Dec 21 | bend, don’t break. And: spheres.

Here we go again. A new set of Corona measures and we bend along. That means that from this Sunday onwards we have to close every day at 5pm. But don’t worry: we will continue with the online classes, and add an end-of-the-afternoon class to the schedule every...

Against the flow: Pratipaksha Bhavana

How easy is it to have opinions about literally everything? Especially now that there is so much current news that seems to affect our lives so directly. But those opinions often only bring you unrest and unhappiness. The Yoga Sutras give a technique that you can...

Dec 21 | A different Christmas

2020 has been a year full of unexpected twists and turns. 2020 has been a year full of unexpected twists and turns. And now, nearly at the finish line – and even on BKS Iyengar’s birth anniversary – we have to write for the third time: we’re closing the yoga...

Is yoga actually useful these days?

A small lesson in yoga philosophy One of the underlying principles in yoga philosophy is Karma.. Contrary to popular culture’s belief, Karma is not a bitch, or a revenge-happy nemesis who comes to give crooks what they deserve. Karma comes from the Sanskrit Ká¹›,...

Yoga in action

Many of us have found that life is a many-facetted gem, with very sharp edges here and there. We know that by now, right? Only, knowing in theory is very different from experiencing in reality. For centuries people have struggled to reconcile that theoretical...