Eka Yoga Institute
Yoga studies | Yoga Therapy | Vedic Chanting
For most people yoga begins with the practice of postures. We “do yoga” when we roll out the mat and engage in some form of physical exercise. The Yoga-Sutra tells us that to practice yoga is to act consciously, with deliberate intention. Action …
By Valerie Faneco Yoga practice can be described as a sequence of steps arranged in a certain order to produce certain effects, with the added benefit of preparing and compensating one another to keep the person safe. The Sanskrit word that …
By Valerie Faneco – People who practice meditation are more likely to say: “I practice meditation” than: “I practice yoga”. This is because for the general public “yoga” has become a synonym of “asana” or postures, and meditation is regarded as …
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 …