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Benefits of Ayurvedic Diet

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    1. Cure for all ailments: the principles of Ayurveda state that the beginning of curing all diseases and problems is making changes in the diet of the patient. The combination of these dietary rules with proper supplements is believed to remedy any problem.
    2. Increased life span: adhering to this way of eating, you find balance between all tridosha; which means that your body and mind will be performing at its best. It also aids in the generation of new cells, and enhances the survival period of your existing cells. This will help you live a longer and healthier life.
    3. Healthy weight: like every other diet, this also helps you lose weight, but in a healthy manner. Many of the weight-loss fads & plans damage your body by burning or depleting all the other nutrients, in addition to the fats. It’s a way to promote eating everything according to the person’s Vikriti. This means that people suffering from anorexia can also use this to become healthier.
    4. Increased energy: according to Ayurveda, it is believed that the digestive system is the source of energy, from where it is supplied to all the other parts of the body.  When you eat, the first effect is on the person’s digestive system. Also, after attaining the balance, all the energy blocks in your body are said to be released; ensuring a better flow of energy.
    5. Improved bodily functioning: you eat according to what your body needs to perform at its optimum level. Hence, nothing that you eat will be wasted or stored as fat. Adopting this way of eating alone can improve your nervous system, immune system, circulatory system etc; combining it with other Ayurvedic herbs and treatment methods will help your attain ongoing benefits and balance. Your body will benefit at the cellular level, become at peace emotionally, and find yourself far less stressful and more intellectual .
    6. Personalized to your needs: the diet is based upon the six tastes that are: sour, bitter, astringent, pungent, sweet and salty- and the six food qualities which are; oily/dry, heavy/light and hot/cold. Some qualities and tastes increase kapha, vata or pitta (the three doshas); while some work on decreasing them. Every person’s diet plan varies according to his or her prakriti. Also, you have the freedom to choose any food according to the tastes and qualities; making it easier to manage, and allowing a wider selection of foods to choose from.
    7. Reduces Ama: the term “Ama”, in Ayurvedic treatment, symbolizes toxicity. This works antagonistically with Angi. When Agni burns low, the body lacks the ability to digest food properly; resulting in the production of Ama – toxins- in the body.
    8. The enlightenment of “Agni”: Agni is the Hindi term for fire. In Ayurvedic practices this term is used for the digestive fire. According to this,
      when this fire burns deep and strong, your body can digest any food, whether it be according to your diet, and use it in a healthy manner.

These are just some of the benefits you can expect of an Ayurvedic diet; providing of course that if you start yourself down this life-changing road,  you  follow it through in a proper manner.

For further information have also a look on: www.ayurvedicliving.org

Flowing with grace and follow your heart

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Anusara (a-nu-sar-a), means ‘flowing with Grace,’ ‘flowing with Nature’ and ‘following your heart”

Anusara classes typically have an upbeat, uplifting, community-type vibe that can be very welcoming.
Anusara may also be the most spiritual of the different types of yoga, as it focuses on looking inward, and seeing the light within yourself and others.

The Practice of Anusara Yoga

We teach in the vinyasa style with holding s

ome (key) poses for a longer time.  A flow practice helps to connect you to your breath and the breath serves as a guide in your asana practice.  Vinyasa flow warms up the body and links the focus of the class to the physical expression. Holding the poses allows for more explanation of the key alignment principle and the linking of the spiritual intention to your body.  Due to the Universal principles of Alignment, Anusara yoga is designed for students of any level or ability. There are over 250 poses included in Anusara Yoga but there are no set postural routines.  Most yoga teachers end the class with a meditation/relaxation.

As part of the positive focus of Anusara yoga, teachers and instructors will generally not “fix” student poses, in terms of alignment, but instead, instruct the proper usage of the principles of alignment and allow each individual to develop on their own.

The benefits of a regular Anu

sara practice

When you practice with an intention and intelligent awareness of the body and mind, the groundwork is laid down to structurally shift and improve.  A regular Anusara yoga practice makes the body stronger and more flexible, heals injuries faster and evens out imbalances that naturally exist in the body. The heart and mind are invited to join along this evolution and become more resilient and softer, peaceful and joyous, happy and balanced.

What distinguishes Anusara yoga from other styles of hatha yoga? 

What can I expect in an Anusar

a yoga class? 

  • Anusara yoga classes are based on a non-dual Tantric philosophy that an intrinsic energy of Oneness underlies everything and everyone. This energy is a ‘goodness’ without opposite, it is auspicious. Anusara yoga teachers are trained to look for this goodness first – in the poses, in our practices, ourselves and in all of life’s experience. This perspective is a shift from looking to ‘fix or correct’ the student, to a vision of service by enhancing and revealing more beauty and innate goodness that is the Supreme nature already present in the student. Anusara yoga teachers are committed to creating an uplifting and empowering experience for every student in class. They inspire lightheartedness and playfulness with a joyful creativity that is the nature of the Anusara yoga practice.
  • Each class begins with an invocation or centering as a devotional recognition of the grace-bestowing universal power of Spirit within and around us.
  • A key element in an Anusara class is a heart theme, a virtue. The theme is skillfully woven through the breath and postural instructions of the asana (poses) effectively creating the attitudinal expression of the poses from the ‘inside out’. The heart quality cultivates the connection between the physical yoga poses and the greater spiritual purposes of yogic practices.
  • A unique set of concise bio-mechanical alignment principles called the “Universal Principles of Alignment™” , is applied to each asana. Anusara yoga teachers are trained to integrate these alignment instructions with the attitudinal heart theme in artful and varying ways, offering students a new experience of yoga in every class.
  • Movements and actions within every pose are coordinated with the breath. Postural alignments in each pose are checked in reference to the Universal Principles of Alignment and the teacher may use verbal cues and/or physical adjustments to help each student enhance their full form of the pose. If you are not comfortable with physical adjustments in class,  just tell your teacher.
  • If necessary, poses are modified or supported with props to help each student achieve the general form of pose.
  • Postural demonstrations may be used when necessary to clarify alignment instructions, show actions or show what the pose should look like.
  • There are over 250 poses that compile the syllabii of Anusara yoga asanas. This syllabus encompasses all of the poses are commonly practiced in hatha yoga classes today, covering all of the major classifications of poses: standing poses, backbends, forward bends, twists, hand balancing, inversions, and restoratives.
  • Practicing variations of the basic poses is encouraged as a full, creative expression of the human spirit. Teachers may also creatively include various practices, including but not limited to pranayama, meditation, chakra focus, bhandas, mudras and mantra, in ways that support the theme and/or heart quality, the Anusara Yoga physical methodology and the students’ movement towards Awareness of (Cit) and experiencing your true Nature (Ananda).
  • Instructors who are certified to teach Anusara are exclusively associated with the Anusara School of Hatha Yoga