Yoga Aktuell 155 - 06/2025

Vedic astrology, heart rhythm meditation and metta - this edition accompanies you on the path to inner clarity and realignment. With Kundalini Realign practice, slow breathing, exercises for the cervical spine and much more!

People

The compass points to the heart
Stefan Datt has been teaching yoga for thirty years, and for a long time he and his wife organised the Berlin Yoga Festival. In the YOGA-AKTUELL interview, he explains how his yoga path unfolded through the classic four stages and why personal contact is important to him in lessons today. Interview with: Nina Haisken.

Food

Festive mocktails
Cheers to special moments! Non-alcoholic drinks for stylish enjoyment during the festive season and to toast the New Year. Recipes: Kerry Benson & Diana Licalzi.

Astrology and Jyotish

Amazement, trust and building bridges 
The astrological constellations 2026, explained in the YOGA-AKTUELL interview by Markus Jehle. Interview with: Julia Johannsen.

Jyotish lights the way
An insightful introduction to Indian astrology as a guide to the soul - and: a preview of your stars in 2026! By Sandra Cammann.

Spiritual life

Life in flow
How often do I actually go against the flow? How often do I decide against what is without realising it? And what does it mean to live a life in the flow? By Muni Konradi.

Catching sparks - the cosmos within us
"And behold, it was good"... About our true part in the cosmic miracle and the alchemy of our destiny. By Mika Schöberl.

Spiritual practice: novenas
Nine days that can change everything: the Christian tradition of prayer and reflection of novenas, which is linked to specific requests to the saints and is still very much alive and worth exploring. By Srila Devi.

Enjoy with all your senses
Consciously experience the fullness of life: Mindful sensory awareness is a practice that reconnects you intimately with yourself as well as your surroundings. By Doris Iding.

Yoga knowledge

Studies on maitri/metta meditation
The meditation of loving kindness as a practice that transforms your perception. By Dr Ronald Steiner.

The history of yoga 
Part 1: the Vedic period - the historical Overview of the roots and developments of the yoga tradition begins with the origins. By Martin Henniger.

Yoga practice

The keyboard of the seven cervical vertebrae
Areas of the body that we "play with" in a positive or negative sense with the individual sequences of our cervical spine. With an exercise programme. From Bhajan Noam.

Heart and mind in harmony
This practice with Nina Heitmann is an invitation to feel and promote inner coherence - experience a sequence centred on the harmonious interplay of heart, brain and nervous system.

Slow Breathing
Introduction: Light in the jungle of conscious breathing - start of a new series by Ralph Skuban.

Kundalini ReAlign
A yoga practice with Caroline Eder for intuition and inner regulation - Part 3: the head and the interplay of the "Happy Inner Family".

How yoga can help with depression
Gentle yoga exercises, such as those shown here by Judith Vogel-Weissinger, can help you get back in touch with your own body and find your way back from rigidity to self-efficacy

Plants

Connected to trees
Part 3: The spruce tree - guardian of life. By Andrea Wichterich.

Yoga teacher

Yoga teacher: profession, vocation and reality
About the opportunities and challenges of a yoga and meditation teacher 
- from the perspective of a freelancer with twenty years of experience. By Florian Palzinsky.

Meditation

In time with the heart 
Through heart rhythm meditation to inner harmony: How an ancient practice leads people of today back to themselves. By Peter Assad Splieth.

Yoga philosophy and mysticism 

Naturally anchored in the self

Part 3 of our series on the nature, work and wisdom of the Indian saint Ramana Maharshi. By Marian Brehmer.

Ayurveda

Ayurveda and human design
What happens when you combine Ayurveda typology with human design? How the two can work side by side in practice and provide profound insights. By Lea Dlugosch.

Shamanism

Christmas - of fire, herbs and symbols
A journey to the ancient roots of Christmas traditions and customs. By Kevin Johann.

u.v.a.m.