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🌿 Yoga, Meditation & Pranayam Practice

05/10/2026

“What is the whole journey of yoga?

The journey is from duḥkha (suffering) to sukha (ease), from dhava-mānasya (restless, agitated mind) to saumanasya (pleasant state of mind), from aṅgame-jayatva (physical restlessness) to aṅga-sthairyam (physical steadiness). This is the whole journey.”

“From distress to eustress. From pathogenesis to salutogenesis.”

— Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani

𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚢 Yogacharya Dr. ABB 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 ‘𝚈𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛’ 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute.

𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨.

One of my favorite songs…
Picture via Pinterest.

02/10/2026

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 Lisa 🧚🏻‍♀️

It was such a pleasure having you in class. Thank you for your trust and for bringing your warmth and presence to the practice. 🤍

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘭𝘴.

30/09/2026

𝚁𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎𝚜.

Through asana practice, we work not only with the gross physical body, but also on a more subtle level.

As we stretch, hold a posture and become still, we create space for blocked or stagnant energy to move more freely through the subtle body — through the nadis in Yoga, or the meridians in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Yin.

Sometimes, the practice is simply to create space and allow what is there within us to move.

25/09/2026

From ‘ᴘɪʟʟᴀʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴊᴏʏ’ by Diego Perez.

Six of my favourites. Which ones are yours?

✢ Rest like you mean it
✢ Find peace in solitude
✢ Have a mindset of service
✢ Don’t lose sight of gratitude
✢ Make friends with kind people
✢ Remember that life is a giant miracle

23/09/2026

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚈𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚎𝚎𝚝

Yoga and cancer are both life-changing experiences.

Yoga teaches us to accept ourselves, stay present, and develop awareness. It also teaches compassion — including compassion towards our own bodies.

Cancer can teach us the same.

Being flat after double mastectomy means I get to practice this compassion towards myself and my body every day. It’s not always easy, but it’s a practice I’ve come to value deeply.

𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 Dharmesh Sukhadia 𝘢𝘯𝘥 The Yoga Institute.

𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳: Sterre Rosa✨.

21/09/2026

ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴ ɪ ꜱᴇʀᴠᴇ?

What would the world — and our minds — look like if this was the question we asked more often, instead of getting caught up in judgements, worries and self-centeredness?

ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴ ɪ ꜱᴇʀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ᴏʀ ꜱɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇ?

Asking this question not from a place of fear, or of overly pleasing others out of fear, but from a genuine and loving desire to serve what is in front of you, without wanting anything in return.

It could completely change the narrative in our minds — and, in turn, the world we experience.

𝕃𝕖𝕥’𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣… ♡

𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 Michael A. SInger 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘪.

11/09/2026

You don’t have to be flexible to come to a yoga retreat.
You don’t even need to have practiced yoga before.

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙞 𝙔𝙤𝙜𝙖 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣.

You’ll be guided step by step through traditional yoga techniques — from asana and pranayama to meditation, sound healing and deeper yogic practices — with the experienced Raj Yoga | YTTC & Retreats.

No pressure to perform.
No need to touch your toes.
No expectations of where you “should” be.

Just come as you are, learn, breathe, move, rest and give yourself permission to explore, to grow — and simply be.

𝙊𝙣𝙚-𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙔𝙤𝙜𝙖 & 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙞
25-31 October

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Yoga retreat for all levels
Beginners are warmly welcome

09/09/2026

“𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.” — 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦

Through meditation we learn that this inner sanctuary is always available to us.

Meditation is one of the practices we will explore during our 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 & 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐢. A retreat where you will learn tools that you can take with you and return to, wherever you are.

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭?
25–31 October 2026 | Bali
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Raj Yoga | YTTC & Retreats

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