Berlin Off the Beaten Path Tips by JourneyOf1

Yoga houses are popping up all over Berlin as there is a great movement among 20 and 30 somethings and others also, to study esoteric, spiritualist, and new age ways of life in order to achieve greater harmony.

The house I was introduced into is the Deutsch Akademie fur Traditionelles Yoga at Wartburgstr. 6, 10823 Berlin. The type of yoga offered is Tantra Yoga. Also at this location there are often seminars specializing in self-improvement, women's issues, and relationships. Other types offered are Hatha-Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Bhakti-Yoga, Ayurveda and Kasmir Sivaismus.

This particular house is a combination of living space, meditational rooms for exercise classes, kitchen and bathroom facilities and a storefront. There are regular instructor/leaders who live at the property all the time as well as those members who spend one week of every month living at the house. It's communal living at its spiritual finest. Everyone is very friendly and loving as they strive towards spiritual enlightenment. Just walk in anytime if you are passing by in the neighborhood and get a flyer to know what times they meet.

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Phone: 30 780 01 733
Website: www.traditionelles-yoga.de

Berlin is a huge city, 3.5 million odd people I believe within its boundaries, but just outside the borders you will still find numerous small villages in certain areas. Many of the young people of these towns must-needs have moved into the city to work, or simply did not like the quieter lifestyle of the countryside and came into the big city. Smaller towns are losing ground, many houses stand empty or abandoned partially fallen down. Some even from damage of WWII or before. Many of these properties can be bought for little money to be renovated.

My friend Andreas has such a house. Its owner simply was tired of it and moved into the city. The former owner left all of his possessions, even family photos and children's toys, grandfather clocks and books, simply left them and asked that they be cared for. This is rather an unusual case, but these "off the beaten path" areas can still be interesting. Sitting in someone's front parlour having tea or a beer. We had simply been walking down the street and invited in by an old woman who just wanted to talk, reminiscence about the past, people now gone, children, family. A little sad, but still rich in character. Outside the borders of the city of Berlin, you can find many such places.

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