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Our Intention

“Asana (physical posture) is the container, the cup. Yes, your cup must not leak, but what is more important than the beauty of your cup is what you fill it with—your intention. Intention determines your practice.”
— Premananda, Anahata teaching

At Open Anahata, our intention is to pass on the foundational practices, philosophy, and ethics of the Anahata Yoga Tradition. These simple yet multidimensional practices serve as a living template, a base that can branch into various modalities, studies, and creative expressions aligned with each practitioner’s unique gifts.

What is the Anahata Yoga Tradition?

The Anahata Yoga Tradition is a holistic system of self-development based in moving-meditations that integrate:

༄ The Five Element Form – a purification practice based in the Five Element philosophy
༄ Dances of  Duality– movement and breath as gateways to embodying and balancing divine energies
༄ Simplified, yet profound variations of Ashtanga, Panchakosha, Hatha, and Tantra philosophies
Self-healing trance meditations – including Yoga Nidra and Yoga Nyasa, ancient forms of hypnotherapy

At its core, Anahata Yoga remains an oral tradition—a living practice that stays connected to nature, the cosmic heart, and human-to-human lineage transmission.

Why Open Anahata?

Our branch of Anahata Yoga emphasizes inner transformation—the paradigm shifts and self-healing states woven into each practice. These integrate trauma-informed self-inquiry and support kundalini awakening for both personal growth and collective evolution.

While we openly welcome modern scientific perspectives and discussions on ancient wisdom—including heart coherence, polyvagal theory, fascia research, hypnotherapy, and neuroplasticity—we do not limit our understanding to these frameworks alone. The spiritual and ethical dimensions of the tradition extend beyond what science can currently explain. We honor the depth of the lineage without confining it to modern interpretations.

How Anahata Practices Support Holistic Transformation :

༄ Moving Meditations – Cultivating awareness of the mind-body connection
༄ Restorative Trance States – Accessing the body’s innate ability to heal and rebalance
༄ Consciousness Exploration – Navigating multiple dimensions of awareness within
༄ Heart-Centered Wisdom – Harnessing the intelligence and transformative power of the heart
༄ Yogic Ethics – Honoring individual sovereignty, uniqueness, and deep respect for all paths

A Living Tradition

Our dream is to nurture and expand the Anahata Yoga Tradition—growing an organic network of Anahata yogis who integrate these practices into their unique lives, specialties, and sacred places on Earth. As each practitioner weaves their own insights and wisdom into the tradition, the lineage continues to live, flowing into the future.

We honor and express deep gratitude to all Anahata yogis—past, present, and future—who walk this path alongside us. We especially acknowledge:

༄ ‘Premananda’ Peter Clifford – for bringing the tradition from East to West
༄ Swami Shankara – for holding us in his vision and heart

Staying Connected

We explore mindful, uncensored ways of sharing in the digital space. We prefer to connect through this website and our newsletter—offering a more intentional, grounded, and direct way to engage with the teachings.

This is yoga without a big guru or grand institution—just your practice, your diligence, your love, and your sacred place within this tradition.

Hari Om Tat Sat
“I see the hand of creation in you”

More Anahata Yogis:

Europe
https://www.facebook.com/OlympiaYoga/
https://www.howmanyyogis.com/

https://www.carolinealtmann.co/

Australia
www.shivaandshaktiyoga.com

Anahata Yoga Code of Ethics

༄ I conduct myself in a professional and conscientious manner.Acknowledge the limitations of my skills and scope of practice and where appropriate, refer students to seek alternative instruction, advice, treatment or direction.
༄ Create and maintain a safe, clean and comfortable environment for the practice of yoga.
༄ Encourage diversity by respecting all students regardless of age, physical limitations, race, creed, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.
༄ Respect the rights, dignity and privacy of all students.
༄ Avoid words and actions that constitute sexual harassment.
༄ Adhere to the traditional yoga principles as written in the Yamas and Niyamas.
༄ Follow all local government and national laws that pertain to my yoga teaching and business.

4 Points of a Simple Chart Reading

Sun - Your energetic essence. Guides where and how you can connect with your life force energy and expression. Look at your Sun position when you want to remember the unique spark you came here to bring.

Moon - Your inner self. Guides where and how you can connect with and nourish your self. Look at your Moon position when you want to remember how to deeply care for yourself.

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Ascendant, Rising Sign – Your Life’s energy. Shows the the quality and themes that your Life Path naturally brings to you.

North Node –  Your Karmic Path . Guides you to your areas of growth through challenge.

13 Signs
How and Why

Manifesting soon…

12 Houses
Areas of your Life

Manifesting soon…

about open anahata

Open Anahata is a dedication to the Anahata Tradition and lineage, past and future. The Anahata system of practices offers a holistic foundation to self-care and soul-evolution grounded in yoga ethics and trialed through many generations.

Our hope is to maintain an open, oral tradition connected to nature and to grow trauma-informed methods of practice, self-inquiry and community on the paths of radical self understanding, cosmic awakening and kundalini rising.

Teachings, philosophies and inspired stories are shared through journal posts on this website. Sign up for the newsletter to receive updates. See the calendar for classes, courses and events.

We explore mindful ways of connecting through digital technology and prefer to share posts via this website, newsletter and telegram.

5 elements

Like many ancient philosophical traditions Anahata yogis observed primal elements. Earth, fire, air, water and akasha (aether) are the five used in the Anahata Five Element Philosophy. They inform a nonverbal language that connects to nature and the subtle energies of reality, setting the foundation to grow and ground psychic perception.

In yoga experience is knowledge, so philosophy is practiced. It is not just an intellectual activity.

The Five Element Purification Practice or Tattwa Shuddhi Saddhana is a system of holistic moving and detoxifying meditations for shifting and balancing physical, energetic, conscious and unconscious mental patterns.  It is an integral part of the Anahata tradition. The movements and philosophy are woven into the classes and daily life. Tattwa Shuddhi Saddhana is often taught as a system on its own as it is suitable for all levels and all shapes of human. See the calendar for upcoming workshops or classes.

Anahata tradition

In the ancient Himalayan foothills of northern India, a lineage of yogis lovingly developed a holistic self care practice inspired by life immersed in mountain-scapes and nature.

Rocky crevices where one misstep meant death, formed ergonomic asanas to improve stamina, agility and stability. High altitudes shaped breath work for optimizing oxygen retention and reinvigorating energy. Night skies illuminated by stars and campfires invoked dream exploration and methods for navigating states of consciousness in trance. Living self-sufficiently nurtured healing techniques that harness the body’s regenerative processes. But above all, the yogis observed that by tuning into their heart intelligence ALL of their life sustaining qualities improved. They became more connected with their environment as well as with themselves. They called their system of practice, Anahata Yoga. Anahata, named after the energetic heart.

Without books or libraries, knowledge was shared through an oral tradition of experiential learning and body memory. Emphasis was placed on inner awareness and meditation filled movements referred to as the dances of Shiva and Shakti. The dances of duality. 

Unlike most hatha yoga traditions popular in the west, Anahata yoga evolved through a lineage outside of the higher priestly castes. Maintaining a tradition devoted to our unique Human Path and journey of individuation.

Your Subconscious

You have a deeper mind, called the subconscious. It is like a hard-drive that stores and connects all your experiences, associations, projections, emotional triggers and unquestioned beliefs. This information influences your behavior, how you think and what you feel. True inner change takes place at this deep and fundamental level of the psyche. Accessing it consciously requires openness to self-inquiry, body connection and a shift in awareness through practices such as meditation, trance, or self hypnosis.

Inner-processing and hypnotherapy sessions facilitate inner transformation and growth through accessing the subconscious mind.

Anahata practices based in yoga psychology offer a holistic system for processing and releasing subconscious patterns through meditation and movement.

Astrology Aligned
with the Real Stars

Sidereal means “determined by the stars” or “star time.”
True Sidereal Astrology aligns with the visible, real sky—the actual positions of the planets in the zodiac as they appear today.

But doesn’t all astrology follow the stars?
Surprisingly, no—and here’s why:

Most Western astrology, known as Tropical Astrology, is based on a fixed sky map from over 2,000 years ago. It doesn’t adjust for the current positions of the stars. Instead, it ties zodiac signs to the 4 seasons of the northern hemisphere—meaning the dates of each sign never change, even though the sky does.

Two thousand years ago, the spring equinox aligned with the constellation Aries. But due to the Earth’s axial wobble (called precession of the equinoxes), that’s no longer the case. Today, the Sun rises in Pisces, not Aries, at the start of spring.

So, if you’ve ever felt like your chart in Tropical Astrology didn’t quite fit—you’re not alone. It may be one or even two signs off from what’s actually happening in the real sky.

Sidereal Astrology brings you back to the stars.
It offers an authentic celestial map—a system aligned with what’s actually overhead. Just like the ancient sky-watchers, we return to observing what’s real and present.

This opens the door to integrating powerful celestial influences of stars like Sirius, the Pleiades, and even the mysterious 13th sign, Ophiuchus. It also creates space for dialogue with indigenous cosmological systems—many of which are deeply rooted in direct sky observation.

A Sidereal reading helps you connect with the wisdom of the real stars—as guiding lights for clarity, self-understanding, and deeper alignment.

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