Yoganesa Pilates Studio

Yoganesa, Center for body, mind & soul is a professional pilates & yoga school in the heart of Rotterdam. We offer classes on every level. Our location has personal atmosphere, beautiful studio’s, a space where you can enjoy a cup of biologic tea and gift shop, where you can get presents for yourself, friends or family. The Yoganesa team is a group of international, certificated teachers, who are sharing their passion and love to yoga, pilates and meditation. Yoga history The science of yoga originates from the culture around the Indus-Sarasvati river in more than 5000 years ago, and is elaborated in classical writings.Patanjali’s experiences are collected in the Patanjali sutras, dated between 200 BC and 200 CE. These writings include the description of Patanjali’s eightfold path. Another fundamental text is the 15th century Hatha Yoga Pradipika. This text is based on older Sanskrit texts and Yogi Swatamarama’s yoga experiences. It includes topics such as shatkarma, asana, pranayama, chakras, kundalini, bandha, kriyas, shakti, nadis en mudras. ORIGIN Most of physical Hatha Yoga as it is now practiced in the West originates from two sources: Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1889-1989) emphasized yoga asana practice. Many modern forms of Hatha Yoga originate from the school of Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. He taught yoga from 1924 until his passing in 1989. A number of his students have popularized yoga in the West, especially Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, founder of the vigorous Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga style, B.K.S. Iyengar, who emphasizes alignment and the use of props, and Indra Devi and Krishnamacharya’s son T.K.V. Desikachar, who developend the Viniyoga style. Concurrent with Krishnamacharya’s influence, Swami Sivananda van Rishikesh (1887-1963) and his followers have contributed to spreading yoga in the West. His followers include Swami Vishnu-Devananda – founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Swami Satyananda – of the Bihar School of Yoga, and Swami Satchidananda – of Integral Yoga.