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Embodied Yoga Interview with Gary Kraftsow

Embodied Yoga Interview with Gary Kraftsow

Listen to Gary’s interview with Mark Walsh of Embodied Yoga as he discusses his days with Deśikācar and Kriṣṇamācārya, Yoga Therapy, the importance of the breath, the lineage of Viniyoga, the multi-dimensional model of the human being, the ultimate goal of yoga as preparation for death. LISTEN NOW>> #viniyoga #yogatherapy #garykraftsow #breathandyoga #yogalineage #yogateachertraining #yogatherapisttraining #asana…

Yoga Therapy to Manage Addictive Behavior

Yoga Therapy to Manage Addictive Behavior

Need some help managing your addiction?  Click here for a Yoga Therapy sequence published in the July/August 2019 issue of Yoga Journal that can help you manage your addictive behavior.  Read about Viniyoga and experience an integrated, transformative practice. If you’re interested in furthering your knowledge of yoga &/or yoga therapy, consider our teacher/Therapist training.  Registration…

What is Tantra?

by Gary Kraftsow Traditional Yoga is very different than the modern incarnation of Yoga in the west; so too traditional Tantra very different than the modern incarnation of Tantra in the west. The purpose of this reflection is to make known some of these differences. Yoga in the current public mind is, for the most…

Pratipaksha Bhavanam

Patañjali uses the word twice in the Yoga Sutra-s. One sutra [2.33] says, “Vitarkabadhane pratipaksha bhavanam.” That’s a very simple sentence. It means that when we have afflicted thinking, then “Pratipaksha bhavanam”: Contemplate and take another view—look at the situation from another perspective. In another sutra [2.34], Patañjali says that if you have negative thinking…