Socrates says: "The sun is in everyone, you just have to make it shine". How can we make this sun shine? A Korean Zen master would say: "I don't know". Not knowing was his method. We also want to try not to know during our yoga days. We want to empty our minds instead of filling them with new thoughts. One method of cultivating our not-knowing is yoga, another method is Zen meditation.
Yoga with Ben is a mixture of Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Yin Yoga, and Qi Gong. Flexibility is worked on by stretching and stabilising the body, with calmness and lightness.
During zazen, the conscious silence of Zen meditation is realised and we concentrate on a simple, traditional method for clearing the mind.
About Ben
Ben Rakidzija is a travelling yoga teacher and writer who lives in various European countries. He has a Master's degree in Philosophy, is internationally recognised as a yoga teacher and has practised with Zen masters such as Shodo Harada Roshi (Japan) and Ryushin Paul Haller (USA/Ireland). Ben offers both private and public classes in studios, hotels, and retreat centres. As well as teaching yoga, he is the author of novels and plays and the founder of the European literary festival Lit.EU. His classes are open to practitioners of all ages. – "May all beings be happy and free!"
