Sivananda Yoga in Cracow (Krakow) : Odrobina Dobrej Woli

If one day you visit Cracow and you are wondering where you can find Sivananda school with English speaking Teacher- here you have answer:

"Odrobina Dobrej Woli" it's exclusively yoga school with traditional Sivananda teachings: mantras, pranayamas, asanas and relaxation. For all levels: beginners, intermediate and advanced classes, yoga for pregnant woman. Kids are almost welcome!
School is situated in lovely and peaceful place near Rudawa river with lush greenery around.

                                                      Yoga for pregnant women

                                                

 

Incense and candles help to concentrate and forget daily problems during class

                                                           

     Piotr (Omkar)- certified Sivananda Yoga Acharya.

    Since 2012 Piotr is teaching in International Teachers Training Courses.

When to come :

Mon: 07:00 - 08:00 (morning starter for intermediate and advanced), 09:30 - 11:00 (yoga for pregnant woman), 19:00-20.30 (intermediate and beginners(

Tue: 18:00 - 20:00 (advanced class)

Wed: 18:00 - 19:30 (intermediate and beginners)

Thu: 19:00 - 20:30 (intermediate and beginners)

Fri: 07:00 - 08:00 (morning starter for intermediate and advanced), 09:30 - 11:00 (yoga for pregnant woman)

Sat: 10:00 - 11:30 (all levels) 

 If you have any question do not hesitate to call or to email.

for more details visit website:

Facebook page   https://www.facebook.com/odrobinadobrejwoli
Official website:    http://www.yoga.sivananda.org.pl
Adress: Krakow, ul. Zarudawie 11

Om Tat Sat

Surya Namaskar. posture n. 11

Posture n. 11 is same as posture n.2 Urdhva-hastasana

Body: after padahastasana , first straight the knees, stretch the spine and arms forward  (keep arms and head in one line) then up.
Tips: do not bend the body back, only very flexible person can bend the lumbar spine. We practice surya namaskar in the beginning of the class to heat the body and make it more flexible for asanas, but its very easy to hurt the spine and muscles if we practise surya namaskar with force.

Breathing: inhalation

Mantra: ॐ अर्काय नमः (Om Arkaya Namaha)
              Prostration to Him who is fit to be worshipped

"The indivisible, absolute and conscious nature of the reality signifies that life on earth should be lived according to the rigid laws of dispassion towards external existence and active awareness of the Self as the unlimited being. (...) The good life which is in conformity with the nature of Truth should be therefore, free from the oppressions of hatred, lust, greed and falsehood in all their forms of manifestation. The righteous life should be lived with mental peace, self-restrain, absence of agitative activity, fortitude, faith in Truth and concentration of mental consciousness.

                                                    Sivananda, May 14 1962"

Sources:
 Mantra meaning source from http://yogibe.tumblr.com/post/37241386513/mer-ka-ba-the-12-mantras-for-surya-namaskar
text- Sivananda "A Great Guru and his Ideal Disciple"

Om Tat Sat

Mouna Sadhana

Mouna- is the spiritual practice of inner silence. Not so much to do, just stop  talking, even to yourself, for an hour or more if you want conserve more energy.

Swamiji says that during speaking as during any other activity we lost our energy. "The organ of speech brings great distraction of mind. Control of speech really means control of mind" So it can be a good practice when you are feeling realy tired and you need "reload" your nervous system. Even in psychology we are talking about advatages of "no speaking". When we are suffering from professional burn-out, russian psychologists recommend to practice as they call it"white days". Dont talk for one day, or more, or just try to talk less as usually. It helps to calm your mind and learn us to control the emotions.

By my own experience I can tell that after "lot of speach day" :) even after one hour of mouna I was felling more calm in my mind, and I realise that my mind likes it. Of course, other part of me tell me "to much silence, its so boring, turn on the music, sing something", but if you always remember that your mind is powerful you will never give up.

So, let begin only by one hour for today!

Yogi's smile

   Om to everybody who read me. My name is Yulia, since 2009 I am practicing yoga in Sivananda's tradition, since september 2011 I am a yoga teacher. In my blog I would like to share with you my own experience in karma bhakti raja and jnana yoga.
   As a practitioner and a psycholog I know that its not easy sometimes to practice alone, maybe we have no time or possibility to go the yoga school, so here I will describe different methods for body and mind that Swami Sivananda teached during his life.
   This blog is also to show you other interesting things that concern the yoga. Music, people, cuisine, sanscrit, mantras etc are filling our daily life. Yogi's way can be easy and difficult in the same time. The day when we decide to be a yogi we tackle ourselves and it is the biggest fight in our life, but then we realize the beauty of  the simply things, the peace of mind and the love to human beings.
For the beginning just one advice : Smile and think in positive way! Everything starts in our mind. So, are you smiling now? :)