AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF NATHA YOGA – Part 4

MINDFULNESS OR TOTAL ATTENTION. What is mindfulness or total attention? It is the mind that is not tied to language. Let me explain. According to quantum physics we ourselves create our world, the world that we live in. We do that through language. When the baby is...

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF NATHA YOGA – Part 3

THE VARIOUS LAYERS OF THE HUMAN BEING. Modern science is slowly catching up with the old traditions, the Hindu, Chinese and Japanese , traditions. We know now that the earth is one huge electro-magnetic ball, with the electro-magnetic currents running from south to...

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF NATHA YOGA – Part 2

Throughout the centuries many types of yoga have been developed, but they all aim at kaivalya or liberation, by different paths. Here are some: Bhakti yoga : reaching the divinity through devotion and offeringsKarma yoga: reaching liberation through good...

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF NATHA YOGA

Yoga has its roots thousands of years ago, and is not only confined to India. The original name of yoga in India was guna, which meant ‘secret’. This word guna we find in many other countries under a slightly different form: guna-guna in...

MENSENDIECK: SEQUENCE FOUR

Lying on the back Nr. 1: ‘Flexion of the feet’ Technique: Bend the legs and cross one over the other Flexion and extension of the raised foot (talo-cruralis): 4xAbduction and adduction of the raised foot (talo-calcaneo -navicolare): 4xRotation of the ankle of the...

MENSENDIECK: SEQUENCE THREE

In Tadasana: Exercises for the arms In all these exercises you have to constrict the gluteus muscles and pull the abdomen in (scoop) from the pubic bone to the xyphoid process of the sternum (slight backward rotation of the pelvis). Nr. 1 : ‘Hands up’ With two thera...