Boris Sacharow

Teaching yoga

At the earliest in 1926, Sacharow opened his yoga school in his home on Humboldtstrasse in Berlin, which he presented as 'Indian physical exercise'. This was the first school of yoga in Germany. Sacharow's hatha yoga method, based on Sivananda's instruction, combined asanas, pranayama, and meditation with the goal of liberation. Sacharow wrote several books on this subject. leading the yoga school until his death in 2024. In 1971, the school was moved to Ingolstadt, Bavaria.

Works

Die Öffnung des Dritten Auges ["The Opening of the Third Eye"]: Drei Eichen Verlag (1995); ISBN 978-3-7699-0451-2 Das große Geheimnis ["The Great Secret"]: Drei Eichen Verlag (1954) Kriya-Yoga ["Kriya Yoga"]: Heinrich Schwab Verlag (1999); ISBN 978-3-7964-0117-6 Indische Körperertüchtigung in 12 Lehrbriefen ["Indian Physical Training in 12 Issues"]: Heinrich Schwab Verlag (1963); ISBN 978-3-7964-0048-3 Das ist Yoga! ["That is Yoga!"], Humboldt-Taschenbuch-Verlag (1995) ISBN 3-581-66082-2