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Eka pada viparita dandasana – One legged wheel pose
The yoga online exhibition represented on this website has a story and points into the future, because it serves to explore the question, how we can create the beauty of the body. So how can we manifest a light and attractive expression in the yoga-āsana? As a viewer, you are welcome to participate in the research project with your own yoga photos. Do you have any experiences on the aspect of beauty and aesthetics in yoga practice? For an easy upload of an image file you can use the image upload page. And do not forget to leave an entry in the guestbook! vṛścikāsana in eka pāda cakrāsana …
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Sarvangasana, sarvāṅgāsana – the shoulderstand
The Yoga Online Exhibition that is on this website has a history and points to the future. It encourages the exploration of how beauty is created. With what criteria does the beauty of the human body manifest itself in the representation of yogāsana? As a viewer, you are welcome to participate in the project with your own yoga photos and experiences on the aspect of beauty and aesthetics in yoga. For easy uploading an image file you can use the contact form. And do not forget to leave an entry in the guestbook! sarvāṅgāsana Shoulderstand, striving “dynamically against gravity into the graceful, candle-like line”¹ The shoulderstand is like a flower:…
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Uttana padma mayurasana, uttāna padma mayūrāsana – bridge in lotus pose
The Yoga Online Exhibition that is on this website has a history and points to the future. It encourages the exploration of how beauty is created. With what criteria does the beauty of the human body manifest itself in the representation of yogāsana? As a viewer, you are welcome to participate in the project with your own yoga photos and experiences on the aspect of beauty and aesthetics in yoga. For easy uploading an image file you can use the contact form. And do not forget to leave an entry in the guestbook! Uttāna padma mayūrāsana Bridge in Lotus Pose with “most intensive spiral dynamics in the back”¹ Heinz Grill…
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Halasana, halāsana – plow pose
The Yoga Online Exhibition that is on this website has a history and points to the future. It encourages the exploration of how beauty is created. With what criteria does the beauty of the human body manifest itself in the representation of yogāsana? As a viewer, you are welcome to participate in the project with your own yoga photos and experiences on the aspect of beauty and aesthetics in yoga. For easy uploading an image file you can use the contact form. And do not forget to leave an entry in the guestbook! Halāsana Plow pose with intensive stretching of the body back Swami Sivananda Radha about the plow…
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Sarvangasana, sarvāṅgāsana – Shoulderstand
The Yoga Online Exhibition that is on this website has a history and points to the future. It encourages the exploration of how beauty is created. With what criteria does the beauty of the human body manifest itself in the representation of yogāsana? As a viewer, you are welcome to participate in the project with your own yoga photos and experiences on the aspect of beauty and aesthetics in yoga. For easy uploading an image file you can use the contact form. And do not forget to leave an entry in the guestbook! sarvāṅgāsana Shoulderstand, which “the body striving dynamically against gravity into the graceful, candle-like line.”¹ Heinz Grill…
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Heinz Grill and the artistic way of yoga
A short biography of the author of The Spiritualising of the Body. 1960 – 1985 Heinz Grill as a young mountain climber Heinz Grill was born in 1960 near the Bavarian town of Wasserburg am Inn. He tells that he was a very nature-loving child. His mother had also promoted this by leading her children – three in number – to beautiful places in nature. His parents liked to go to the mountains. From the age of twelve, they took him to the Bavarian Alps. There he discovered his passion for the mountains and especially for rock climbing. Bert Lindauer of the local mountain club was his teacher not only…
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Swami Vishnudevananda and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers
A Short Presentation of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers founded by Swami Vishnudevananda (1927-1993). 1957 – Swami Vishnudevananda comes to the West The book Yoga was first published from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in Canada in 1983. Unfortunately, the book does not reveal who the people depicted with Yoga-āsana are. Here I would like to briefly introduce the work of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers that nowadays are distributed all over the world. The first such center was founded by Swami Vishnudevananda in 1959 in Montreal, Canada. Vishnudevananda had lived, learned and worked with Swami Sivananda Saraswati for 10 years. In 1957 he was sent by his teacher to…
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The beauty of yoga is international
An overview of all other people depicted at the Yoga Online Exhibition, their organizations or websites. An international selection of beautiful yoga asana The page achisoch.com is a kind of wellness website in Hindi language. Under the heading Yoga (योग) there is a post about the Fish pose, matsyāsana. The post explains how to do the exercise, what are the health benefits and what precautions should be taken. Apart from that, the site also features sections on health, nutrition, school and studies, nice sayings in Hindi, etc. On December 11, 2014, the UN officially declared 21st June to be the International Day of Yoga. The Yoga Day Celebration website…
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Pada Hastasana – Hand-to-Foot-Pose
The yoga online exhibition represented on this website has a story and points into the future, because it serves to explore the question, how we can create the beauty of the body. So how can we manifest a light and attractive expression in the yoga-āsana? And the project isn’t finished yet. That’s why as a viewer, you are welcome to participate with your own yoga photos. I wonder if you have any experiences on the aspect of beauty and aesthetics in yoga practice? If this is true, than you can upload your own yoga image on the image upload page. And last but not least, do not forget to leave…
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Utthita Eka Pada Hastasana – Standing Pose
The yoga online exhibition has a story and points into the future, because it serves to explore the question of how beauty is created. So how is it manifested in the presentation of a yoga-āsana? As a viewer, you are welcome to participate in the research project with your own yoga photos. Do you have any experiences on the aspect of beauty and aesthetics in yoga practice? For an easy upload of an image file you can use the image upload page. And do not forget to leave an entry in the guestbook! Utthita Eka Pada Hastasana Heinz Grill with slightly uplifting dynamics of the legs The graceful and…
