Krishna Das in Brazil!

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Interview with Laurent Dauzou

Laurent will give a Yogastral Class at Yoga pela Paz 2011: August 20th, from 11am until 12:30pm. For the complete program click HERE!

1. How did you start in the path of Yoga? During three years I danced in New York, and at this time my colleagues from the company were doing Iyengar Yoga. I followed them, and I started to study it in 1992.  Yoga helped me fix the body after our dancing performances. Usually the body gets a lot of articulations dislocations and tensions. I went back to Paris I trained 15 years with my teachers.

2. How did the practice change your life? The practice cooled down my anxious. I got more firmness, less stress and gave me more stability. My body got reinforced. I get a lot of pleasure out of relating my carrier of dance to the beauty of the Iyengar method. My dance became my practice and today my practice becomes again a dance. Yoga gives a strong feeling of IMpression, it puts the Out-side inward; it is complementary of the EXpression of dance, that puts Out-side the body what is In-Yourself. I found a better way to balance between the inner world and the outside world.  The philosophy of Yoga gave me an opportunity to share my spirituality and that was a great change in my life.

  

3. Collectively how can Yoga transform the world? This is exactly the purpose of my Yoga practice, to give options to change the world. My vision of yoga, I call it « YogAstral ».

First, the yoga transform each person, it’s the first step of yoga. Then within the time, the practice become a life style. Finaly, we can gather with others yogi to organize a collective work bases on the control of the mind, the gift of our Self to the Spirit of the Universe. Our cosmic mind is the key and the Love of God is the lock witch open the world of Peace that is coming, now!

4. What brings you peace? My actual life: 47 years of experiences and adventures that give me the ground for peace!

Enterview with Prem Joshua

Prem Joshua will be in Brazil (São Paulo) for the first time to share his music in 2 events

August 19th: Show at Aldeia (get your tickets HERE!)

August 21st: Free presentation at Yoga for Peace (Parque Ibirapuera - São Paulo), come practice and sing with us!

How did you start in the path of Yoga? As a musician I am practicing the path of Nada Yoga, the yoga of sound. This might be quite a different path from doing physical yogic exercises, but in the end it is the same. It is about creating time and space in your life for worship and a prayerful attitude. In India practicing a musical instrument is called sadhana, it is the same word for worship. This means that in India the sincere practice of music is not only about improving technically, but to develop one's music as a medium to create more harmony and meditative spaces. Practicing yoga is also sadhana. I have been a musician almost all my life, but the path of yoga started the moment I became more aware of the immense power of music and the responsibilities that come with the recognition of this power.

How did the practice change your life? Any practice that gives nourishment to your soul, brings happiness, more silence and gratitude to your life – will automatically completely change your life. It can be yoga, it can be other paths, the importance lies in the dedication and sincerity.

Collectively how can Yoga transform the world? Yoga cannot change the world unless it comes hand-in-hand with meditation and prayerfulness. Yoga is a way of living. If it is only a series of physical exercises it might strengthen your body and your ego, but there will be no transformation.

What brings you peace? Sitting under a tree and listening to the birds – and realizing that they are much better musicians than any musician can ever be. This world is already so rich and perfect! Let us relax into this and be grateful.