Virasana – Seiza & The Meditation Bench
Before you start to meditate you first need to find your posture. There are 4 main postures for yogic meditation that fit all the requirements. (Virasana, Svastikasana, Siddhasana & Padmasana) The first pose one should become adept with is Virasana, the Hero’s posture. It is an excellent introductory posture, which through daily practice will elongate […]
How to Make Your Own Meditation Bench
Unless you are a person born in a Country where nobody uses chairs or you did practice yoga since you were a child, sitting directly on the ground will probably make you feel uncomfortable and after a few minutes you will either be slouching or your back will be sending signals of pain which will […]
Modern Yogi Goes to Paros (Ashtanga Yoga Retreat – Gregor Maehle & Monica Gauci)
Our relationship with Gregor Maehle started with his books. First we read the classic black book for the primary series & the analysis of the Yoga Sutras, and the journey had just began…. We started reading it with passion and we continued with the rest of the four books. Almost every night we used to […]