Michael Wegerer
Wide-legged standing forward bend
The name of the pose pictured is prasārita-pāda-uttānāsana Prasārita = spread or apart pāda = legs or feet uttāna = upward extension;...
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Michael Wegerer
- Nov 9, 2019
- 4 min
How Yoga Can Help Overcome Anger
Anger does more harm than good. Yoga suggests we should cultivate opposing thoughts to free ourselves from this destruction emotion ...
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Michael Wegerer
- Jul 9, 2019
- 7 min
5 Prāṇāyāma Techniques you should know
Controlling or extending the breath (prāṇāyāma) is, or should be, a big part of any yoga practice. As far as we know, it has been central...
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Michael Wegerer
- Jun 5, 2019
- 8 min
Yoga Sūtras: my favourite sūtra-s (1)
The goal of yoga is to achieve a state of being where the Mind (citta) is such that it cannot be distracted either by itself or by external
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Michael Wegerer
- May 19, 2019
- 5 min
On Foot Cramp
Cramps in the foot during yogāsana [yoga postural practice] can happen at any time, but especially during the cold months of the year. Certa
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Michael Wegerer
- Apr 29, 2019
- 8 min
About the Cakra
Nothing is done in Yoga without reason or purpose. And we can say that the purpose of practising prāṇāyāma is to clean and balance the nāḍī-
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Michael Wegerer
- Feb 24, 2019
- 7 min
Yoga in Poetry
What we can find when we engage with poetry is a way to reduce the influence of restless and over energetic thoughts and feelings or ones th
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Michael Wegerer
- Dec 27, 2018
- 5 min
Yoga & Sleeping Well
T Krishnamacharya explained, in his introduction to Yoga Makaranda, that if we do not get the stipulated hours of sleep, "then our phys
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Michael Wegerer
- Mar 11, 2018
- 6 min
Yoga & the workplace
Imagine how the effectiveness of businesses and the well being of the people businesses employ and deal with might improve, if leaders start
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Michael Wegerer
- Jan 27, 2018
- 6 min
Yoga and Food
The Chāndogya Upaniṣad says annamayaṁ hi saumya manaḥ, which means something like "as is the food, so is the mind"
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Michael Wegerer
- Jan 21, 2018
- 3 min
5 Ideas about Āsana
Patañjali defines the word Āsana (posture) in terms of its qualities: sthirasukhamāsanam, literally 'steadiness comfort is āsana'. I
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Michael Wegerer
- Jan 13, 2018
- 3 min
Yoga & the Spine
Āsana practice, done in an appropriate way, can prevent or counteract the tendency of the spine to slump as we age. It can maintain or resto
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Michael Wegerer
- Dec 19, 2017
- 2 min
On not taking yoga too seriously
Yoga can be a serious business. Remembering the funny side of yoga and not taking things too seriously is as good a practice as headstand.
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Michael Wegerer
- Dec 11, 2017
- 4 min
On practising yoga
‘Āsana should not be an aṅga bhanga sādhana.’ What this means is that yoga should not be a practice that disrupts the harmony of the body, b
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Michael Wegerer
- Nov 4, 2017
- 4 min
On yoga philosophy
Avidyā [confusion] grows each time we act without thought, without careful attention, mechanically, blindly etc. Bad habits of thinking, spe
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Michael Wegerer
- Apr 4, 2017
- 9 min
Integrating the Many Paths of Yoga
Photo by Chris Lu on Unsplash Spring is a good time to take up the practice of Yoga. But what approach to Yoga can one take? Yoga offers...
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Michael Wegerer
- Feb 24, 2017
- 11 min
The Principles of Practice
What is different and interesting about the yoga posture tradition of TKV Desikachar and his father T Krishnamacharya can be summarised (sor
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Michael Wegerer
- Jan 2, 2017
- 5 min
Yoga as an Holistic Practice
All too often we think of yoga simply as an exercise system that brings well being, strength and flexibility and relaxation. When I sprained
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Michael Wegerer
- Sep 25, 2016
- 5 min
Simple Meditation Practice
Here is a simple meditative practice for you to try at home, and if you find it enjoyable and beneficial, then I would suggest you find a te
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Michael Wegerer
- Sep 8, 2016
- 5 min
Yoga Śāstra
"No person on the planet has had a greater impact on contemporary yoga practice than Tirumalai Krishnamacharya". [1] This is Professor...
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