Traditional Yoga

So what are we talking about when we talk about traditional yoga.

As the name suggests, traditional yoga is based on tradition and the source of yoga: the teachings of those who originally spoke yoga. It follows traditional texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and Maharshi Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, and the teachers who transfer these teachings. In traditional yoga, yoga and the teachings of yoga have an independent value and the aim is to pass them on as well as possible. The most important thing is the practice, not its mediators. Therefore, nothing we teach is our own. And that's why we don't develop our own "yoga styles" either. 

Traditional yoga is characterized by, among other things, devotion, discipline and dedication. Devotion and dedication are called bhakti when their object is a higher being that transcends the world and thus also ourselves. Traditionally, yoga aims to transcend everything worldly, because everything attached to this material world and life is seen as a source of suffering. 

Traditionally, there are far fewer yoga trends than we think today. These include Karma yoga or the yoga of action, Jñana yoga or the yoga of knowledge, and Bhakti yoga or the yoga of devotion. Originally not just one of today's brands of yoga, Hatha yoga falls under jñana yoga. It includes all the physical exercises of yoga such as shatkarma, asana, pranayama, mudra and bandha. The purpose of Hatha yoga is to serve as an auxiliary practice for our internal practice. This means refining the energy, strengthening and stabilizing the body and mind so that we can progress in internal practices such as meditation.

What all yoga has in common is that they require not only physical activity, but also a lot of determination and self-discipline. Progress in Hatha Yoga and Bhakti Yoga also has its conditions: without ethical and moral disciplines, the practice cannot move forward. That is why it is traditionally important to also take into account what happens outside our own yoga mat.

In addition, the personal student-teacher relationship is at the center of traditional yoga: it is the way yoga has been passed down for millennia. However, there are hardly any real Gurus these days, and we are not ones. However, we will do our best to help you move forward on your path. 

By practicing traditional yoga, you can reach your true self. The self you know unchanged since childhood and before. The one that ultimately has no name, gender, nationality, titles, desires, hopes or fears. The one who observes everything passively, but at the same time actively. And as you get closer to your true self, you also get closer to your true source. 

The call to yoga ultimately comes from your own heart. That's why we don't push, convert or hit you over the head with Bhagavad Gita. Everyone walks their path at their own pace, on their own terms. But in order to be honest with ourselves and others, we follow in our teaching and activities the tradition of yoga that we ourselves believe in and practice.

And since traditional yoga has changed our lives for the better in so many ways, we also want to pass that on to others. 

We teach Hatha yoga, Meditation and 7 Chakras Sound Healing Meditation.