ICYER had a special visit from Joseph and Lilian Le Page, Directors of Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT) in the USA and Enchanted Mountain Yoga Center in Brazill who are in the process of making a video series on approaches to the teaching and practice of Yoga therapy in India. They were accompanied by their student and photographer Shanti Mendola. IYT was founded in 1993 by Joseph Le Page, a Yoga teacher in the Kripalu tradition and body-worker whose special focus is energy healing. They are pioneer in training Yoga professionals who can bring the ancient insights of Yoga into mainstream wellness programs as their programs are based on a vision of health as a unity of body, mind and spirit.
They interviewed Ammaji and Dr Ananda and shared space with the students of the 6 month course by attending many sessions at ICYER. They also participated in the Sunday puja at Sri Kambaliswamy madam and the immersion of the Shivalingam on Shivratri at ICYER’s Yoga Sadhana beach. Yoganjali Natyalayam classes and a mini dance performance were enjoyed by them and they greatly appreciated the children and their talents.
Dr Ananda was very impressed with their book on Mudras for Healing and Transformation that is a wonderful work of deep inspiration and a tribute their ability to keep the cultural aspects of Yoga alive and present them in a modern context with reference to the koshas, vayus and maha bhutas. He especially appreciated the way proper Sanskrit names have been used for all 108 mudras and how a sequence of mudras have been incorporated with important vedic chants, thus resonating with the spiritual essence of Yoga.
10 сен 2024
