23/06/2026
Once a week, I still teach yoga online and love the group of people who have a genuine interest in ta***ic yoga and actually live it, not just on the mat, but in real life.
My yoga teacher in India always told me, that it is easy to teach those who are already on the Path. He told me that I should also teach those who struggle with life and its challenges.
So for nearly 30 years, I share what I was taught and my own experiences with it.
Tonight we explore the ancient yogic understanding of the two fundamental energies that exist within all of life and within each of us.
In yoga these energies are often represented as Shiva and Shakti.
Shiva is pure consciousness. He represents stillness, awareness, presence, clarity, structure, and the witnessing mind. Shiva is often associated with the masculine principle, not as male, but as the quality of stillness and direction.
Shakti is the life force itself. She is movement, creativity, intuition, emotion, transformation, and the power that brings life into form. She represents the feminine principle, not as female, but as the energy of flow and creation.
Neither exists without the other.
Neither exists without the other.
Without Shiva, Shakti becomes scattered energy without direction.
Without Shakti, Shiva remains potential without expression.
You might also recognise these as Sun and Moon energies.
Besides asanas etc, the questions we will be reflecting on are:
Where am I overusing effort?
Where am I needing more presence, receptivity, or trust?
What would you answer to those?
