Author Archives: Ziva Kinrot

The 40th Annual Convention of the European Union of Yoga takes place August 18-23 in Zinal. I will be giving four lectures around the theme of the event: Attention, Awareness, Awakening. The lectures are based on my studies with Paul Harvey, core texts and my studies of the Hebrew tradition. Attention, Awareness, Awakening Continuous quality […]

Paul Harvey, Israel, February 2007 Ziva Kinrot and I first met in 1995 at the European Union of Yoga Federations Annual Congress in Zinal, Switzerland. I was there teaching Yoga as a guest of the Federation (EUFNY) and Ziva was there representing Yoga in Israel as President of The Israeli Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA). It […]

The use of Hebrew as our spoken language makes the teaching of Yoga in Israel unique, as this is the language in which the Bible was written. In my teaching, I have chosen to present ideas and phrases from ancient Jewish sources in order to add a dimension to the understanding of spiritual development. I […]

An Interview with Paul Harvey, Tel-Aviv, Israel By: Anat Messing Photography: Guy Raivitz “Chaim Acherim” – The Israeli magazine for alternative medicine and spirituality Issue 114, 2006 www.altlife.co.il Had I met Paul Harvey in the street I would have thought “what a nice man, maybe an electrician, veterinarian or shop owner”. Had I heard him […]

Yoga arrived to the shores of Palestine through European immigrants who had experienced yoga in their home countries. The first yogini who taught in Tel Aviv was Regina Kolitz, from a Lithuanian Hassidic family, who had studied yoga in Berlin and came to the country in 1935. In later years, she was the author of […]