yoga theory

What is yoga?

We use to think that yoga is something, that came to us from India, that it is a kind of gymnastics or meditation, or breathe techniques. We see Indian people making sometimes strange poses, standing on their heads or sitting motionless with closed eyes.  Or we see in the internet beautiful fit girls who make …

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What is the “asana”?

Everyone seems to know the word “asana”. Well, the yoga pose. The component part of most names of yoga poses looks like this: “ear head knee buttocks asana”, etc. In Sanskrit everything is written (most often) together. Use the names of body parts, famous characters, plants, animals, gods, or abilities. There are quite ancient names …

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