Mridangam

'Sanskrit mird "earth" and ang "body".

‘Sanskrit mird “earth” and ang “body”. Old musical instrument of 2000 years, found only in the temples of the South of the India.  It’s an elongated barrel-shaped double-sided percussion drum. It is an instrument of religious songs and classical dance rhythm accompaniment.

 

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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.