by Yanna Papadopoulou | Jan 21, 2018 | Health, Yanna Papa, Yoga
The real fact is that Yoga’s ancient tradition is truly priceless. We have come to understand from earlier teachings that Yoga was born in the woods and was developed by pure observation in nature’s laws, the animals and the balance between man and the 5...
by Katerina Patmazoglou | Jul 21, 2017 | Health, Yoga
Prāṇāyāma is a Sanskrit word alternatively translated as “extension of the prāṇa (breath or life force)” or “breath control.” The ancient Indian system of yoga identified the power of breath and strove to maximize its efficiency by developing...
by Katerina Patmazoglou | Jun 23, 2017 | Yoga
Every summer equinox, when the day is the largest and the night the smallest of the year, yoga lovers of Thessaloniki celebrate together the International Yoga Day the way they know best: doing yoga outdoors in groups. Just as last year, so again this year they met by...
by Katerina Patmazoglou | Jun 21, 2017 | Patmazoglou, Philosophy, Yoga
Sanskrit definition of yoga Yoga means ‘union’ or ‘connection’. In Sanskrit, the word ‘yoga’ is used to signify any form of connection. Yoga is both a state of connection and a body of techniques that allow us to connect to anything. Conscious connection to something...
by Chrysa Kaimaktsi | May 8, 2017 | Kaimaktsi, Philosophy, Yoga
According to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, the “pathway” (the way towards development and evolution of consciousness and its elevation to the light) of yoga leads upwards to eight stages. In the previous article we discussed about yamas, the first stage. The secong stage,...
by Chrysa Kaimaktsi | May 3, 2017 | Kaimaktsi, Philosophy, Yoga
The eightfold pathway of yoga According to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, the “pathway” (the way towards development and evolution of consciousness and its elevation to the light) of yoga leads upwards to eight stages. First stage (Yama) The first stage requires moral...
