Savira Gupta
Why modern yoga is without purpose and direction.
When I first started taking yoga classes at studios in CA, it was approached and taught as just a physical practice. The emphasis was on...
Art of Svādhyāya
through Yin & Hatha
Search
Savira Gupta
- May 5
- 4 min
Dharma is a misunderstood concept within Yogaland.
The term dharma has loosely been translated to passion and more often is and continues to be taken out of context. There have been...
163 views0 comments
Savira Gupta
- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
Why Yoga Land Is A Mess!!
Two to three years on and not much has really changed within Yoga Land! On the contrary, it has become even more entrenched in capitalism...
461 views0 comments
Savira Gupta
- May 12, 2021
- 4 min
Is yoga being redefined?
Politics...we all know is about creating policies and laws that can both divide, create stability, labels to categorize and discriminate....
177 views0 comments
Savira Gupta
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
YAMAS, NIYAMAS and YOGA TEACHERS
How much time do you contribute to teaching the Yamas / Niyamas and do
you as a yoga teacher, follow these codes of ethics?
242 views0 comments
Savira Gupta
- Jan 20, 2021
- 3 min
Political, Social Justice not Yoga
'Yoga is Political’ and ‘Yoga is Social Justice’. Something about combining a philosophy that is about 'yuj' with that which is divisive...
131 views0 comments
Savira Gupta
- Nov 22, 2020
- 4 min
I do not see color when teaching yoga
A normal routine for me before I start my teaching on the mat is to greet and acknowledge every person that shows up with a smile,...
117 views0 comments
Savira Gupta
- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
Can Spiritual Wisdom be lost?
While many claim that ‘Spiritual Wisdom’ is lost in the way yoga is taught today, only a handful have actually experienced or understood its
156 views2 comments
Savira Gupta
- Sep 24, 2020
- 4 min
When (or) was Yoga ever colonised?
The South Asia region consists of Afghanistan in the north-west till Bangladesh in the east, and from Nepal in the north to Sri Lanka in...
678 views1 comment
Savira Gupta
- Sep 12, 2020
- 2 min
Expression Matters
There is nothing wrong with the term “Full Expression of a Pose” except when it is misused and viewed from a physical perspective lens....
66 views0 comments
Savira Gupta
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
VERSE 4.18
To further grasp the meaning of the verse it was important to understand that the word Karma is further divided into 3 types.
197 views0 comments
Savira Gupta
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
Do Labels define Yoga? Are you doing or being yoga?
2020 has highlighted the craziness that we live in. The world today is the accumulation of years of hidden injustices that are boiling...
120 views0 comments
Savira Gupta
- Feb 22, 2020
- 4 min
Kosha Y'in Practice and Life
Yoga… is to develop a relationship with the self that exists deep within our core. In Sanskrit this is known as Jiv-atman (jiv means to...
114 views0 comments
Savira Gupta
- Jan 28, 2020
- 4 min
Think Explore Feel, breaking YOGA down, keeping it REAL
Breaking YOGA down, making it practical and keeping it real
108 views0 comments