#94 – Keen on Yoga Podcast with Gregor Maehle

Gregor is the international author of eight textbooks covering
all eight limbs of yoga. He is a mystic and a profuse blog writer
covering topics on yoga and beyond. He travels the globe
educating with passion, humour, insight and wisdom.


Gregor Maehle began his practice of Raja Yoga in 1978 and added
Hatha Yoga a few years later. In the mid-1980s he commenced
annual travels to India, where he studied with various yogic and
tantric masters, traditional Indian sadhus and ascetics. After
practising with BKS Iyengar he spent fourteen months in Mysuru,
and in 1997 was authorised to teach Ashtanga Yoga by K. Pattabhi
Jois. In India Gregor also received eight months of mostly
one-on-one instruction in scripture and the higher limbs of Yoga
through B.N.S. Iyengar, a student of T. Krishnamacharya. He also
studied Sanskrit under Professor Narayanachar and Dr
Chandrasekhar. He lived for several years as a recluse, studying
Sanskrit and yogic scripture and practising yogic techniques.


This is the third time Gregor joins Adam, this time talking about
his latest book How To Find Your Life’s Diving Purpose. 
Including the talking points below.


Human aspects of the divine

Bhakti yoga within asana

Surrendering to the diving through practice, asana,
pranayama, meditation

Is concentration devotion?

Co-creating with the divine what aspect you were here to
express

Importance of your Swah dharma - your own dharma

Pancha kosha - teaching of the 5 layers, cleansing of impact
of past traumas on your body, breath and mind

Objective and objectless samadhi

Shiva pure consciousness, eternal awareness

Shakti female aspect of the divine

What is your role in the play & how far can you go with
your gift?

Life is the child of the divine

The divine is here and now

How you act in this world matters

Everything you see is the crystallised body of God

Indigenous practices, walkabouts

Vijnanamaya kasha

Your duty in society, giving to the world

Self love as a pure spiritual state

Accepting that state within you

We are all children of the divine



 


Find Gregor:


Instagram: @gregor.maehle


Website: https://8limbs.com/about/gregor-maehle/


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