Sthira

means strength, strong, stable, immobile, constant stability, both physical and mental.

means strength, strong, stable, immobile, constant stability, both physical and mental. See the famous sūtra of Patañjali (Yogasūtra 2-46)

“Sthira Sukham Asanam”
Patañjali, Yogasūtra II, 46

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The Institute · Brussels

These words come alive on the mat.

At the Ashtanga Yoga Institute, these words don't stay on the page: they are lived, breath after breath. We have been transmitting traditional Ashtanga in Brussels for over fifty years, in the lineage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois — each posture adjusted individually, even in a group class. Here, you don't read yoga: you practise it, guided.