Yoga Blog
Tantra and the beautiful art of free-diving
At Apneista.com we believe that free-diving is not just a beautiful sport, it is also an important tool for self development, a form of 'ocean yoga'. Our philosophy works on the understanding that training in free-diving should result in increased self awareness and...
The nose, gateway to the past and present.
"When nothing else subsists from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered· the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls· bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost impalpable drops of their essence, the immense...
Free-diving with mind, body and right awareness.
When people talk about the right equipment for free-diving normally they are talking about fins, lines,weights and wet-suits. These are all important for training, indeed essential in most cases, but the first and most important piece of equipment for successful...
Kapalbhati
Kapalbhati: kapala -skull bhati- shining A technique for cleaning the sinuses and other respiratory passages, it also stimulates the digestive organs and abdominal muscles. Kapalbhati floods the body with O2 and prana and has an energising effect on the nervous...
Pranayama, controlling energy through knowledge of the breath.
PRANAYAMA PRANA- Universal life energy, Chi, Ki, The subtle force that permeates all matter and gives form to Chaos or in the words of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas 'The force that through the green fuse drives the flower' YAMA- Control, Extension,Increase. The breath...
Anapana, gateway to insight
Anapana is a preparatory practice for the powerful Vippassanna technique of Buddhist meditation. It is based on observation of the breath and the sensations around the nostrils and upper lip. The breath being the link between conscious and unconscious minds,...
Know thy breath, know thyself
For centuries wise-men and sages have admonished man to awaken and become truly self aware. Many techniques have been promoted to achieve this awakening. From simple self observation to self flagellation, from discipline of the mind with meditation to purification of...