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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Head stand (\u015bir\u1e63\u0101sana<\/em>), 2nd series<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″]<\/p>\n Ashtanga Yoga has a holistic effect on all of these levels:<\/p>\n Practiced regularly and correctly, Ashtanga Yoga enhances flexibility as well as strength. Endurance and the sense of balance improve.<\/p>\n Tension and pain in the back and in the shoulders can be alleviated. Bodily asymmetry and unilaterality can be More energy and vitality become available.<\/p>\n Emotional challenges can be overcome more easily due to a higher inner power.<\/p>\n Mental clarity, confidence and intuition improve.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″]<\/p>\n Like in regular meditation, Ashtanga Yoga enhances the feeling to be part of something bigger. As a result, the connection to our inner guidance becomes more intense, and the trust in our actions deepens.<\/p>\n As the feeling for our body and for what is \u201cright\u201d is strengthened,\u00a0 other health enhancing measures, like the change to a more beneficial lifestyle and diet, are more easily implemented.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bakasana.jpg” alt=”woman doing yoga meditation on brown parquet flooring” title_text=”Bakasana” _builder_version=”4.4.8″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-26px||||false|false”]<\/p>\n Crow pose<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ashtanga-yoga-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pincha-Mayurasana.jpg” alt=”woman doing yoga meditation on brown parquet flooring” title_text=”Pincha Mayurasana” _builder_version=”4.4.8″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-26px||||false|false”]<\/p>\n Peacock feather pose (Pincha Mayur\u0101sana<\/em>)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.5″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″]<\/p>\n The transformation initiated through regular practice may initially trigger old injuries or scars \u2013 on all levels. 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Endurance and the sense of balance improve. 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reduced. The immune system is also strengthened. Performance and well-being increase significantly.<\/p>\nMore trust and better feeling for the body<\/h3>\n
Be mindful in you practice<\/h3>\n
ambitious practicing, sometimes also caused by the teacher, for example, bodily injuries as well as states of exhaustion. The saying \u201cWhat comes through yoga, goes through yoga\u201d is often correct, but not always.<\/p>\n\u201eHere,\u00a0<\/em>[in yoga practice], there is no loss of effort<\/em><\/h2>\n
Nor does any harm exist.<\/em><\/h2>\n
Even a little of this practice<\/i><\/h2>\n
Protects\u00a0<\/i>[one] from great danger.”<\/em><\/h2>\n
(<\/em>translation by Zo\u00eb Slatoff: Yog\u0101vat\u0101ra\u1e47am, p. 68)<\/em><\/h3>\n