The Mystery of Light & Atma – Yoga & Physics in Conversation
So I have a neighbor who lives downstairs from me. He is a physicist. And Sunday afternoon as we sat enjoying enchiladas potosinas and guacamole, he began to explain to me the concept and problem with the speed of light. Here it is summarized below. Imagine you see a train traveling at 50km per hour. […]
Yoga Foundations: Spirals, Arches and Yoga Asana
Foundations of Yoga Asana “While you are disturbed by your body, your nerves will become disturbed and you cannot concentrate the mind” (Vivekananda Patanjali Sutras, 2: 46-48) Yoga Asana is one part of the 8 limbs of Yoga. It is often interpreted as Yoga posture. These Yoga postures are built upon spiral and arch forms. Learning […]
Yoga Therapy: The True Self vs. Obedience & Authority
Observing and releasing the binds of the conditioned mind through Yoga Therapy and Meditation. ´Give me child until age seven and I will show you the man´ – Ignatius of Loyola The whole point and purpose of the art and science of Yoga and Yoga Therapy is to help each individual experience for themselves their own […]
Hatha Yoga: The Union towards Liberation
All search is in vain until we begin to perceive that knowledge is within ourselves, that no one can help us, that we must help ourselves. – (Patanjali-Vivekananda 2: 27) I started to write this blog a few weeks ago. With the quarantine for COVID-19, I am even more convinced of the wisdom and liberating power […]
Karmuka Yoga, the Chakras and the endocrine system
The philosophy and antaomy of Yoga tells us that we are energy and that within us there are various different frequencies that vibrate and affect us on both an emotional and physical level. Quantum physics is now confirming this. The centers of energy discussed above are called chakras. Chakra in Sanskrit literally means ´spinning wheel´. […]
Tree of Eden : Karmuka Yoga (Unity) Poems
Tree of Eden All branches of philosophies, mystics and religiousities All stemming from the same, unified, trunk of being Systems and disciplines reduced and expanded Created and modeled Written and Spoken To guide into experience and see that we have never been seperate from you, from me From the beginning to the ending, connected, Intricately […]
Prana: the duality and non-duality of existence.
Prana and Yoga Asana Yoga asana is not an external form created to get you more likes on Instagram. They are a set of various shapes designed to activate powerful internal actions that create more space and alignment throughout the skeletal, muscular and nervous system. Each form is designed so that the practitioner may increase their […]
Backbends, Inversiones and your mood
As we continue to get through the colder, darker and more sedative months of winter, inversions and backbends are a fantastic and holistic way to combat the symptoms of SAD (seasonal affective disorder), exhale out the stress of the holidays and warm up the body and soul. Due to their physical form backbends and inversions […]
Left vs. Right Brain: Dharana, Dhyana, Samahdi and FLOW
In his book, The Master and his Emmissary, Dr. Ian McGilchrist takes the reader through how the structural differences in attention of the left and right brain affect individual and societal perception and behavior. Illustrating in allegory and story what McGilchrists research and work of 20 years conveys, the Yoga Sutras describe 3 different perceptual […]
Hatha Yoga: La unión hacía la liberación
Empecé escribir este blog hace unos semanas para contestar unos alumnos que me han preguntado ´¿Qué significa Hatha Yoga?´ ´¿Que significa Karmuka Yoga?´Qué es su propósito?´`Por qué siento tan relajado y BIEN cuando lo practico?´ Mis alumnos ya saben que a mi me ENCANTAN las preguntas. Estos son preguntas que yo podría pasar horas explorando […]