Eka Yoga Institute
Yoga studies | Yoga Therapy | Vedic Chanting
La pratique du yoga est devenue très en vogue, mais le yoga est souvent mal compris ou résumé à peu de choses. On dit parfois que le yoga est plus célèbre que connu. Tara Michael, grande experte en la matière, écrivait récemment : « N’importe qui, …
By Valerie Faneco – Soon after I embarked on my yoga studies I started to ask myself the following question: how can we reconcile the non-violence advocated by Patañjali in the Yoga-Sûtra with the need to fight …
FOOD FOR THOUGHT – By Valerie Faneco. In the era of fad diets and the relentless pursuit of weight loss, there is perhaps a risk that we may consider the “yogic diet” as another trend. But the yoga system is several thousand years old so there …
TO BE ENLIGHTENED IS TO BE ALONE By Valerie Faneco – A cursory glance at the word “samadhi” in the online dictionary shows that it is defined as “a state of deep concentration on the object of meditation, a state of being totally aware of the …
by Valerie Faneco – Krama is a Sanskrit word that means “step”. In the teaching tradition of T. Krishnamacharya, a practice is a sequence of steps which have been arranged in a certain order to produce certain effects, with the added benefit of …
by Valerie Faneco – For Namaskar magazine (Hong Kong) – When I tell people in casual conversation that I am a yoga teacher, the first question is invariably: “What style of yoga do you teach?” There are so many styles of yoga today that …
Realizing your potential By Valerie Faneco – When my seven-year-old daughter said that she wanted to take Manga drawing lessons, my blood froze in my veins. The idea of Japanese Mangas conjured visions of pale teenagers clad in baggy clothes …
October 12 & 13, 2019 in Singapore * UPDATED AUGUST 26th * Early Bird discount (see below) Have you ever heard yoga called “a men’s practice now done mainly by women”? This is actually a myth. Since time immemorial, as …
March 2012: Liberating Isolation, the Yoga-Sūtra of Patañjali by Frans Moors: English version available (translated by Valerie). Contact us to order a copy
LEARNING TO BREATHE WITH YOGA “Ensure to exhale and inhale slowly, Smoothly, and then Direct the mind toward the focus.” Professor T. Krishnamacharya, śloka 25 in Yogānjalisāram These words, in a poem by Professor T. Krishnamacharya, highlight the …