Ashtanga Yoga Institue of Brussels, 610 Chaussée d'Alsemberg - 1180 Brussels - Belgium
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Shri K. Pattabhi Jois recommends that before practising the yoga postures you should say a prayer to the Supreme Guru (in sanskrit).
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Moon Mantras Chants |
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The Guru Suprême Patañjali |
Les Rangoli(s) ou Kolam(s)
All over India, each morning just after daybreak, it is traditional for the women to decorate the ground in front of their houses by making simple or complex patterns using white or coloured rice powder. In the evening they rub them out again. So each morning there is a new design. It is the women who are responsible for looking after and decorating the household, but they also have to be sure to make the auspicious and sacred connections between the microcosm and the macrocosm.
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Since these are mandalas that are created in the morning and gone in the evening, they accurately represent the ephemeral. They remind us that nothing is permanent, that everything has a beginning and an end, and that everything returns to dust. The name varies from region to region. In Western India they are called Rangoli (from the sanskrit Ranga meaning to colour or dye). In the South they are called Kolam and in the East Alpana (from Alpa meaning small or insignificant).
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Defying classical Hindu and Mogul art, rangolis are delightful for their simple or complex motifs. They are always imaginative and spontaneous and it is impossible not to be captivated by the harmony of their shapes and colours. It is a permanent invitation to the passer-by to linger and appreciate this generous gift of warm and colourful light from one heart to another ...
Additional information :
The Institute is located: 610 Chaussée d'Alsemberg (Uccle) - 1180 Brussels - Phone: 02 340 67 81 - Fax: 02 340 67 89 - jean.claude.garnier@skynet.be