by Maxi Meissner | Sep 5, 2020 | Chanting, On Practice, Yoga Philosophy
The Ashtanga Opening Chant It's Meaning and why we chant it The Ashtanga Yoga Opening ChantIn the Ashtanga Yoga tradition it is customary to come to samasthiti and chant the opening mantra (sometimes referred to as “invocation”) together. In the once a...
by Maxi Meissner | Jul 21, 2020 | Yoga Philosophy
Yoga Sutra 1.1 atha yoganusasanam "Now the complete teachings for contemplative harmony"The yoga sutras are one of the major texts of the practice and theory of yoga. Compiled by the scholar Patanjali around 500-400 CE, the yoga sutras are comprised by four chapters...