mysticism

Naturally anchored in the self

Part 3 of our series on the nature, work, and wisdom of the Indian saint Ramana Maharshi. By Marian Brehmer.

Ayurveda

Ayurveda and Human Design
What happens when you combine Ayurvedic typology with Human Design? How both can work side-by-side in practice and bring profound insights. By Lea Dlugosch.

Shamanism

Christmas – of fire, herbs and symbols
A journey to the ancient roots of Christmas traditions and customs. By Kevin Johann.

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