ASHTANGA MEETS RAGA
RAGAS OPEN YOUR HEART AND EMPTY THE MIND. THEY ARE A SOURCE OF POWER AND DEVOTION IN YOUR DAILY LIFE.
Ashtanga meets Raga brings together the Indian Ragas (melodies) with the Ashtanga Mysore practice to create a meditative calming atmosphere.
Just as a primary goal of Yoga is to still the thought waves of your mind, Indian Raga music helps the mind to reach a meditative focused state of one-pointedness.
The word Raga comes from ancient Sanskrit and is translated as 'which colours the mind'.
Ragas are intrinsically related to the prevailing mood at a specific time of day or night. Therefore, they represent and create a direct approach to the precious moment of the Here and
Now.
Classical Indian music and Yoga have been practiced together since ancient times - as you see in the painting below, which dates back to the 14th
century!
Below you see a Yogi in Sirsasana and a musician playing on the Rudra Veena, from the painting Lord Rama in the
forest.
... nowadays - with the same instrument ...
ashtanga meets raga - the film
The video, - taken in Mysore (Melkote) 2014, with Alexandro Sigismonti - celebrating the melding of Indian Classical Music with Ashtanga Yoga
Click on the pic to watch it!
