Matsya Yoga Blog

New moon retreat in the Wachau, 9–10 January 2027: setting intentions, mantra, fire and cacao ritual, a night walk by the Danube and morning yoga.

If Kuṇḍalinī is the key to the divine, then bandha is the key to Kuṇḍalinī: Mūla Bandha, Uḍḍīyāna Bandha and Jālandhara Bandha – with practice stages.

Kapālabhāti, the shining skull, and Bhastrikā, the blacksmith’s bellows: the fiery breathing techniques – with Ajagarī and the difference to the “Breath of Fire”.

The victorious Ujjāyī breath, Bhrāmarī, the humming bee breath, and Śītalī, the cooling breath: breathing techniques that gather the mind and open the heart.

The sacred moments between the breaths: kumbhaka, the full yogic breath and Nāḍī Śodhana, alternate nostril breathing that purifies the channels – with instructions.

Iḍā, Piṅgalā and Suṣumnā: the three great nāḍīs through which prāṇa flows – and the five prāṇas (vāyus) that move body and consciousness. The yogic anatomy of the breath.

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.