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Well.Being - Health, Yoga & Beyond, Kosice (2025)

05/10/2025

When I guide my students into a pose, it’s never just about body alignment.
The asana is an entry point and I always wish they could truly understand that what transforms us is the energy flowing through it.

We can see each asana as a flexible vessel carrying and channeling prana.
There are five vital currents of prana moving in different directions through the body, each with its own role in nourishing, clearing, and transforming.
We should learn them, experience them, allow them to flow naturally - and, through that, come to know them more deeply:
Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana, Vyana.

When we pause within a pose, it’s not only about stillness.
It’s about listening, sensing where the energy moves.
Is it directed upwards, inwards, downwards, expanding, or circulating?

As yoga practitioners, we are invited to remember that our body is not simply in the pose.
It conducts energy.
It balances.
It heals from within.

This is where yoga moves beyond stretching or relaxation -
and becomes the subtle art of energetic awareness,
where breath and presence weave the threads of prana into harmony, health, and clarity.

Every asana holds this potential.
When we teach and practice with awareness,
we are not just shaping bodies -
we are shaping energy, consciousness, and healing.

With love and expanded energy,
Iris

25/09/2025

Each of us is shaped by nature in a unique way, with rhythms, Vasanas (tendencies), and needs that flow through our bodies, our emotions, and our choices. Ayurveda helps us recognize and honor these patterns so we can live more in tune with ourselves and with the world around us.
It starts with awareness.

If you're predominantly Vata, your creative, mobile energy needs warmth, regularity, and calm: routines that anchor, oils that nourish, and connections that help you feel safe and supported.

If you’re Pitta, you may be driven, passionate, and full of intensity, but you also need cooling, grounding rituals: gentle movement, meals that soothe instead of stimulate, time to rest and soften.

If you're more Kapha, structure and lightness are key, too much gluten, dairy, or sleep may keep you stuck, while energizing practices, dynamic breathing, and a warm, spiced meal can uplift you.

These aren't just preferences - they're guidelines for well-being. Like a master-plan for a life that fits your true nature.

Sometimes it's about simple changes: slowing down your mornings, adjusting your diet, choosing where to live based on climate and energy, or even avoiding a hot, fiery practice if you're already burning inside.

The beauty of Ayurveda is that it's not a list of rules.
It’s an invitation to explore what makes you feel most like you, to create a lifestyle that brings you back into balance, every single day.

When this balance becomes our nature then it's time to bring it to our teachings.

✨ What's one small step you’ve found that keeps you aligned?
I’d love to hear.

Love,
Iris

17/09/2025

Last month, around 200 yoga teachers from across Europe gathered for the annual EUY Congress in Zinal, Switzerland.

It was my 19th time attending.

Every time I catch that first glimpse of the village, framed by the mountain behind it, my heart skips a beat. It always feels like coming home.

What I felt most deeply this time was how truly blessed I am to be part of such an open-hearted gathering.

Before all my lifelong friends arrived - after long journeys from around the world - I had the honor of sharing a beautiful lunch and deep conversation by the Navizance River with Swami Sarvapriyananda. We quickly discovered that we have dear mutual friends across the globe.

Zinal is a quiet little village at the end of the road, surrounded by breathtaking mountain views and the kind of deep stillness that gently quiets the mind - perfect for yoga.

We don’t need to do much.
We just need to be there.

One of our favorite rituals is what we fondly call the brain spa - hours of philosophical dialogue, day and night, in our chalet, exploring endless topics that open the heart and mind.

As someone who loves to share, I usually organize a “round (or long) table” lunch or dinner with close friends and honored teachers who join our brain spa.

This year, François Lorin and Josselyn were once again our cherished guests, and we also took part in their rich workshop throughout the week (each teacher leads a 10-part workshop, often in multiple languages).

Within the wider sangha of participants, we have our own little familia, a beautiful, loving circle that holds space for one another with deep warmth.

And of course, there's Tuomo - a tradition we never skip.
We joyfully sit in the cold stream of the Navizance, chanting mantras. It's our way of letting go, releasing whatever no longer serves us. Vairagya.

I’m filled with gratitude to be part of these sanghas.
And I would love to see you with us next time.

Save the date for next year: August 16–21, 2026
Theme: Emotions in Yoga – Bhava and Rasa

See you there,
Bhava and Rasa,

Iris

07/09/2025

In our materialistic and rapid life, I find myself, often, asking the question: do I accept my life as it is? Would I change something?

It starts with the full understanding that we have to surrender to the idea: what is, should be, should happen.

It is a real task, and sometimes, it is even hard to accept, bringing up many doubts.
To wake up in the morning and take the first inhale, with awareness, it is already enough. All the rest is extra.

There’s a quiet power in saying:
This is enough.
I am enough.
Life, as it is, is enough.

Santosha, the second Niyama in the Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, invites us to dismiss our desire for "more", release the judging tendency to compare, and return to what is already here, exists, with open eyes and a grateful heart.

It’s the most clear, conscious expression of gratitude - that sees the present moment in all its imperfect beauties and gives it the highest values.

🌸 Any idea,
Any decision,
Any feeling,
Any act,
at any moment.

The more we honor them with satisfaction, the more they expand into joy.

Then, comes the question, is it an innate character in a personality, or can it be also practiced? Is it connected to humbleness, to optimism? To our doshas?

For sure, there are those gifted ones that it is "implanted" in them, naturally.
The rest have to practice.
This challenge is fulfilled if there is the will.

Santosha reminds us that contentment is a way of being.
A sacred relationship with the present and the presents it brings along.

With love and contentment,
Iris

31/08/2025

There are said to be 72,000 nadis in the subtle body.
In Ayurveda, we try to give attention to 192 of them as main energy channels -
each one a pathway of prana,
flowing like rivers through our inner landscape.
These nadis are not just “concepts.”

They’re the architecture of subtle energy -
guides our breath, involved with emotions,
elevate awareness, and provide healing
through each subtle and physical cells of the body.

🌀 When a yoga teacher understands the nadis,
Pranayama becomes more than breath control -
It becomes a tool for deep inner purification, self realization .

🌱 Just like in plants, energy moves in specific directions,
nourished with water and nutrients from root to tip,
and from the sun to leaves by photosynthesis.

We can follow that, for example, in our breath, intelligently nourishes every organ, every tissue, every layer of being.

Teaching yoga without awareness of the nadis is like
watering a garden without knowing where the roots and seeds lie,
wasting much energy in the wrong place... or I can also say: missing the point.

✨But when we do understand their existence:
We touch the untouched imbalances by practicing in those ways from yoga and ayurveda.
We restore flow and learn to direct it, to channel it.
We invite healing, a balance mode.
We should teach with that understanding.

To be aware of why we practice in a specific manare, what are the main goals, where to point our attention and how to integrate the Nadis as our guide.

Let us breathe, expand, and guide with awareness.

With love,
Iris

17/08/2025

Stress doesn’t always look like panic nor hectic.

Sometimes, it hides behind overgiving, overdoing.
Behind the endless “yes” to family, students, clients, responsibilities…
Until one day, the body speaks.

Ayurveda teaches us that stress has a doshic flavor.
It might feel like a
Vata storm: anxiety, insomnia, restlessness.
Or a Pitta fire: irritability, burnout, inflammation.
Or a Kapha stagnation: heaviness, withdrawal, fatigue.

The key, in my opinion, is awareness.
To know our constitution, our tendencies, our imbalance
and respond with compassion.

For Vata: grounding, warmth, rhythm.
For Pitta: cooling, softness, surrender.
For Kapha: stimulation, lightness, movement.

Yoga teachers often care deeply for others.
But to keep holding space, we must also tend to our own inner space.
Every practice can be a small act, a step, of self-balancing.
Every breath, a return to center.

So next time stress whispers –
listen closely. Be there and trust, as
your body and soul already know the cure.

With love and full care: care-ful,
Iris

10/08/2025

Steps Towards Liberation

If I try to describe what an Ashram is in my own words, I would say: it is a place devoted to spiritual practice, offering an environment for self-investigation and realization.

Staying in an Ashram is like stepping away from everyday life -
secluding ourselves from the rest of society, allowing space to look inside the heart.

I began my journey in Ashrams back in 1995, most of them located in Asia.

Last month, I experienced a deeply meaningful time in the ecological Ashram in Zdarec, in the Czech Republic.

Dear Jan (Honza) Hlavacek and his family have created such a beautiful place - simple, charming, and deeply rooted.
The moment I arrived, I immediately felt the balanced energy, like an ancient truth.

We enjoyed the rich program of my dear Yoga teacher, Geza Timčak, the fresh, purifying lakes surrounding the Ashram, the sounds and movements we created together, the deers that came to greet me every day after meditation and prayers, and the close, loving souls of fellow yoga friends.

We don’t have to travel far to stay in an Ashram — we can simply cherish those nearby.
The greatest mission is to discover our personal Ashram within. That is the most precious of all.

My full gratitude for the abundance that provides everything.
See you soon also in Sri Devpuriji Ashram in Zdarec u Skutče.

Filled with love,
Iris

p.s. my special gratitude also to Karin, Zuska, Martina and Jana, my dears, who provided the miracles.

30/07/2025

8 limbs on one mat

Imagine getting a present box,
you are excited to open the beautiful wrapping.
you open it.
There is nothing inside.
Empty.

Hundreds of millions practice Yoga.
Really practice Yoga?

We move.
We breathe.
We feel refreshed.
It is only that present box.

Yoga was never just about the body.
It’s a path of consciousness.
of self realisation.
A practice of finest distinctions,
fully devotion,
endless compassion.

Compassion - Compass
We get a compass to the map towards liberation.
We should learn long enough how to use it and, only then, share those tools with others.

Without the roots of yogic philosophy,
our teaching risks becoming… well, I might say, elegant gymnastics.
Helpful – but disconnected.

So how do we bring the deeper layers, the real content, back?
Not by just quoting Sanskrit.
But by embodying the values.
By remembering that asanas are just one limb, of those 8.
By teaching presence, humility, ethics, and intention.

As teachers, it’s our privilege (and true responsibility)
to carry this tradition with respect – and pass it on.
Let’s keep deepening.

Asanas are there as a starter.
We will be able to enjoy the taste of the fruit much after we sow the seed.

Directing my compass to love,
Iris

20/07/2025

Some teachers carry so much light, depth, and devotion — you'd gladly cross the world to learn from them.
But next weekend, you won’t have to go that far.

🗓 July 25–27, 2025
📍 Budapest, Hungary

Two of the most inspiring teachers I know - and love - are coming together for a weekend workshop in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities:

✨ Usha Devi - a world-renowned disciple of B.K.S. Iyengar, walking the yogic path for 55 years with a story full of strength and miracles.
✨ Siddhartha Krishna - her son, a brilliant teacher of Advaita Vedanta, philosopher and author, whose teachings open the mind and touch the soul.

They both teach around the world - and both have something truly meaningful to share.
This workshop is a rare opportunity to study with them together in a heartful setting.

Of course, I’ll be there.
Not only because they are dear friends -
but because they are so gifted.

You should follow,
✨ Come learn and grow with us in Budapest.
For more details, feel free to reach out to me directly.

With love,
Iris

16/07/2025

Between inhale and exhale…
Between exhale and inhale…
We find a natural pause. A still point.
Kumbhaka.

In that brief, quiet moment –
the breath is not happening
the quiteness reveals

like a clear, innate, pure, finest cristal
that is always there, exists
awaiting our consciousness to remove the veil.

It is effortless.
We listen. we witness
And with practice,
we learn to stay there –
gently.
Like being the horizon line.

This pause isn’t empty.
It holds direction and energy.
intention. Urge.

Some of us need to rise.
Some of us need to settle.
Kumbhaka becomes the bridge
between what is, and what is needed.

So from our next breathe,
let us notice the stillness.
Meet the bridge with kindness.
And watch our cristal.

Inhaling love,
Iris

P.s. next will come, how we use that "bridge" in Pranayama.

03/07/2025

What is Dharana? Is it Mindfulness?
How we guide it to our practitioners?

It begins with Dharana – focused attention, concentration.
The 6th limb of Patanjali’s Ashtanga yoga.

After the postures, movements, once the body is open, free from stagnations and the breath is smooth and steady – a golden opportunity appears.

That’s when we guide our practitioners’ minds to hold.
To find their bridge between the external practice and the inner journey.

We don’t have to say much. Just to direct, softly.

As a fundamental path towards Dhyana, meditation, we have to keep practicing Dharana every day and slowly we can feel the urge to share it with our students.

Yoga brings so many methods for Dharana, and we can facilitate it to others by exploring and experiencing.

We are directing a “conscious spotlight”, our focused awareness, on one chosen object.

We can instruct by embodying it, visualizing a specific organ, following breathe, reciting a mantra (vocally or silently), gazing at an object (Tratak), using the Mala rosary (108 beads) and more.

By being present. Again, and again. Non-judgmental.
By pausing, breathing, listening.

We learn how to stay still, how to be our own anchor in life.
So, let’s share it among our circles.

I’m here for you to discuss and support. You are welcome to write me.

With warmth and full awareness,
Iris

26/06/2025

Every yoga teacher needs a teacher, who holds depth, integrity, wisdom and still teaches with softness and caring.

If you’re a teacher looking to stay rooted, inspired, and truly connected to the essence of Yoga, this is for you 🤍

I’ve been following many gifted teachers from around the world – authentic, experienced, and deeply rooted in the yogic tradition.

Geza Timcak is the best example for such.
You know that feeling, when something is so good, so meaningful, that you just have to share it?
That’s how I’ve felt for the past 28 years on my Yogic journey with Geza Timcak to spread his teachings.
One of the most significant teachers in my life.
I met Geza when I moved to Slovakia in 1997.
As a devoted yoga practitioner, I immediately began searching for a teacher.
The rector of my university smiled and said, “You’re in luck. I’ll introduce you to one of the finest teachers.”

That’s how I found myself sitting in front of a professor, head of a department in the Technical university. He had a lighted smile
and a glow around him, even in the grey, post-communist surroundings..
Since then, I've had the great privilege of studying yoga and life with Geza and with many extraordinary teachers he introduced me to, from around the world.
To me, Geza is like a great Baobab tree – vast in presence, with deep roots hidden beneath the surface, a stable trunk,
drawing nourishment from countless traditions: from Yoga to Rudolf Steiner, from sciences to religions.
Through him, I’ve learned how knowledge becomes integration,
how presence becomes practice, and mainly, how teaching becomes a living expression of love.
His approach is humble, yet so rich.
He holds space in a way that fills each of us with insight, beauty, inspiration and resilience.

His branches bloom with wisdom, his fruits are rich with love.
His deep way of teaching can hardly be described in words.
He introduces wide knowledge and practices that few others bring out, if at all.
A brilliant scientist who has also walked the path of spirit for over 60 years,
and has been teaching Yoga for more than 50.
Not enough words to describe Geza.

Full of gratitude and love,
Iris

For Geza's events, contact me

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