Damaru

are small double drums shaped in the form similar to an hourglass that is hit by beat shaped sticker.

are small double drums shaped in the form similar to an hourglass that is hit by beat shaped sticker. It’s one of the preferred attributes of the God Śiva as cosmic dancer. He holds the drum in one hand and produces with it sound pulsations that are the source of all creation and represent the rhythm of life.

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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.

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