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Ashtanga Vinyasa “Mysore” and led class back on the early morning schedule

Some 20 years ago Patrick & Gösta were the first to teach Ashtanga Vinyasa in Amsterdam.  And now 20 years later it is back on the schedule. We have found Nick Presser - Wang,

 or he found us, to teach Ashtanga Vinyasa primary series Mysore style, and there will also be  a led Ashtanga class on the schedule.

Nick is a KPJAYI level 2 Authorized Ashtanga teacher as well as a 200 E-RYT. He is a dedicated student of R. Sharath Jois and continues to make yearly pilgrimages to Mysore, India, to study with his teacher. With over 10 years of teaching experience, he has worked with thousands of bodies and takes a practical and functional approach to his teaching method. He believes that with dedication and hard work, the body is limitless; the only limitations are the ones casted within the mind.

In a Mysore style Yoga class, you will gradually learn the Ashtanga  Yoga sequence of action and breath, until it becomes a second nature. Moreover, you will learn how to adapt the sequence to your own body, energy level and rhythm of breath, because all instructions are tailored to your individual experience level, body type and study pace. This will allow you to challenge your practice, strengthen your body and sharpen your concentration.

For this self-guided class, you will need experience with the Ashtanga Yoga Primary series, so you won't get lost without instructions. And be sure you’re able to handle a Vinyasa Yoga 2 - Intense Flow or regular Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga class. If you only have experience with other types of non-flow yoga, please discuss this with the teacher. Enjoy your practice!

Ashtanga Yoga, or the ‘modern form of classical yoga’ was developed in the Indian city Mysore by K. Pattabhi Jois. The Mysore Style yoga class is how he used to teach Ashtanga yoga, back in the day: students practice at their own pace and get one-on-one instructions from the teacher.

Instead of the usual teacher-led class, you’ll do your own practice in this Ashtanga Yoga Mysore style class. But don't worry: you'll get plenty of up-close-and-personal attention from our Ashtanga Yoga teacher                       Nick Presser - Wang.

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Heads in the forest and hands in the society - Way forward in this delusive digital world

Hi Folks!

Welcome.

I am Sri Sathya Sai Anirudh K, hailing from South India, Tamil Nadu.I am an IT professional.This is my first blog and i have given my best to make it interesting and readable. Any feedback and suggestions are always welcome.Hope you all would like this blog.

What made me to write this Blog : First of all I am not a guy who loves reading books, but I have made a decision to start reading books from this year and I am on my way to finish my first book.The recent Covid-19 Pandemic has been very aggressive and is taking a heavy toll all over the world. The sad thing which affected me is, there is a cyber war going on while Doctors, and other health department staffs are working keenly to overcome this unknown disease.This is the exact reason i thought of expressing my view on this cyber war which is reaching its peak during this Quarantine time.

So without much delay let me start..

I am an active user of WhatsApp and YouTube. I have been watching a lot of videos in YouTube recently during this Quarantine time. I notice there are lot of you-tubers supporting Government measures and there are equal number of critics. Well this is common, like two sides of a coin. But when i deeply went on to see more and more videos on both the sides, I get confused and even doubt what’s right and wrong. Which information is false and which is not? This doesn’t stop here; since India is a secular country there are thousands of videos which tend to disturb this harmony. These videos take both the colours of Politics with Religion which ignites riots among immature people.

When I say immature people, I don’t mean the illiterates of my country, I mean both literates and illiterates who don’t use their common sense and behave responsibly. Nothing offensive I am trying to define the word maturity. According to me maturity doesn’t mean i know everything, I can live on my own, I can take right decisions; its about realising these and being responsible. We as a Citizen of the Country, being an educated person must know the responsibilities and repercussions of our actions and its impact on this society.

Starting from a simple meme on a government official(may it be PM / CM), reacting to a false news on social media, creating violence in the society, showing discrimination in terms of religion / caste, spreading news that can incite violence or hatred among people are all acts of immaturity. These acts are performed not only by illiterates but also by educated people. I also don’t deny the fact that there are a few people who take immense care in spreading the right news but they also end up fighting with other you-tubers which spoils the main cause.

Now if we try to analyse the root cause, we will end up in a list of inter-linked issues, in which each issue itself takes a long time to discuss.Ex: Lack of moral values and ethics, proper education system, lack of educated politicians, lack of disciplined characters who are having powers, lack of awareness on our history etc.Reasons are many.

So let me stick to the main issue, which is the Delusive digital world, which can incite hatred amongst friends on just a single tweet or a whatsApp forward, only because he belongs to another religion and somewhere that particular community is harming yours. This is just an example of the evil faces of this Social Media. There are lots and lots of other issues. I am taking this example as there are a serious exchange of tweets or videos in YouTube going in favour of disrupting the harmony and unity of Hindu-Muslim communities during this Quarantine time.

I belong to a Hindu community and I too have many friends from other religion. Out of those I have seen many who simply ignore these posts on Social media and there are a few who act like Non-Symptomatic carriers of Corona disease. Yes,they share these in order to create awareness among others. Nothing wrong in it everyone wants their community people be to safe guarded. But unfortunately spreading these mostly doesn’t serve that purpose and instead go opposite. They further create insecurity among them and starts creating hatred among the other community.

I personally believe in God. There are many who don’t, there are a few who believe that god doesn’t have form. Everyone deserves to have a perception and belief. Let us not hurt other’s feelings and their belief system. So in order to be a responsible citizen, I feel the only way forward is to consider this approach- “Heads in the forest and hands in the society”.

So what does this mean? Heads in the forest means to stay connected to our belief, follow our spiritual practise and journey, do our duties with Ethics without getting emotionally triggered by any of these Social media facts; as we all know anything can be spread through social media and 90% of the information passed is misused.But does this mean to alienate ourselves from this society ? Absolutely NO. That is where the second part comes. We are heavily dependent on this digital media to acquire knowledge and let us stick only to that. Hands in the society - We need to realise that all of the human kind are interdependent. By this, it means we are a part of society and we need to contribute to it, like the society contributes and helps us for our living. In fact not only human beings, we are dependent on all living beings.

To the Crux : 

1. Let us not get emotionally triggered by social media news.

2. Let us respect each other’s belief and show love towards all beings.

3. Let us inculcate the habit of keeping country in mind first and share information on social media meticulously without hurting anyone and be a responsible citizen.

4. There is no point in blaming government or others. Change has to happen from within and it should spread all over. So let us do our own duties sincerely and with dedication, whatever roles we play( may it be a software engineer, government official, road sweeper, you-tuber, IAS official etc) 

5. Let us follow work ethics in our own careers.This means doing what is right and not doing what is favourable or what gives comfort for our own self or for the people who we care about.

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Not Just What But Also How:

Style and Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra

In the introduction to her translation of the Yoga Sutra, Barbara Stoler Miller includes a section devoted to discussing the style of the text – the use of language, 

the rhetorical devices, the rhythm, the tone. The section sits alongside other notes about the historical context of the production of the Sutras and its core philosophical tenets. This introduction points to the importance of considering not just the content but also the style of the Yoga Sutra, not just what information the text contains, but the manner in which it is written. According to Miller,

 “The Yoga Sutra is written in a simple, aphoristic style, which contrasts sharply with the rhetorical complexity of the commentaries. The language is spare and often extremely technical. There is a virtual absence of metaphors, and even similes are kept to a minimum.” (23)

Simple, spare, kept to a minimum. Miller emphasizes to her reader the importance of the stripped down quality of the Yoga Sutra’s style. This is not arbitrary, accidental, or a sign of a lack of poetic capacity on the author’s part. On the contrary, Miller goes on to interpret a possible reason for the simplicity of the writing in the Yoga Sutra:

“In the Yoga Sutra, the aim is not to make connections but to disengage the illusory connection between the spirit and nature. The minimalist aphorisms and the absence of metaphor underscore Patanjali’s central point that one must transcend all relational thinking in order to realize the isolation of absolute freedom.” (23-24)

In other words, the style of the writing reflects, and reinforces, the message which the text conveys. What the text says is reflected in how it is communicated. According to Miller, the Yoga Sutra’s style mimics its message. Simple, without unnecessary flourish, without convoluted connections detracted from the main point: freedom.

In the way in which it is written, the Yoga Sutra thus actually demonstrates one of the key teachings of that text, which is that style matters.

In I.14-15, the practice of yoga is described by abhyasa and vairagya, dedication and non-attachment: “The practice is firmly grounded when it is performed for a long time without interruption and with zeal. Dispassion is the sign of mastery over the craving for sensuous objects.” These principles name a way of doing things (not just things, but yoga). Dispassionately, yet with zeal. And the famous sutra II.46 actually explicitly defines asana in terms of style – sthira (steady), and sukham (joyful/easy/comfortable). Again, a way of doing (yoga) things where asana is literally defined not as the shape of the body but the style of the practice. Here too, it is not just about what you do, but how you do it.

This makes sense, when Gösta mentions that we might just as well be knitting as turning upside down during asana practice, or Patrick says that yoga is like baking (and eating) a cake. They too emphasize that yoga isn’t just in the what, it’s in the how.

Applying Miller’s observations about Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra to physical posture practice provides a great opportunity to learn what this great text has to teach through the style of its writing. What does it mean to practice yoga not just in terms of what the text says, but also the manner in which it is written? What does it mean to pay attention not only to what shapes the body makes on the mat but the manner in which it moves? What does it mean to consider not only what I do in a day but also the manner in which I take those actions? Experimenting with asana and daily life in the style of the Yoga Sutra - simple, without unnecessary flourish, without convoluted connections detracted from the main point. Freedom.

Work Cited:

Miller, Barbara Stoler. Yoga: Discipline of Freedom. The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali, Bantam Books, 1995.

Alex Niemeijer - Brown, teacher / lecturer  Svaha Yoga Amsterdam

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Yoga &  Qi Gung Workshop  with Prashant

Ancient Qigong and Yoga are essentially two branches of the same tree. Though umbrella terms for a wide range of practices, both yoga and qigong are concerned with unifying the body in order to refine ones 'qi' or 'prana' to achieve higher states of being. While much of modern yoga has become synonymous with 'flexibility', the Chinese systems are thought to have better maintained their roots. The simple movements of qigong allow the student to easily and effectively feel the internal flows of energy in the body. Once connected with this energy, we can carry this sense in to our yoga asanas to correct obstructions in flow and develop our practice to deeper and more subtle levels. This workshop was born out of a curiosity to develop this line of practice together.

Yoga & Qi Gong workshop  Sunday 7th of July 14.00 - 17.00 at DownTown   € 35

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Aum Na-Ma-Shi-Va-Yah??? Wat betekent dat eigenlijk?

En waarom komt die Mantra zo vaak voorbij in Yoga?

* Note: (English translation coming soon.)

Als eerste is Shiva de beschermheer van het Yoga gilde om het maar even makkelijk te maken. Dus zeg maar het opperhoofd van de Yogis. Aum Namah Shivayah in z’n geheel betekend dus zoiets als “Ik groet u met vol respect”, om het even simpel te houden. Na-Ma-Shi-Va-Ya, zijn de 5 elementen waaruit jij/ik en het hele materiele universum, dus ook de aliens, van gemaakt zijn. In de Yoga noemen we ze “Tattvas”. En die 5 Tattvas zijn weer de kern van de drie Gunas, of wel kwaliteiten van natuur of manifestatie. Maar over de Gunas binnenkort meer in de post over Shiva.

- AUM = gaat eigenlijk altijd voor alle Mantra’s uit. Het staat voor de eerste beweging na de oerknal. Je zou ook kunnen zeggen de eerste vibratie na de stilte, of dat wat materie mogelijk maakt. De NASA noemt het simpel “achtergrondruis”. 

- Na =Aarde. Aarde geeft de mogelijkheid voor wat we solide noemen. Dus zeg maar je lichaam dat je kunt zien.

- Ma =Water. Water is natuurlijk vloeistof en je lichaam bestaat uit zo’n 70% uit water. Maar water, meestal als waterstof, is iets wat overal in het Universum aanwezig is. Dus best wel belangrijk. 

- Shi =Vuur. Alles wat beweegt geeft straling af. En alles wat zich manifesteert in het Universum beweegt van 1 Elektron tot een heel melkwegstelsel.

- Va =Lucht. Zou je het beste kunnen zien als richting. En daar gaat ie weer. Alles in het gemanifesteerde Universum heeft richting en beweging. Want dat is essentieel voor bestaan.

- Yah = Ether, ruimte. Tsja deze is makkelijk want zonder ruimte kan iets niet ontstaan. En net zoals je ‘s nacht naar de sterrenhemel kunt kijken en ziet dat het grootste deel lege ruimte is. Nou zo ook met je lichaam. Bijna helemaal leeg met nog wat celletjes. Of nog dieper; een paar elektronen die om een kern heen draaien. Maar dan gaan we richting Quantum en dat bewaar ik voor een volgende keer. Want als je naar Shiva kijkt door de ogen van Quantum dan wordt Shiva echt heel interessant. Dus misschien betekend het wel zoiets als; 

“Ik begrijp, voel en ben dankbaar om een essentieel deel van het Universum te zijn”.

Gösta, co-Founder  Svaha Yoga Amsterdam