Studio Iyengar Yoga APS - Torino

05/02/2026

✨“Identify the pavana, the vayu, the prana as internal conative agency, cognitive agency, sensitive agency, awarenessative agency.”

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Prashant ji is not using these terms as simple synonyms for breath/wind. He is attributing different qualities of awareness and agency to each.
Prashant ji seems to be describing breath as a multi-layered intelligent system:�Pavana - Internal Conative Agency
* Conative comes from conation = the will, the desire to act, the drive
* Pavana (the purifier) is the breath as an internal willful, purposeful force that drives action from within
* It acts without external instruction - self-motivated
Vāyu - Cognitive Agency
* Cognitive = relating to knowledge, understanding, perception
* Vāyu is the breath as a knowing force - it carries intelligence and discernment
* It perceives and understands
Prāṇa - Sensitive Agency
* Sensitive = relating to sensation, feeling, receptivity
* Prāṇa is the breath as a feeling, receptive force - it senses and responds
* It is alive to experience
This mirrors classical philosophy’s distinction between sensation → cognition → volition
The Deeper Teaching:

Prashantji is asking students to move beyond simply doing breathing exercises mechanically. Instead, he’s inviting them to recognize breath as a multi-layered intelligent system with:

- Its own internal wisdom (pavana)
- Its own cognitive capacity (vāyu)
- Its own awareness (prāṇa)

This connects beautifully to what you mentioned earlier about the “you-ers”

(See note in Prashant Ji prāṇāyāma III 2026-1-23) -

the idea that the body/breath/mind systems are themselves doers with their own intelligence, rather than the ego trying to control everything.

*notes by Maria Paola Grilli with AI support

02/02/2026

✨“In Yoga, it is very important to understand the you-ers. The beginners are not aware of it. They think everything has to be done by oneself.

That “I should do”, “I should do”, “I should be doing everything”. But more importantly, you-ers has to be doing it. Basically, body system, breath system, mind system.”

Prashant Ji prāṇāyāma III 2026-1-23

*You-ers it’s a neologism.* Prashantji could be making a deliberate play on words to contrast:
• “I” or “I-ers” = the ego-self that thinks “I should do everything”
• “You-ers” = the systems/parts of yourself that you address as “you” (like talking to your body, breath, mind as separate entities)
In yogic practice, there’s a shift from:
• Ego identification: “I am doing this” (the sense of personal doership)
• Witnessing stance: Recognizing that “you” (body/breath/mind) are doing it while “I” (awareness/witness) observe
Prashantji is saying: instead of the ego (“I”) trying to force everything, let the “you-ers” (the various systems you can address as “you”) do their natural work.

*notes by Maria Paola Grilli

24/01/2026

✨Today we want our yoga to be good for body-ology. Body should be healthy, we want psychologists. Psychology is the surface of the mind which is like a tip of an iceberg.
What is the tip of the iceberg and what is the iceberg?

So that psychological mind is the tip of the mind-berg. Psychological mind is the tip of the mind-berg and there is a huge body under it composed of Kleśas and Vāsanās and timeless mind.

So it is a mind-berg, the whole mind is mind berg and psychological mind is only the tip of the iceberg, which you feel “I am happy, I am delighted, I am depressed, I am excited” this is tip of the mind.
All these mood swings are in the tip of the mind, tip of the mind-berg, while Patanjali refers to citta which is the whole of the mind-berg.


Prashant Ji prāṇāyāma III 2026-1-16

22/01/2026

Inter-dependence in the reality of the Universe. It is under the principle of inter-dependence. Nowhere independence.

It is the human being who is fighting for independence and that’s why we have created chaos in cosmos. Animals are not looking to be independent and that’s why we have spoiled the nature. We have interfered with the nature.

So we have created some chaos in cosmos because we want independence. Independence is not the principle of reality under universal management. It is interdependence.

*Prashant Ji Pranayama III 2026-1-16

19/01/2026

" L’ESPERIENZA DELLA CONOSCENZA
La dimensione intellettuale, la ricerca spirituale e la pratica della consapevolezza, tra Oriente e Occidente "

Ciclo interdisciplinare ed interculturale di incontri ( 1 Conferenza + 4 Seminari )
tra estetica e neuroscienze, arte e filosofia, tradizioni classiche e cultura contemporanea.

Temi e confronti dalle tradizioni della Cina, dell’India e del Giappone,
in dialogo con il linguaggio scientifico e la cultura filosofica dell’Occidente.

Conferenza :

30 GENNAIO 2026 - ore 17,30
Sede: PALAZZO DUCALE - Sala del Minor Consiglio (Piazza Matteotti - Genova)

“ DALL'ALBERO DI BUDDHA AL SILENZIO DELLO ZEN
L'esperienza del momento nell'intensità della quiete “

Relatore: Alberto de Simone
( Direttore del CELSO Istituto di Studi Orientali Dipartimento Studi Asiatici e Docente di Estetica Interculturale e Teoria delle Arti al Master in Studi Orientali e Interculturali Rimini-Urbino, alla Scuola Superiore di Filosofia Orientale e Comparativa di Rimini, all’Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti e al Dipartimento di Studi Asiatici - CELSO Istituto di Studi Orientali di Genova )

INGRESSO LIBERO
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Seminari :

7 FEBBRAIO 2026 ( online / orario: 10-12 / 13-15 )
“ LA CONOSCENZA COME PRATICA DI PRESENZA
Tra filosofia e neuroscienze, sensazione e interpretazione del mondo “
Docente: Andrea De Giorgio
( Neuroscienziato, membro della Federations of European Neuroscience Society e della British Neuroscience Association. Già docente Università di Ostrava - Czech Republic, Università di Torino, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore di Milano. Docente di Psicologia fisiologica e delle emozioni all’Università degli Studi eCampus )

7 MARZO 2026 ( online / orario: 10-12 / 13-15 )
“ YOGASUTRA, OLTRE LA ‘PRATICA’
Sulla cinetica somatica degli otto Anga "
Docente: Federico Squarcini
( L.M. Universitat, Munchen - Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia - Docente di Religioni e Filosofie dell’India, Forme dei rapporti tra Oriente e Occidente, Filosofia e Storia delle idee in Sud-Asia )

18 APRILE 2026 ( online / orario: 10-12 / 13-15 )
“ LA VIA DELL'ACQUA CHE SCORRE
Ricerca e pratica del Dao nella cultura cinese “
Docente: Emanuela Patella
( Direttore Scientifico della Sezione Linguistica Dipartimento Studi Asiatici del CELSO, Docente di Lingua e Cultura Cinese e Religioni e Filosofie dell’Asia al Dipartimento di Studi Asiatici - CELSO Istituto di Studi Orientali di Genova e già all’Università degli Studi di Genova )

9 MAGGIO 2026 ( online / orario: 10-12 / 13-15 )
“ INCORPORARE LA CONOSCENZA
Sull’inscindibilità di teoria e prassi nel mondo ascetico brahmanico “
Docente: Gianni Pellegrini
( Docente di Filosofie e Religioni dell’India e dell’Asia Centrale e di Lingua e Letteratura Sanscrita all’Universita’ degli Studi di Torino. Docente del Master in Yoga Studies dell’Universita’ Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. )

Cura e direzione scientifica:
CELSO Istituto di Studi Orientali - Dipartimento Studi Asiatici

In collaborazione con:
PALAZZO DUCALE - Fondazione per la Cultura

Per informazioni : info@celso.org

19/01/2026

🙏🏻It is that time of the year when we, the students of RIMYI, come together to celebrate our beloved Institute.

✨As part of the 51st Annual Day celebrations, Abhijata Iyengar will be continuing the Inner-Active session on Saturday, 24th January 2026. We warmly invite you to join us on this special evening.

👉Session Details:
Inner-Active Session with Abhijata Iyengar (continued)
Date: Saturday, 24th January 2026
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm (IST)
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Meeting ID: 960 2559 2012
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🎬Please note that this session will be recorded and will later be made available on our official YouTube channel, “Iyengaryoga Official.”

🙏🏻We look forward to your presence as we celebrate 51 years of RIMYI together.

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15/01/2026

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12/01/2026

✨“We all have got into the mesh of technical process from a teacher and that’s why we don’t understand importance of experience, importance of observing, sensing, feeling, cognizing, knowing and we are just engaged in doing. When techniques are given we just are engaged in doing it.”

Prashant Ji Pranayama III 2026-1-09

07/01/2026

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“Una delle cause delle nostre miserie è che noi viviamo seguendo l’esempio altrui e, invece di regolarci secondo ragione, ci lasciamo trascinare dalla consuetudine. Se fossero pochi a fare una cosa, noi non avremmo voglia di imitarli; ma una volta che s’è generalizzata una moda, la seguiamo, nella convinzione che una cosa diventi onorevole se è fatta da molte persone. Così per noi l’errore prende il posto dell’azione retta quando è diventato l’errore di tutti.”

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05/01/2026

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