Category: Yoga Therapy

  • Using Apanasana to Alleviate Fear of Pain

    On two separate occassions I’ve witnessed a magical and immediate effect of asana on people in pain. I am talking about a sharp physical pain that comes not only with discomfort but also  with fear. In both cases my own physical and emotional proximity enabled me to taste the fear though not the pain. In…

  • Yoga Therapy: Degeneracy and Yoga

    Introduction Yoga-therapy is an up and coming fashion in the world of Yoga and even health-care. I have recently learned that both of my teachers (Ziva Kinrot in Israel, Paul Harvey in UK) are involved in questions around Yoga-therapy and a couple of days ago I listened to an interview with Gary Kraftsow, who represents…

  • Yoga Rahasya

    During my years of Yoga training I heard numerous times mention of a text called “Yoga Rahasya”. It came to me only in the past year. It arrived on the day Andreea left to Romania as if it waited for a space to open up. Yoga Rahasya (“Secrets of Yoga”) is said to have been…

  • Emptiness

    The past 6 months have been a revealing period… It began when  Andreea wen to Romania (October). This presented me with unique and fresh circumstances. We were already living a intimate life in retreat. I was alone for the first time in a long time. I had a renewed daily practice (Yoga asana, Pranayama &…

  • Yoga Sutra – Chapter 3 Sutra 6

    This post started with an intent to share a chant, one of the first I learned. When I began to prepare it, I found a new link, one I was given many years ago, but only now did it shimmer for me and I took the time to assimilate it. This chant (see below) is…

  • Yoga for Depression – Taking a 1st Step

    In a Yoga-perspective depression can be viewed as a manifestation of Tamas Guna. Tamas is an inhibiting and tricky force, it is hidden, you can’t experience it directly. It’s kind of like a black hole that swallows everything – you know it’s there because of the absence of other things. Depression is also it’s own…