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Ananda Shakti Yoga

Yoga practice and yoga teachings

21/12/2023

Internal dialogue with the mind, which i learned in the himalayan tradition of yoga.

13/10/2023

Eckhart Tolle talking about his process in his consciousness that happened, of separation of “I” from the self as a personality identity,
during an Evening with Eckhart Tolle in Ahoy concert hall in Rotterdam on October 12, 2023.

19/04/2023

Ma Tripura explaining during an online satsang the first chapter of the book of swami Rama “Freedom from the bo***ge of karma”, about how to take our actions in such a way that they don’t become an obstacle.

tripurashakti.com

08/04/2023

Yin yoga cobra pose variation (just hanging in our bone structure, not using the muscles, to target the fascia),
followed by the Hatha yoga variation (using the muscle strength).

Video made at WOLk where i teach Light Yoga on friday mornings from 9:15 till 10:30.

There are also yoga classes on monday evening and wednesday evening at WOLk.
You are welcome to join and bring your friends.
Check out the website wolkrotterdam.nl and book your class.

22/03/2023

Nice memories of giving these yoga classes in the park to a couple of my friends in 2020.

18/11/2022

i did classes with the theme of yamas and niyamas this week at Urban Life Health Centre.
those are the yogic commitments, morals, disciplines that ensure the progress on a spiritual path.
a lot of inspiring knowledge came to me during teaching, which i shared, about how to use yamas and niyamas for the practice of self-awareness.

yamas and niyamas is such a rich topic, we can practice them in every situation, in every moment.

for example, if we only take ahimsa, non-hurting, non-pushing, non-harming, non-violence, and practice only this, then all of the other yamas and niyamas will come into play as well.
non-pushing of the limits of the body in a yoga posture goes together with satya, truthfulness, towards yourself: when does doing effort (tapas) become pushing and harming, where is that subtle boundary?

asteya, non-stealing: am i stealing my inner peace from myself by allowing the disturbing thoughts that are not useful to pull my mind and attention into the dark holes unnecessarily?

brahmacharya, living in the constant awareness of the True Self: am i able to remember and to return to my true nature, which is peace and bliss, even in the middle of a very disturbing situation? can i be aware of that Truth within?

aparigraha, non-grasping: can i allow myself to stop grasping, stop holding all the muscular tension?

satya, purity: are my thoughts pure?

santosha, contentment: can i remain content always, whether i receive a compliment or a curse?

svadyaya, study of spiritual texts, goes together with ahimsa, non-hurting: does my truth hurt others? is the spiritual knowledge i studied from the scriptures connected to the heart when i communicate it?

ishvara pranidhana, surrendering to god: can i surrender to god the result of my efforts (tapas)? i can take good care of the fruit tree, but it may still give no fruits.

tapas, doing the conscious, burning effort: when is the effort useful? and when does it become himsa, hurting?
so tapas and ahimsa go together.
they all go together. and if we only practice one of them, we will practice all of them.

10/11/2022

when you sit in a meditation pose with legs crossed and eyes closed, bring your lower ribs in. you can do this movement easily by just saying “tss”.
if after bringing your lower ribs into the belly your upper back gets hunched, that’s ok. try to move your shoulderblades together, but without allowing the lower ribs to move outward. the open chest will come with practice.
we need to move the lower ribs in, so that the breath can become abdominal, diafragmatic. that breath has a calming effect on the nervous system and brings the thought waves to stillness.
if we sit in a backbend, the muscles of the abdomen are tensed, and the abdomen can not freely move forward with an inhalation and inward with an exhalation. the abdominal muscles can not relax the muscular holding, and the diafragmatic breathing becomes impossible.

so don’t focus on your chest being open, focus on bringing your lower ribs in. the open chest is of secondary importance.

i learned this from my teacher swami Ma Tripura from the Himalayan masters tradition of yoga.

photo taken at WOLk .community

08/11/2022

Yoga Nidra is a deep, extreme relaxation of conscious deep sleep. Yoga Nidra leads us to becoming free.
this is a little fragment of an 1-hour Yoga Nidra video, where i talk about how being free means having chaos when we choose to have chaos, and having order when we choose to have order, as an example. when we are caught in one or the other against our will, then we are stuck in the deep unconscious patterns, and we are not free.

this video of Yoga Nidra deep relaxation Ariana (Aria Persei,
) and me recorded together with the group, which is offered as a part of Ariana’s course on deprogramming and navigating complex relationships.
feel welcome to take a look and to make use of this opportunity to get these courses. these courses are available here:

ariaperseicourses.thinkific.com/collections/courses

21/10/2022

in the cold time of the year the most cold comes from the floor during the yoga practice, and it makes it harder to practice deep relaxation, yoga nidra or meditation. putting a warm woolen blanket over your yoga makes a big difference. then you can relax being comfortable and warm.

photo of my teacher’s mat at Urban Life Health Centre in Zoetermeer, where i teach on monday and wednesday mornings. you are welcome to come. 😊🙏🏼☀️
i love the bamboo floor in this lovely beautiful studio as well.

urbanlifehealthcentre.com

21/10/2022

does your guru (spiritual teacher) also make the delicious vegan apple pie for you with honey, or is it just me who is so lucky? 😁💓

swami Ma Tripurashakti was so loving and nourishing to us, she made an apple pie for us during our meditation retreat.

tripurashakti.com

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