What is Yoga? Let’s start with the introduction of Hatha yoga. It is believed that even the most complex things can be explained in simple language, clear and accessible even for people who have just started to practice yoga, as they say from scratch. Thus, a person with zero could immediately understand the meaning […]
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Hatha Yoga. Today is July 27, 2008, we are in KC “Enlightenment” in Moscow near metro Novoslobodskaya. Today we have a seminar on hatha yoga. All information on this site: http: // www.openyoga.ru, http: // www. yogacenter.ru. When we hear the word yoga in the West, and we have – 80% of it would
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Today we have a November 25, 2007. My name is Vadim Zaporozhtsev. Are we in KC “Awakening” near Novoslobodskaya metro station in Moscow. All information is archived on the website www. openyoga.ru, www. happyoga. narod. ru, www. yogacenter.ru. this seminar we have for the Open University of Yoga. We start our seminar on hatha
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Theory. According to the axioms of Yoga, we have three groups of bodies – the gross physical, subtle and causal. They are connected by means of prana energy, that is, acting on the gross body, we get a mark on the small (and vice versa). But there are certain body positions that most strongly impact
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We have an ability to breathe. Moreover, breathing movements reflect our inner state. When we are calm we breathe in one way, when we are worried we breathe differently and when we sleep there again is different pattern of breathing. Even yoga uses breathing exercises but the effect goes beyond it. Pranayama yoga is working
We all can talk. The talking and speaking process is not so easy. It is connected straight to the process of thoughts creation, and this process is connected straight to the kundalini energy. In some meaning mantra yoga is the usage of kundalini energy by vibrations of words and thoughts. There is a method to
Besides static exercises our physical body can make some movements. Groups of cyclic movements – kriya rounds – form the base of kriya yoga. Our body is made in such way that we are supposed to make definite number of movements. But in our way of the life we mostly spend time in a sitting
Hatha yoga is one of the most popular and we can also say – one of the most visual kinds of yoga. Actually, when people are talking about yoga they imagine the poses of hatha yoga. Why is it popular today? Let’s take a look on the physical aspect of hatha yoga and what it
Поездка в Индию и Гималаи! Йога в Индии. Не как турист, а как йог. Цивилизация общества потребления уничтожает йогу даже в Индии, поэтому мы ставим 8 целей вашей поездки: 1. Чтобы вы познакомились с Индией и йоговским наследием из первых рук, без тур фирм. 2. Не как западный поверхностный турист
About Me I am studying and giving yoga classes for future yoga instructors at the International Open Yoga University. I have been practicing yoga since 2007. At first I started doing yoga occasionally. After my first class I was surprised that simple exercises lead to such excellent results. I began attending classes regularly.
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About Me Hello everybody! My name is Svetlana Dhatri. I learned about yoga in 2007 when I visited a group practice by a recommendation of my friend. My first thoughts were: “Wow, yogis are so flexible and skilled, I will never be like them!” But very soon I changed my mind and was
About Me I am a teacher of the International Open Yoga University. I am curator of the online yoga courses (www.openyogaclass.com) in Russian. I have been practicing and learning yoga for 7 years. Yoga has become the main driving force in my life, the source of power, health and inspiration. I have chosen
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No, you don’t. Yoga doesn’t require people to maintain any special or different lifestyle from the one generally accepted. On the other hand, yoga is not insisting on that you should lead the common lifestyle. Yoga advocates the complete freedom of a person in this regard and calls upon leading the lifestyle that you find
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No, you don’t need that. You don’t have to be a vegetarian to practice yoga and to benefit from it. Yoga isn’t a club of people united by gastronomic predilections; yoga does not impose people of any kind of hard dietary restrictions or lifestyle. The ideal of yoga is freedom: if you decide to become
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Healing of diseases is done by medical institutions and yoga is not trying to take the place of medicine. Yoga doesn’t substitute medicine. Yoga is a system of self-exploration, which helps to maintain health and sometimes deals with certain diseases, but it is simply a side-effect of self-exploration process, no more than that. If you
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No, it isn‘t a religion. Yoga is a system of harmonious self-exploration. People of different religious views, as well as people without relation to any religion can practice do yoga. Although sometimes there are some terms and explanations in yoga that sound similar to the religious ones, for example, the names of some poses, but
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Yoga is suitable for all people, regardless of nationality, race, cultural identity or any other aspect. Yoga does not divide of people by race, nationality, culture or religion. Therefore, yoga is as suitable for people in the East as in the West. Everyone can take something useful various yoga exercises. Yoga doesn‘t require any
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There are as many kinds of yoga as ways a human beings can express themselves. We have the physical body, which can take static poses. This ability of our body is used by hatha yoga. We have the ability to breathe – it gives us pranayama or yoga of breathing. We have eyes, sometimes our
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No one knows when yoga was born. We only know that it happened thousands of years ago. First, yoga knowledge was given orally from a teacher to students and then – in written form. It is believed that four written evidences of yogic knowledge have reached us. They are known as four Vedas: Rigveda, Yajurveda,
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The goal of yoga is to achieve freedom over all limiting factors. As a result of acquiring this freedom amazing abilities appear as we see sometimes demonstrated by yogis controlling their physical bodies, mental and psychic powers, which seem to be fantastic for ordinary people. It is not the goal of yoga to get a
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Yoga is an ancient, very kind, very logical and harmonious system of self-exploration and exploring of the Universe. Yoga reveals our inner abilities and gives absolute freedom. Yoga has incorporated the century’s’ wisdom and the experience of the followers of this system. As a result of this self-exploration very specific recommendations were given on how
About Me My name is Igor Djnana. I am an Open Yoga teacher. I have been studying yoga since 2007. My professional yoga journey started in 2011, when I enrolled at the International Open Yoga University (IOYU). It is wonderful to have someone to look up to and for me it is Vadim
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DHARMA – WAY OF LIFE Dharma is the way of life which is formed when we try as much as possible to follow the first and the second principles of yoga. Dharma is the way of our life, which leads us to the supreme spiritual heights of self-exploration. It is the greatest fortune to find
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Yoga Q&A 1. What is yoga? 2. What is the goal of yoga? 3. How old is yoga? 4. How much different kinds of yoga do exist in the world? 5. Who can practice yoga? 6. Is yoga a religion? 7. What diseases are
About Me Hello! My name is Lyubov Ivannikova. I am a Yoga Teacher. From an early age, I was looking for answers to the question “What is the meaning of life?”, “How does the intuition work?” and others. I was fascinated by esoteric. It was interesting, but did not bring harmony and happiness.
About Me Senior Curator and Teacher in at International Open Yoga University (IOUY), Managing Curator of Distance Learning of IOYU, Head of the Department of hatha yoga. Specialization: hatha yoga, mantra yoga. Head of the Regional Centre of IOYU in Syktyvkar, the Komi Republiс (Russia). Conducts studies of extramural students of the IOYU. Experience of
About Me My interest about yoga appeared very early, when I was still at school. In 2008 I found out about International Open Yoga University (IOYU). I specialize in hatha yoga as various poses are the prime source for western people in understanding of their internal processes. I was one of the pioneers,
Let me introduce you to International Open Yoga Foundation This organization is responsible for the distribution of yoga knowledge in English-speaking countries. For this purpose we have created our internet Yoga Courses available at www.yogaopenyoga.com. Place to go, if you want to learn yoga from very basics, step by step, at your own pace and without
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About Me Kate Karani, Certified Instructor of Open Yoga. She has been practicing yoga for 20 years. Instructor’s experience: 7 years. Her spiritual growth started with the wish to develop. Now she is studying and practicing more than 20 kinds of yoga. Gives classes and retreats for the classical and fast (advanced) methods
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About Me Certified Open Yoga Teacher Project Manager of the yoga learning site www.yogaopenyoga.com Various Open Yoga projects worldwide Co-author of Open Yoga Manual for Yoga Instructors (2014) Specializing in Kriya Yoga Nyasa Yoga At the moment I am Project Manager of the site www.yogaopenyoga.com as well as various Open Yoga projects worldwide.
About Me *One of the co-founders of the HappyYoga center. *The founder of the International Open Yoga University and is acting Rector of the University. *The author of the unique educational project On-line Yoga Classes. At the moment there are more than 30 kinds of yoga being offered. All of this information is
