Month: February 2021
„Karma“ by Johannes Bronkhorst (book review)

„Karma“ by Johannes Bronkhorst (book review)

In Sanskrit, „karma“ originally means just „action“. Since about 2.500 years it is understood in a much larger scale, as the law of cause and effect. According to this law, actions in this life (and in former lives) have an immediate effect on this life. The term...

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„Moon days“, sleep and the menstrual cycle

„Moon days“, sleep and the menstrual cycle

„Hard-core“ Ashtangis normally are practicing their yoga style 6 times per week, ideally in the morning. About every second week they have one additional day off: traditionally practitioners with a daily practice should not do their practice on new moon and on full...

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Breath – The new science of a lost art (James Nestor)

Breath – The new science of a lost art (James Nestor)

The fact how little attention people pay to how they breathe in their daily lives repeatedly surprises me. So, it was a surprise in the other direction when a book with the title “Breath“ made it onto the bestseller lists of the Sunday Times, the New York Times, and...

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Sanskrit is a form of yoga – for the mind

Sanskrit is a form of yoga – for the mind

This heading might surprise you - what does yoga have to do with Sanskrit? In the West yoga is often seen as training for the belly, legs, and butt. Sanskrit is the language in which the majority of the old Indian literature was composed, but these days, it is no...

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