DeRose Culture

“The DeRose Method is a proposal of life style coaching with emphasis on a good quality of life, good manners, good human relations, good culture, good nourishment and good shape. Some of our tools are breathing re-education, stress management, physical techniques that improve muscular tonus and flexibility, procedures to the advancement in relaxation and mental concentration. All of that ultimately aiming at the expansion of lucidity and self-knowledge.” Master DeRose

SwáSthya Yôga, which is a part of DeRose Method, is based on the Tantra and the Sámkhya ancient traditions, from the pre-classical period of Yôga. It uses knowledge and techniques that are more than 5000 years old. Its proposal is not therapeutic, and its practice is neither mystical nor spiritualist. Its lineage is naturalistic, technical, sensorial and non-repressive. Its orthodox Sanskrit designation is Dakshinacharatantrika-Niríshwarasámkhya Yôga.

The purpose of the initial stage of the method is to prepare the student for the evolutionary process that happens in the later stages, samádhi, or hyperconsciousness. The result of the initial preparation is strengthening of the biological structure, increase of vitality and increased awareness.

SwáSthya has three main characteristics: it is an extremely complete practice that has eight parts; it introduces to the students the general rules of execution; and finally the student executes the techniques (ásanas, mudrás, bandhas, etc.) which unfold as linked sequences or choreographies.

Choreographies

One of the most important characteristics of Swásthya Yôga, the Ancient Yôga, is the choreographic progression of the techniques. The instructors structure their classes so that the student executes passages between every technique, creating a harmonious chain throughout the practice.

It resembles a dance, since the creator of Yôga, Shiva, was a dancer who was immortalized in mythology with the title of Natarája (Lord of the Dancers).

DeRose: author of expressive work

DeRose is a writer and an educator, committed with several subjects including philosophy, behaviour, good manners, cooking, as well as literary fiction. He has written more than 20 books which are published in several countries and languages; and has sold over a million copies.

DeRose´s works re-educate his readers, inspiring them to become better human beings, politer, more cultured, more travelled, more refined. He suggests a behavioural revolution within their families, partners, friends, with their subordinates and towards the other. He also recommends that latent conflicts be solved politely, without confrontation. He teaches breathing re-education, postural re-education, nourishment re-education, hence providing a cultural and social background.