Matsya Yoga Blog

Note: All exercises are illustrated by hand with a pen and written by Clemens Biedrawa. The Divine Mother’s Sādhana – a Kundalini Yoga Class for Transformation Some classes open the body. Some train the breath. And some do something else entirely: they lay a warm hand…

The history of the origins of Hatha Yoga: how the fisherman Matsyendra became Matsyendra Nātha , and how his disciple Gorakṣa founded what is now known as Hatha Yoga .

The nine schools of Tantra, their contribution to modern Hatha and Kundalini yoga, and Abhinava Gupta, the author of the *Tantrāloka*.

Pavanmuktāsana 3, the Śakti-Bandha series, releases energy blockages and activates apāna—the force that flows downward through the hips, abdomen, and legs. Ten dynamic exercises, ranging from tug-of-war to chopping wood, with full illustrations, plus the five Vāyus and Swami Satyananda’s yoga system.

Pavanmuktāsana 2, the udarapoṣaṇa series, works with the abdomen, digestion and the navel centre – and so with willpower and self-confidence. Ten exercises lying down, with all the illustrations, plus the story of sūkṣma vyāyāma, Dhīrendra Brahmacārī and his trail into Western Kundalini Yoga.

Pavanmuktāsana 1 is the anti-rheumatism series of sūkṣma vyāyāma—21 subtle exercises from the toes to the neck that release energy blockages and awaken the flow of prāṇa along the spine. Includes all illustrations, breathing instructions, and the story behind Swami Satyananda and the Bihar School of Yoga.

The Path of understanding Yesterday was Markiji’s birthday. Our beloved teacher, Mark Dyczkowski. We met, his community, those people who were close to him and those who loved him. I want to take this occasion to write some words about him and his teachings. For…

Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras, the eight limbs of yoga and the Upanishads — how yoga became a system in the classical era.

The Śramaṇa ascetics, the four paths of the Bhagavad Gītā and the Yogācāra Buddhists — how the pre-classical era shaped everything that came after.

What does “yoga” literally mean, and where do its oldest roots lie? From the chariot metaphor through the Ṛgveda to the first mention of prāṇāyāma in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.