Journal / Yoga studies
The Iyengar Institute Milan Blog to talk about Yoga, beyond trends.
Insights into practice, science and insights into contemporary yoga studies academia.
Iyengar | News | Practice | Science
Oct. 28, 2022
Fall detox - part 2
Chiara M. Travisi
Find a focus on the second part of the detoxifying sequence
Iyengar | News | Practice | Science
Oct. 27, 2022
Fall detox - part 1
Chiara M. Travisi
Find a focus on the first part of the detoxifying sequence
Iyengar | News | Practice | Science
Oct. 22, 2022
Seasonality - Fall de-toxifying yoga sequence
Chiara M. Travisi
The first sequence I am presenting deals with Fall and is focused on ‘de-toxifying’ the embodiment. Detox here means how, through our yoga practice, we can become able of ‘touching’ some internal areas which are particularly related to the physiological functions of ‘digestion' and ‘de-toxification’, but which are usually far away from the possibility of a direct contact. Yog-asanas and prāṇāyāma give us that ‘magic’ to create such a contact.
Iyengar | News | Practice | Science
Oct. 19, 2022
Seasonality: the climate outside and the climate inside us
Chiara M. Travisi
Transformation, ‘seasonality’, is a fundamental principle to be taken into consideration in personal yoga practice. Every day our embodiment experiences bio-chemical changes in order to adapt to external stimuli, generating an internal response and continuous transformation. In other words, every day we find ourselves dealing with a ‘climate outside’ and with a ‘climate inside’ us. In this series of four sequences I address this fascinating topic by proposing a practice for each climate season: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer.
Iyengar | News | Practice | Science | Yoga Studies
July 6, 2022
Breathing de-automatization: proper timing and proper results
Chiara M. Travisi
"The body, the limbs, the psyche, the organs of action and sensory ones are very 'ours'. Breathing is not as much "ours". However, breathing is more than anything else 'for us'." Prashant Iyengar, "Pranayama: a Classical and Traditional Approach"
Iyengar | Practice
Oct. 27, 2020
Props Iyengar: una grande famiglia!
Chiara M. Travisi
Cosa sono i props, gli attrezzi utilizzati nell'Iyengar Yoga? da dove vengono e come possono essere utilizzati? Scopritelo in questa serie di video in pillole. Storia, curiosità e idee originali per trasformare oggetti di casa in props per la pratica.
Iyengar | News | Practice
April 22, 2020
Iyengar yoga per il sistema immunitario
Chiara M. Travisi
Le posizioni capovolte sono le più importanti da mantenere e praticare con regolarità per coadiuvare il corretto funzionamento del sistema immunitario, sempre sotto la guida del vostro insegnante. Ecco il materiale didattico messo a disposizione per voi.
Iyengar | News | Practice | Science | Yoga Studies
April 21, 2020
Tapas, reasonable effort and resilience in practice
Chiara M. Travisi
Where does a reasonable effort in our practice end? Assessing the boundary conditions and acting out of habit is always desirable
Iyengar | Practice | Yoga Studies
April 5, 2020
Asana: davvero furono solo ginnastica?
Chiara M. Travisi
Asana: solo ginnastica? No, ma non usiamo il termine spirituale invano! Gli asana sono un supporto ad attenzione, discriminazione e stabilizzazione della cognizione.
Iyengar | Practice
March 17, 2020
Eureka! Ho…sentito l’Iyengar Yoga
Nicol Koronel
Una riflessione personale su un metodo che ci parla di un tempo lungo, quando tutto vuole essere veloce e su quei momenti in cui capiamo con il corpo e facciamo esperienza di una trasformazione inequivocabile che toglie necessita’ al discorso.