by swatiyoga | Mar 10, 2020 | Teaching Yoga, Yin Yoga
In Janary I attended a Yin Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher Training course at Triyoga with Sarah Lo. I’d become interested in Yin Yoga since training as an acupuncturist, as it is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. I thought it would also be interesting to...
by swatiyoga | Dec 15, 2019 | Ashram, Meditation, Yoga, Yoga Philosopy
1. Physical If you are stressed, your muscles shorten. To relax them, they need to be stretched in asana for at least a minute: the length it takes for the muscle to relax. The sympathetic nervous system causes tension; the parasympathetic system relaxes. Any...
by swatiyoga | Dec 15, 2019 | Ashram, Ayurveda, Yoga Philosopy
How we think affects our body. Thoughts are vibrations, and the mind is housed in subtle or energy body. Energy from the subtle body can affect the physical body, pervading and damaging the cells, if negative. So, we must be aware that the emotions we feel, for...
by swatiyoga | Dec 15, 2019 | Ashram, Yoga, Yoga Philosopy
Our minds are unstable because they are affected by emotion. In daily life we vacillate between like and dislike, moving from one extreme to another. Sound has a strong power to control the mind. As a vibration, it goes directly to our nervous system. Sound also...
by swatiyoga | May 28, 2019 | Ashram, Sivananda, Yoga
Mountains & spiritual practice In the taxi to Mittersill, where I was going on a week’s yoga retreat, my fellow passenger, an elderly Austrian woman, related the weather lore of the Ice Saints. She said not until the day of the last Ice Saint, Cold Sophia on...
