My favourite Swasthya Choreography

Yael Barcesat – from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

DeRose

DeRose

DeRose is a writer and an educator, committed with several subjects including philosophy, behaviour, good manners, cooking, as well as literary fiction. He has written more than 20 books which are published in several countries and languages; and has sold over a million copies.

DeRose´s works re-educate his readers, inspiring them to become better human beings, politer, more cultured, more travelled, more refined. He suggests a behavioural revolution within their families, partners, friends, with their subordinates and towards the other. He also recommends that latent conflicts be solved politely, without confrontation. He teaches breathing re-education, postural re-education, nourishment re-education, hence providing a cultural and social background.

Mudra

Mudras – Reflexological, Symbolic And Magnetic Gesture Executed With The Hands.

Mudra’s origins are in the ancestral Tantric tradition. As Shivananda affirms, the presence of mudra, puja and mantra characterize the Tantra inheritance, and it is with exactly there angas that Swasthya Yoga begins its basic practice.



The Tantra

“the Tantras are for the Vedas as the perfume is for the flowers”

Tantra, or Tantrika, is a behavioral philosophy originated in the Dravidian and pre-Dravidian periods.

The word Tantra may be interpreted under different points of view. In one of these aspects, Tantra may mean: woof of the texture or web. In a poetic and initiatic way, Tantra would be like a spider web in the forest by the morning, full of dewdrops, like subtle diamonds shining under the sun. And, when it were roughly touched by the profane, it would wane immediately.

In another point of view, the word Tantra can be divided in two parts, where the root tan gives us an idea of knowledge, and tra (instrument, mechanism), a notion of spreading, saving. Thus, with a more philosophic character, Tantra is defined as “that which spreads the knowledge”.

Just like it occurs with the Yôga and the Samkhya, there is a type of Tantra from the Pre-Classic, Dravidian period; another type , Classic, adapted to the Aryan costumes; and a third one, the Medieval Tantra, that produced almost all the literature which arrived to our days. The first two types have a philosophical influence of the Samkhya, whereas the latter is quite influenced by the Vedanta philosophy.

The tantric tradition is denominated gupta vidya, secret knowledge. Therefore, the only way of access to the efficient and genuine learning is the one which has been perpetuated, to these days, in the whole world, through the relationship Master-disciple.

In the Tantra, there is neither censorship nor feeling of guilt, as it frequently happens in the Brahmacharya culture, which attaches value mainly to chastity. For instance, in the Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the inner development can only be obtained through suffering and control of the impulses, desires and feelings. On the other hand, the tantric culture, probably the only one of the kind in the world, shows that the evolution of the Human Being will happen through non-repression and pleasure.

Another important tantric proverb is registered in the Vishwasara Tantra: “All that is here, is in another place; and, what is not here, is not in any place.”

With all of this which was exposed, the Tantra has philosophical characteristics quite similar to the Samkhya philosophy, once many of the tantric principles have been established along the centuries as an extension of the tattwas of Samkhya.

Swasthya is Tantric, more precisely Dakshinacharatantra (right hand – also known as white lineage). This means that it is a matriarchal, sensorial and non-repressing. Non-repressing means that it does not prohibit anything and contributes to liberation from repression. It guides, but does not repress. Sensorial means that it respects and values the body, its beauty, its health, its senses and its pleasure. Therefore, you have complete liberty.

This respect for the freedom of the practitioner has been one of the most captivating characteristics of Swasthya Yoga because it meets the aspirations of each person and positively responds to the demands of those who are adept to other more restrictive branches but unsatisfied with the repression imposed by such branches.



But what is Yoga?

Text extracted from the book Tradado do Yoga. Master DeRose

WHAT IS YOGA?

Is it gymnastics? A religion?

A fighting style? A flower arrangement?

Once upon a time a famous dancer improvised instinctive movements that were, however, extremely sophisticated thanks to his virtuosity and, because of this very fact, absolutely beautiful. This body language was not exactly ballet, but it had undeniably been inspired by dance.

The captivating beauty of the technique moved all those who watched; they were overwhelmed with its expressiveness, and asked the dancer to teach them his art. And so he did. In the beginning, the method had no name. It was something spontaneous that came from within and only echoed in the hearts of those who had been born adorned by a more refined sensibility.

As the years passed, the great dancer was able to convey a good part of his knowledge until one day, long after, the Master passed on to the invisible planes. His art, however, did not die. The most loyal disciples preserved it and assumed the mission of re-transmitting it. The pupils of this generation understood the importance of also becoming instructors, and of modifying nothing, altering nothing of the outstanding teachings of the first Mentor.

At some moment in History, this art received the name integrity, integration, union: in Sanskrit, Yoga! Its founder was entered into mythology with the name of Shiva and with the title of Nataraja, King of the Dancers.

These facts occurred more than 5,000 years ago in the Northeast of India, in the Indus Valley, populated by the Dravidian people. Therefore, we will study the origins of Yoga in this period and find its original purpose, so that we can identify authentic teachings and distinguish them from others that have been compromised by consumerism and interference from alien and incompatible methods.

“I can only believe in a god that can dance”

Shiva Nataraja

“I can only believe in a god that can dance”

Nietzsche

Do You know what you do?

Definition of Yoga

“Yoga is any strictly practical methodology that conduces to samádhi.”

DeRose

Definiton of Swasthya

Swasthya Yoga is the name of the systematization of the Ancient Yoga, Pre-Classical, the most complete Yoga in the world.

Swasthya Yoga’s main characteristics (ashtánga guna) are:

1. its extremely complete practice composed of eight modalities of techniques;

2. the codification of the general rules;

3. the rescue of the archaic concept of chained sequences without repetitions;

4. its focus on special people, born for Swasthya Yoga;

5. its emphasis on the value of gregarious feelings;

6. its utmost seriousness;

7. the sincere joy; and

8. unfaltering loyalty.