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ADHOMUKHA-SHVÂNÂSANA
This pose is part of the group of standing postures. It comes between the standing postures and the inverted and lying down poses. So it may be used as a link or transition between them.
This posture is very often used to prepare certain inverted postures, due to the position of the torso and its action on the back and upper limbs.
By Bernard Bouanchaud
SEQUENCE – ADHOMUKHA SHVÂNÂSANA
By Claude Maréchal
ÂSANA – TWO PUZZLES
Here are two sequences, but in each sequence the postures are mixed! They are like two puzzles… Would you like to solve them?
By Claude Maréchal
VINIYOGA OR HOW TO HEAL THE MIND: KRIYÂ-YOGA (SECOND PART)
In the second part of the teaching of kriyâ-yoga, Patanjali gives us some essential keys. He compares the general path of the “yoga of action” to medical science: the disease, its cause, the possible cure and the therapy. The study of a case shows us how this application can help us to take care of someone whose mind is disturbed.
By Claude Maréchal with the collaboration of Elisabeth Wieczorek
THERE IS NOT JUST ONE SOLUTION FOR EVERYBODY
Even when two people give the same name to their problem, the causes, as well as the situations, can be different. So, avoid ready-made solutions.
By T.K.V. Desikachar
PRÂNÂYÂMA: Progression in prânâyâma exercises
We saw (Viniyoga Europe 11) the relation between rhythms and breathing techniques. That article showed the relevance of the choice of one direction in the practice of prânâyâma and, from there, the choice of an adequate rhythm and technique, in order to meet the specific needs of a practitioner. This article suggests some examples of practical applications, with gradual progression, or vinyâsa krama, in the exercises of prânâyâma. This will make them easier to master.
By Claude Maréchal with the collaboration of Sylviane Gianina
YOGA-SÛTRA I.31 and 32
Mental instability, dispersion and the other obstacles to the realization of Yoga manifest through the four symptoms that Patanjali enumerates here. Then the author of Yoga-Sûtra starts to expose the famous “eka-tattva” or alternative methods to devotion.
Comments: Professor T. Krishnamacharya; presentation and explanations: T.K.V. Desikachar
SEQUENCE 1: SOLUTION
By Claude Maréchal
