Spiraldynamik & Yoga
limitations of our body, mind and soul rarely are as narrow as we think

Yoga has been practised for thousands of years. The goal of the coordination of physical and mind excercises is freedom. On the physical level it supports stability, energy, flexibility and relaxation, on the mind level concentration, balance and calmness. As the excercises are connected with the breath the blood circulation, digestion, nervous and glandular systems are stimulated. The positions release stiffness and tensions, help to refind the inner balance of the spine, renew the energy and recover our health. Relaxation and breath give stability, decrease stress and help us realise our inner strength. The latter aspect of yoga gets the more important the older we get, even if we practise without spiritual intentions.
To stay healthy we need to move. Many problems of older age can be lessened if we stay active taking time for our body's needs for movement and rest. Our mind needs the calmness of concentration. Possibly we have to slow down getting older but we do not have to sink into inactivity. The limitations of our body, mind and soul rarely are as narrow as we think.
The excercises in the „Golden Age Yoga“ will be adjusted to the special needs and problems of elderly people. Human beings have wonderful abilities for transformation and regeneration for their whole life. It is never too late to give up bad habits and retune the body to a more valuable use of our energy. If the workshop participants continue to practise the excercises regularly, they may improve their quality of life, independantly from age.

To learn about the basic principles of Spiral Dynamics®,
to understand and execute them in our own Yoga exercises enables us to get closer to our own nature. Our exercise is refined and deepened, because we learn about the natural harmony of Asanas. Small changes with great impact.

Spiral Dynamics® is a concept of movement, that derives from the anatomic nature of our body. Takin a closer look at human anatomy , we can recognise the spiral in many forms:
- the three dimensional ability of the spinal column , to turn alternating to the right or left side in form of a spiral, isthe basic function fort he spine to be able to turn at all
- the cruciate ligaments of the knee, which corresponding with the spiraling build up of important leg muscles help finding stability and power in the standing Asanas
- the spiraling build up of the foot, which is the foundation of our posture
...and many more

More Info: http://www.spiraldynamik-yoga.at


Yoga für Kinder von 9 bis 13 Jahre
free practice is fun and makes sense

From the outside there is hardly any difference between the yoga practice of the grown-ups and the one of the children. At the end you practice the same positions. The main difference lies in the teaching. For us grown-ups it is important to know what we do. Children want to do something – without long explanations beforehand.
Hatha Yoga stimulates children only by the names of the positions. The tree, the mountain, the cat, the upwards and downwards looking dog, the cobra, the crocodile are some examples. They have fun flowing with their imagination when they try to imitate those animals. Their playing is surprisingly often very close to the real yoga positions.
Daily life of our kids is - like ours - often characterised by long sitting and not rarely by psychical pressure. This brings tensions in the body and the mind. The body positions of yoga help balancing and recreating the harmony of soul, mind and body.
As the heart-blood circulation-system of kids is much smaller than the one of grown-ups the effect of the yoga positions comes faster. Children have a good sense when they have „enough“ from a position. They take little breaks repeating the excercise possibly more often. After a relaxation of two or three minutes at the end they are fit and awake again.

Eva Hager-Forstenlechner about her work
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Eva Hager-Forstenlechner
Versatile in her education and her field of work Eva-Hager Forstenlechner has been a freelance dance and film artist for some years again. She is guiding training workshops for Spiraldynamik and teaches regularly gymnastics for the spine, Yoga and Spiraldynamik. Combining the two last-named has been her focus. After her first documentary film „leben- sterben- glauben“ co- directed with Wolfram Paulus she is currently researching for another documentary film dealing with dyslexia together with the doctor Stefan Aglassinger.
Since her early age she has been involved with dance and physical performance – as a woman gymnast, in couple dancing and finally in contemporary dance education in Paris, Munique and New York. She has been a member of the dance theater company Nonentiti around Helene Weinzierl, Editta Braun Company, Lawine Torren (Hubert Lepka), and Cataracts (Beda Percht) all based in Salzburg. With her background as a jurist she has been working in the law section of the Kunstuniversität München; for several years she was employed by Szene Salzburg, first responsible for public relation, then being assistant to the artistic director.