Yoga Aktuell 127 - 02/2021

Fresh wind and new energy – the April/May issue is dedicated to the cleansing power of spring. Alkaline nutrition, breathing practices and tantric practices for everyday life are just a few of the many thematic facets that you can look forward to!

yoga practice

Asana: Yin Yoga and the element of wood
In TCM, wood is assigned to the liver and gallbladder organs. The energy of these two organs is pleasantly harmonized by this Yin yoga sequence with Helga Baumgartner

Pranayama – The Heart of Yoga
Part IX: Tribandha using the example of Surya-Bedhana - the joint application of three important seals in breathing practice. By Dr. Ralph Skuban.

Tantric practices for everyday spiritual life
Methods of Tantra that everyone can practice: The Upayas can bring about deep transformation - and many of them can be easily integrated into everyday life. By Doris Lilienweiss.

full moon meditations
The April full moon on April 27, 2021: Preparation for meditation - about concentration through Pratyahara and the value of daily inner practice. By Wolfgang Bischoff.

Pranayama and Swara Yoga
Respiratory happiness: What exactly is Swara yoga? And how is this yoga of energy flow related to breathing? By Stefan Datt.

Yoga for an alert immune system
Harmonization of the nervous system, good blood circulation and mobility – all of these benefits of asana practice help strengthen the immune system. The sequence shown here also supports the immune system in this way. By Anna E. Röcker.

Yoga and Embodiment
Feeling connection: The body as a gateway for a direct experience of being, completely in the here and now. By Dr. Wiebke Mohme.

Come with us on the soul journey!
Part 6 of the Kundalini series by Satya Singh: the journey through the twenty-fourth vortex – “I know my karma”



Spiritual life, yoga philosophy and mysticism

Be the change you want
Imagine if you could create the society you've always wanted... By Doris Iding.

Knowledge, Wisdom, Dialogue
About borders, limitlessness and the foundations for human coexistence. By Florian Palzinsky.

Yoga and its synthesis with everyday life
In order for yoga to become relevant to social life, it is important to grasp the inner cosmology of the asanas and integrate their contents. By Heinz Grill.

The transformation of sexual energy
... in yoga and tantra: “Absorb yourself in the embrace as in eternal life!” By Christian Salvesen.

Crazy for God, Part 4: Rabia of Basra
Beloved of God – the Sufi saint from Persia. By Srila Devi.



Ayurveda, health & nutrition

If you want to know about the herbs, you have to go to them
Women's herbs have always been our companions. Once used by midwives during pregnancy or unfulfilled desire to have children, you can now find them in many tea blends and other folk medicine applications. By Jane Kathrein.

Avoid chronic hyperacidity
What consequences does it have for health if the body is chronically acidic? What role does silent inflammation play in our diseases of civilization? And how can you counteract hyperacidity? By Lucia Nirmala Schmidt.

Rediscover bitter substances
“You desperately need this!” – About the effects of bitter substances and why they have become so rare today. By Dirk Engelhardt.

Alkaline fasting – a path to more mindfulness
The well-known fasting method is much more than just a way to relieve the body and lose weight. How alkaline fasting can bring more mindfulness into your everyday life. By Sabine Wacker.



interview

longing for connection
Veronika Freitag teaches in Hamburg and has developed a fine understanding of how yoga works in many facets from the inside out. She spoke to YOGA AKTUELL about yoga practice as a way to always anchor yourself in your own center. Interview: Dors Iding.

The Call of the Dharma
Central teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, clearly related to today's life: Guido von Arx has delved intensively into the spiritual core text of the Mahabharata. With YOGA AKTUELL he spoke about Dharma, responsibility and inner peace by letting go of the things you cannot control. Interview: Nina Haisken.

Anger – the fight against reality
The well-known mystic and philosopher OM C. Parkin on the path of conscious purification and integration of the inner firepower that can burn untruth and illusion



Miscellaneous

Plant

India's Sacred Plants, Part 2: The Banyan
Holy shade provider and plant giant – the banyan tree is considered a symbol of life force and immortality. By Kevin Johann.


yoga world

spring trends
News from the yoga scene. By Marita Voithofer.


Company

The Masking of Breath
... and normality:  About the dictates of “more” and how breath reflects our definition of “normal”. By Ansgar Schoeberl.

Abused Goddesses
Women in India: Once revered as manifestations of the great goddess, they experienced oppression and mistreatment for centuries after the Vedic era and often even today. By Srila Devi.

The animal welfare site, episode 10: Pig fattening
Animal welfare in factory farming? The planned state seal suggests that the answer to this question is yes. However, the reality is different. By Nina Haisken.