Granularity, or the ability to differentiate between subtle variations, is gradually withering from our common language. We often use broad terms like ”fine” or ”great” to describe a wide range of experiences. In contrast, some other languages like Icelandic have more than 40 words to describe snow alone.
Read MoreRecited daily in Mahayana temples throughout the world, The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra or The Sutra of the Heart of Transcendent Knowledge is one of the most well known Buddhist teachings and is said to be the view that leads to complete liberation.
Read MoreFinally landing in Paris after an intense summer of retreats and travel. I’ve come to realise that going away for me is just as much about coming home. That sweet feeling of sleeping in my own bed, brewing my coffee just the way I like it, tending to my tiny altar, picking out prunes at our local Sunday market, catching up with friends I’ve missed…
Read MoreIt´s quite overwhelming all the changes that this pandemic year has brought to all of our lives.
I have used this time to look closely and honestly into my teaching process. Reflecting on how to continue to serve my community with authenticity, compassion - and in alignment with where we find ourselves now…
This week marks one year since we moved our community to our Borderless Online Shala. I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge how long we have been in this situation of navigating a pandemic. How we have all had to jump onto our respective pandemic life boats and push off from the shore of familiarity, routines & safety…
Read MoreWith this prayer we place our practice in the midst of the world we are living in, and we acknowledge all of the essential Bodhistattvas that are at work amongst us every day, carrying us through these pandemic times.
Read MoreAt this moment, we are all having to learn to embrace that which is unknown and new. Having to let go and begin again. And again. And again. This may feel as hopeless as Groundhog Day, but in my own experience - Letting Go and Beginning Again is probably the single most important quality in practice.
Read MoreAs everything is shaking underneath all of our feet - I find myself having to deconstruct my own illusion of stability and comfort. As much as we would love to cling to anything solid, our very ground is in reality impermanent.
Read MoreA visual diary from the first two weeks of confinement in Paris by the creative duo, Ashtanga students and real life couple Laura and Rid
Read MoreThis practice sound scape is a virtual sound-journey into our Mysore Shala and is meant for you to play during practice to give a sense of actually being IN The Shala. Accompanied by beautiful video by Sandra Schultze.
Read MoreInsights in practice only come when there is a pause in our struggles and we allow ourselves to yield into what is. It is only when we relax our grip, that we can meet our circumstance with openness, interest and compassion.
Read MoreThese podcasts are our way of supporting your practice through this time, helping to create an inner Shala where we can always meet and move closer together as a community…
Read MoreThis Vedic Peace Mantra asks us to set any personal agendas aside, in order to maintain the sanctitude of the teachings themselves and honour our fundamental togetherness.
Read MoreAt this very moment, there is an unprecedented opportunity to wake up our hearts. To allow this moment to manifest as a sacred pause for humanity where we turn to our deepest resources, our wisdom and our love.
Read MoreA message of love from Kia to the Mysore Yoga Paris Sangha in light of the rapid changing developments with the Corona Virus.
Read MoreYotam Agam, producer, Mysore practitioner, musician and surfer born and raised in the desert, shares his favourite places in his vibrant home-town Tel Aviv...!
Read MoreJust what is an authentic yoga practice? At the Winter Gathering in Florida we explored what it means to be authentically ourselves, what constitutes and authentic practice, and what it means to be a part of an authentic community.
Read MoreRosina was a brilliant yoga teacher, dancer and choreographer. Larger than life, an inspiration to all who knew her.
Read MoreThe Super Show of the NOW – an Essay on Presence, the Now and Atha by Perrine du Chaffaut with photography by Ola Rindal.
Read MoreTADASANA – Body like a Mountain. Mind like the Sky… Creative couple and Mysore Yoga Paris practitioners Laura Gravilenko & Rid Burman share some beautiful photographic memories from Kia´s Summer Retreat in the Spanish mountains this summer.
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