Mahābhārata

Mahābhārata

"The Great War of the Bhārata(s)" is a famous epic and sacred book of ancient India.

“The Great War of the Bhārata(s)” is a famous epic and sacred book of ancient India. This great epic poem dating from 2200 years before the Christian era tells a mythical and historical saga between two branches of a royal family, the Pandavas  and their cousins, the Kauravas, for the conquest of the Indian kingdom.

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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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