{"id":2341,"date":"2024-11-20T09:32:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T08:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga-stile-im-vergleich.de\/yoga-vidya\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:42:32","slug":"yoga-vidya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yoga-stile-im-vergleich.de\/en\/yoga-vidya\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga Vidya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This style is based on traditional Sivananda Yoga according to Vishnu Devananda, as described under Sivananda Yoga<\/a> and Sivananda Yoga in the West<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

But what are the differences? What makes Yoga Vidya an independent style? <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

After 12 years of training and as an ordained monk under Swami Vishnudevananda <\/strong>at the Sivananda Vedanta Ashram in Canada, Volker Bretz alias Sukadev<\/strong> made a conscious decision not to continue as a member of the Sivananda leadership team. He rejected the hierarchical leadership under Vishnudevananda and the subsequent Acharyas and wanted to promote a democratic basis for the leadership of a Sivananda ashram <\/a>. His vision was to spread yoga on a large scale and so, among other houses, the largest ashram in Europe with over 1000 beds was established in Bad Meinberg. The ashrams see themselves as a spiritual or religious community whose organization <\/a> is well structured. <\/p>\n\n

So what is characteristic of Yoga Vidya practice and how does it differ from the traditional Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

The Hatha Yoga classes <\/strong>(for the different levels) and the standard exercise series are comparable with the Sivananda Vedanta Centers. They are both standardized in the sequence of physical exercises and in the language. Here too, as in the Sivananda Vedanta Centers, great importance is attached to relaxation at the beginning, during and at the end of the Hatha Yoga class. Regular Yin Yoga classes have also become standard. <\/p>\n\n

The pranayama <\/strong>practice as well as the chakra energy meditations<\/strong> in the sense of Kundalini and Tantra Yoga <\/strong>are well elaborated and instructed in a differentiated way. Special emphasis is placed on igniting and directing pranic energies.Book recommendation: The Great Yoga Vidya Pranayama Book <\/a> <\/p>\n\n

Example of a guided chakra energy meditation with bija chanting:<\/p>\n\n

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