Blogs
Written by Elke Hottentot
A deeper study of the breath: the Breath as Guide
The following article is an exploration of the effect of the yogic breath across ancient text, modern science and personal experiences (as a yoga practitioner, teacher and through students’ reflection... ...more
Breathing and Yoga
October 18, 2024•88 min read
Breathing, we do it all the time, but how....?
Description of the respiratory movement from a purely physical perspective, meaning the mechanical process that facilitates the exchange of CO2 with O2. ...more
Breathing and Yoga
September 27, 2024•5 min read
Vedānta: demystifying this ancient text
The word, ‘vedānta’ can be translated as ‘the end of knowledge as ‘veda’ means ‘knowledge . Vedānta’ has a double meaning in that is sometimes used when making reference to the final period of the age... ...more
Yoga Philosophy
September 06, 2024•8 min read
Yoga & Asthma
During a short time I worked with a student who was struggling with asthma, it became very clear that the practice of yoga can greatly relieve the symptoms of asthma, primarily by means of de-programm... ...more
Breathing and Yoga
August 16, 2024•6 min read
Hatha Yoga Pradipika in daily life in 2023
Hatha Yoga Pradipika as a guide on postures, breathwork and on the merging of mind and Self. ...more
Yoga Philosophy
June 21, 2024•3 min read
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika (HYP) is a classic Sanskrit manual on hatha yoga written by Svami Svatmarama, a disciple of the semi-legendary Swami Gorakhsanatha. It belongs to the Tantric tradition, which ... ...more
Yoga Philosophy
May 31, 2024•4 min read
Sthirasukham āsana
Sthirasukham āsana is an aphorism, a sutra (II-46), in the Samâdhi Pâda, the second chapter of the Yoga Sutras conveyed by Patañjali. According to Sri Swami Satchidananda , this Sutra translates as “... ...more
Yoga Philosophy
May 10, 2024•5 min read
Yoga Sutras: how to integrate them in your daily life and in your yoga class?
The question to discuss those aspects of Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras that carry meaning to me seems like an overwhelmingly large one. Almost all of the sutras that I have studied to date carry meaning for... ...more
Yoga Philosophy
April 19, 2024•17 min read
Essential messages of the Bhagavad-gītā
Essential messages of the Bhagavad-gītā What the Bhagavad-gītā is; three postulations that form the foundation of this work, as well as its most important protagonists. ...more
Yoga Philosophy
March 29, 2024•13 min read
Bhagavad-gītā in daily life in 2023
The Bhagavad-gītā contains so much wisdom, one that is age-old yet contains lessons that hold until today. It therefore does not come as a surprise that it is a foundational text for yoga. Below, I ha... ...more
Yoga Philosophy
March 29, 2024•6 min read
What is yoga?
The term ‘yoga’ comes from the Sanskrit word ‘yuj’, which literally means to unite or to join. It can be understood as the union between of body with mind, mind with soul. But, what is yoga? Where doe... ...more
What is Yoga
March 08, 2024•6 min read
