What is Samara Yoga
Samara Yoga is the art of Meditative Movement. The practice combines the benefits of meditation to the benefits of yoga.
Beyond its action on the spine, joints and muscles, it has harmonizing effect on all our organs and all bodily systems.
Samara yoga is practiced with conscious attention to our posture, our gesture, our breath and our emotions and thoughts that come and go. It is a state of attention and presence to everything that is here and now. It makes the practice extremely efficient and leads to calm, peace and serenity.
Samara yoga is one of few yoga to be practiced with music specially created for it. The musical element combined with the movement brings rhythm and structure which enhance the effects of movements on the body, organs and different systems but also on the psyche.
Benefit of Samara Yoga
Samara yoga strengthens your body, mind and spirit and relaxes them. It brings new energy and balance, which can be incorporated into your personal or inner life, into your relationship, into your social and professional lives. It has anti-aging benefit. You will be physically fit, and internally calm, and your intellectual capacity will be hightened
How was Samara Yoga developed
Samara yoga was developed by Idris Lahore, initiator of the Free University of Samadeva located in Alsace France. Samara yoga is one of different branches taught in the Free University of Samadeva. Samara yoga is both a traditional and modern form of Raja yoga, which encompasses essence of all yoga for body, heart, knowledge and the appropriate action. After practicing many kinds of Yoga, Idris Lahore extracted from them the essential exercised named “Arkana”. In addition to Arkana. Idris Lahore brought in more contemporary practices, like the sacred movements and dances of Gurdjieff, as well as relaxation and certain form of meditation. He enriched all of this with his modern scientific knowledge.
What is Arkana
Arkanas is a dervish word that signifies “exercises” or “the process of transformation”. In latin, signifies “secret”. Indeed, it is only through the practice of exercises that the secrets and its effects manifest and reveal themselves naturally to the practitioner. There are 99 Arkanas in Samadeva. The 7 Major Arkanas are the heart of the method, which is called “the secret of eternal youth. People who practice these not only stay physically younger, supple and fit but they get rid of tiredness and stress quickly. Their whole health and the quality of sleep get better. A regular practice of Arkanas brings back movement where it was locked in the digestive system, cardiovascular system, nervous system, immune system, and hormonal system.