Terms & Conditions

Last updated : 28/02/2024
By using this website you are agreeing to these Terms & Conditions of use.
You are also consenting to the Privacy Policy.

GENERAL

This website is owned and operated by ESTU (company number 0715.887.021 registered in Belgium), Prana Estu Nibbering. These Terms & Conditions apply to the general use of this website and the services and items provided therein.

You must be at least sixteen years of age to use this website. Use of this website is at your own risk. This website is hosted on a reputable platform in Europe and we take reasonable efforts to maintain and host the site. However, we make no explicit representations or warranties as to the safety of your individual use of the website. The Terms & Conditions contained on this page is subject to change at any time. Please view it regularly.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOTICE

All images, text, designs, graphics, trademarks, video (files), audio (files) and service marks are owned by and property of ESTU or the properly attributed party. You may use our intellectual property with clear and obvious credit back to this website, as well as links back to the page where the materials, designs, images, text, quote or post is located when it is appropriate to do so. However, you may never claim any of our intellectual property as your own or your unique creation, even with attribution.

YOUR COMMUNICATIONS

Any communications made through the blog comments or other related pages is not held privileged or confidential and is subject to viewing by fellow members. For more information on when and how we store and use your communications or any data provided by you in those communications, please refer to the Privacy Policy.
We’ve done our best to provide secure channels of communication regarding private sessions and we limit the amount of personal data required for booking a session. We will not share your personal data related to your private session unless we are required to do so by law. We may however share anonymous information related or collected through your private session to peers and publicly on this website and social media. Your personal data (form of personal identification) will always be removed from this anonymous information unless we have your explicit permission not to do so.

DISCLAIMERS

This website and related materials are provided for educational and informational use only. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless this website, Prana Estu and company for any direct or indirect loss or conduct incurred as a result of your use of this website, website information and any related communications, including as a result of any consequences incurred from technological failures such as a payment processor error(s) or system failure(s).
While we may reference certain results, outcomes or situations on this website, you understand and acknowledge that we make no guarantee as to the accuracy of third party statements or the likelihood of success for you as a result of these statements or any other statements anywhere on this website. If you have medical questions, you should always consult a medical professional respectively. We disclaim any and all responsibility for any actions or omissions you choose to make as a result of using this website, related materials, products, courses or other materials on this website.
This website is updated on a regular basis and while we try to make accurate statements in a timely and effective manner, we cannot guarantee that all materials and related media are entirely accurate, complete or up to date. You acknowledge and understand that any information or knowledge you gain as a result of using this website is used at your own risk and responsibility. If you should see any errors or omissions and would like to let us know, please email us at info@openanahata.com.

AFFILIATES

This site may use affiliate links to sell certain products or services. We disclaim any and all liability as a result of your purchase through one of these links. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you when and where we have placed affiliate links in addition to this disclaimer. You accept express liability for any and all consequences or benefits of clicking the affiliate links contained on this website or related communications.

TERMINATION

If at any time we feel you have violated these Terms & Conditions, then we shall terminate your use of this website and any related communications as we deem appropriate. It is within our sole discretion to allow any user’s access of this website, and we may revoke this access at any time without notice, and if necessary, block your IP address from further visits to our site(s).

REFUNDS, SHIPPING AND PAYMENT COLLECTION

We value your investment seriously, and we appreciate when you take our investment of time and resources into  creating this platform and services seriously too. we are happy to work with each customer until they are fully satisfied.

Digital Downloads : We do not offer refunds for digital downloads or virtual shop products.

Physical Items : We allow returns for refunds if the item is shipped back within 21 days of purchase. Items must be returned in their original packaging in their original condition. If an item is not received back in this condition, we reserve the right to offer you store credit instead of a refund, or ship the item back to you for you to keep, at our discretion. Shipping costs will not be refunded. All import and customs tax are the buyer’s responsibility. Return shipping costs are the buyer’s responsibility. Contact us at info@openanahata.com to request a refund.

Live Classes, Courses + Workshops : Once you have participated in a private session or group session, you are required to pay and this payment is non-refundable.
You receive a full refund if cancelled 48hours (or more) prior to the session. Less than 48 hours cancellation, you will receive 50% back from the class, course or workshop fee.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

When you register with this website or make any purchases, you will be asked to consent to the Privacy Policy. If you have consented, or once you do consent, the terms of the Privacy Policy together with these Terms & Conditions, the information contained herein constitutes the entire agreement between site users and ESTU relating to the use of this website.

When you book online private sessions, classes, courses or workshops the terms of the Client Agreement together with the Privacy Policy and these Terms & Conditions constitutes the entire agreement between clients and Prana Estu regarding the use of the services.

SEVERABILITY

If any part of these Terms & Conditions or the Privacy Policy is deemed unlawful and/or unenforceable, all other provisions contained herein will remain in full force and effect.

LEGAL DOMICILE

Belgian right is applicable. Legal domicile for legal issues is the regional court in Antwerp.

CONSENT

By using this website, you hereby consent to the Terms & Conditions of use.

If you require any more information or have any questions about the Terms & Conditions of website use, or the Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by email at info@openanahata.com.

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.

The inner-processing and hypnotherapy private 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. Meditation is more than mindfulness, it is a creative process of releasing deep mental imprints and consciously growing new perception.

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the sky, as it is

2000 years ago the constellations in the sky matched the seasons. The Sun rose in Aries (the first sign of the zodiac) during the first day of spring. But since then, the stars have changed position due to something known as the ‘precession of the equinoxes’. Today when you look at the sky on the first day of spring, the Sun rises in a different zodiac sign : Pisces.

Most western astrology uses ‘tropical astrology’ which was developed 2000 years ago and is based on the seasons and sun (spring starting with Aries) and NOT what is really happening in the stars and sky now (spring starting in Pisces). There is now a growing difference of one to two zodiac signs between tropical western astrology and the real, visible sky.

Sidereal astrology observes and uses the visible sky and the location of the planets in the stars (zodiac) as they really are NOW. Connecting with the luminaries in the sky for guidance the way the ancients did more than 2000 years ago.

This means that a Sidereal Astrology reading can include the energetic influences of stars such as Sirius, the Pleiades and the powerful 13th zodiac, Ophiacus. In ancient times, these star energies have guided our connection to cosmic consciousness and awakening.

Sidereal means ‘determined by the stars’ or ‘star time’.

~ Your birth chart is calculated using the 13 zodiacs (including the Ophiucus star sign), the true variation in sizes of the zodiac constellations (visible sky) and the placidus house system (12 equal houses which represent earth time).

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