Jyotish

Indian astrology, this word is derived from "Jyotis" which means "light" or "star", like a light shining in the darkness and which leads those who ask for…

Indian astrology, this word is derived from  “Jyotis” which means “light” or “star”, like a light shining in the darkness and which leads those who ask for the keys to their destiny. So it’s “the science of celestial bodies”, Vedic astrology.

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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.