Qi-Yo Multi-Yoga

Qi-Yo Multi-Yoga is a combination of practices that are analyzed and applied in a system, the main objective of which is to give freedom to each practitioner to reprogram, restructure and reinvent himself in order to experience a sense of unity and harmony with the entire universe. As the system allows practitioners to choose those practices that best fit their goals, it allows them to meet ancient wisdom with new consciousness, tradition with modernity and the Self with the Source. It is aimed at helping individuals recognize their creative identity and embrace spirituality in a constantly evolving world. The approach to teaching this type of Yoga is extractional instead of acquisitional (i.e., the process is meant to extract innate wisdom and knowledge from the practitioner instead of providing new information to him).
Founders
Swami Agung is a Yoga and Martial Arts Master from Bulgaria. He currently lives in the U.S.
Ariadne Antahkarana is a teacher, artist, and designer. She holds a B.F.A. in Design from Parsons School for Design, an M.A. degree in Anthropology and Ph.D. in Yoga Education.
Both Agung and Antahkarana travel the world to teach and spread the mission of Qi-Yo.
Origins
Qi-Yo Multi-Yoga is the first system to unite Qi-Gong, Tai Chi and Balinese practices with traditional Vedantic Yoga. The system was conceived by Swami Agung in 1996. Antahkarana met Agung in 2003 in New York and began working with him on the system in September of that year. In 2008, after spending five years pursuing a personal, spiritual exploration, she met with Agung again and began helping him with the final stages of developing the Qi-Yo method. In January 2013, The Yoga Federation, Assist World Records Foundation and the mayor of Pondicherry, India acknowledged it as a form of intergal Yoga.
A typical routine combines breath extension with asana routines, as well as meditation, energy enhancement and cleansing, visualization and chanting techniques to promote total well-being, mental clarity, and inner peace.
Philosophy
Qi-Yo is a form of Theosophical Yoga that transcends the idea of spiritual awakening being attained by practicing Eastern or Western spiritual practices. Instead, it uses a technique of self-discovery called Spiritual Ecology that is neither Eastern nor Western, but universal. Based on the "septenary constitution of man," Qi-Yo maps out a structured "Sevenfold Path to Satvic Awareness" process for each individual who wishes to access the seven energetic bodies or states of existence (physical, energetic or ethereal, astral, mental, causal, intuitive and spiritual). The ultimate goal of the practice, as with all Yoga, is the union of the practitioner's spirit with the Universal or Supreme Spirit.
Qi-Yo Yoga is a recognized form of Yoga within the Multiversal Yoga Society.
Ajna Unity Mat
The Ajna Unity Mat was created by Agung and Antahkarana one day during their Yoga Nidra meditation. While contemplating Nature’s energy patterns, they realized that the rectangular Yoga mats used today are counter-productive to the purpose of Yoga. As energy in nature moves in oval and egg-shaped patterns, one should use an egg-shaped mat when practicing Yoga. Today, this oval mat is used when practicing Qi-Yo.”

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