If you pledge allegiance

to one thing

let it be to love

heart gratifications
mind revelations

allegiance of love is activism of the heart.

it is a revolution of faith.

it is a movement of love.

it is remembering who we really are.

it is a commitment to living beyond the mind.

ALLEGIANCE TO LOVE

If you pledge allegiance 

To one thing 

Let it be to love

Pledge to hold the 

Space beyond thought

Sacred 

Airing that room daily

Putting a rose on its altar 

Or maybe even two 

Promise you’ll return here 

Over and over again 

Even so on days 

Where your mind urges you not to 

Tells you you’ve got more important things to do 

This 

Is of greatest importance, my love.

If you pledge allegiance 

To one thing 

Let it be to love 

To the fullest emptiness 

Beyond colours and forms 

The place that can hold 

Duality in one 

Will you pledge to 

The sound of stillness 

Over any sweet temptations

That your mind whispers?

Come and pledge to 

Be courageous, too 

To meet any shapes

That fear has made 

To dissolve them 

Into the ocean 

Of your heart

Oh, sweet alchemy.

I know, my dear, 

It seems like a long 

Way home 

Asking for tapas 

And patience to come along 

But don’t you dare 

Give up on that beautiful heart!

When all it wants is 

That you pledge allegiance 

- Allegiance to love. 

WAYS TO PRACTICE

TANTRA HATHA YOGA

MOVE YOUR ENERGY HEART-WAY

PRANAYMA

BREATHE TO FEEL

MEDITATION ON THE HEART

MEDITATE ON YOUR HEART

CHANT THE HOLY NAMES

MANTRA CHANTING

WRITING PROMPTS

LET YOUR HEART SPEAK

TANTRA HATHA YOGA

Is a slow, yet deep yoga asana practice. With up to four minutes holds in the single hatha asanas, one gets to experience what is happening on all levels: physically, energetically, emotionally and mentally. A moment of integration and neutrality after each asana gives the chance to feel its effects. The sequence is designed due to the flow of energy, working with the different chakras. Focus is sublimation of energies, bringing them up to Anahata chakra.

PRANAYAMA

Starting at the foundation, correcting potentially reversed breathing patterns. Establishing a full yogic breath. Later on expanding into stronger breathing techniques and breath holds. Pranayma for creating energy and widening consciousness.

MEDITATION

On the (spiritual) heart. With Hridaya meditation techniques of blowing on the embers of the heart, meditating on the pauses in between breaths, reciting the prayer of the heart. Self-inquiry through asking the question “Who am I” after Ramana Maharshi. The spiritual heart cave as a entry point into deeper dimensions beyond the self.

CHANTING

“Chanting the holy names is a divine medicine that heals the wounds of the heart and soothes the troubled mind. It is a path of grace and beauty, leading to the feet of the Beloved.” - Anandamayi Ma - Chanting accompanied by the sound of the Harmonium.

JOURNALING

Unfiltered, raw outpour from the heart into the hand onto the paper. Skipping the potentially critical instance of the mind. Not writing for outcome, but writing with the intention to connect to current truth that’s alive in oneself.

Stella Mahler

THE FACE BEHIND IT

Stella is a German yoga teacher, poet and mystic. Having lived in the southwestern Algarve Portugals the last eight years, she now recently moved to Zürich.

From a young age on Stella asked larger-than-life questions - and still is exploring to this day. Her slow life by the coast gave her the opportunity to deeply explore the connection to land, ocean, animals, the elements without and within - as well as the relation to self, mind, body, breath, other humans and afterall - God. Her approach of learning - and teaching - is intuitive, from the inside-out and with great sensitivity and depth.

Her studies in the field of Yoga and related disciplines are ongoing. She’s studied Tantra Hatha with Radasi from Satya Loka School and Shiva Om Lineage. She’s studied Breathwork with Michael Bilker from Yogalap. She’s studied Meditation and Kirtan with Hridaya Yoga. And she studies Ayurveda with Hale Pule School.

Having taught yoga for the last six years as her main profession, her signature class ‘tantra hatha yoga’ represents this exploration of the self, the elements and the Divine. It is a embodied self-inquiry and most interesting for those who too are curious about the spiritual dimension of yoga.

Allegiance to love is her latest heart project, which was born after 10 days in silence and meditation. It combines spirituality, body and activism.

  • "A yoga class with Stella is an experience of self, a return to what matters and a journey of expansion. She offers context and grounded yogic wisdom - her practice is deep and layered, not surface level. I love how safe and held I feel in her hands, how perfectly guided and encouraged, from beginning to end. I always leave feeling connected to my body and my joyful heart, nurtured and relaxed, at peace and inspired. I highly recommend working with Stella, her energy can only uplift you!” - Iris, facilitator

  • "As I've taken a week to process and integrate my experience with Stella's tantra class. I want to take this moment to acknowledge and honor you. Thank you for being at service for us even when we are having life challenges. This is a reflection and true testimony to your community to us, community and humanity. You have provided me the space and container for me to connect to my star family, ancestors and guides to help me through a very challenging time of my life. Being alone in another country post surgery, your class made me come back home back into my heart. Keep sharing your wisdom, medicine and love to the world!" - Trungles, entrepreneur

  • "Stella is a truly special yoga teacher. Really. I’m so grateful that I had the chance to attend her classes. Instead of being “Instagrammable,” her teaching offers deeply valuable Hatha yoga — for the body, but above all for the soul. Stella inspires and shares her beautiful knowledge, experience, and energy in a very honest and genuine way. A wholehearted recommendation! Especially for those who haven’t had convincing experiences with yoga so far, and for anyone who wants to explore a new, deeper level of yoga" - Celine, kite instructor

  • "As a yoga teacher myself and someone who has been practicing for many years, I was very curious about Stella’s yoga path — Tantra Yoga. I was especially touched by her clear presence and her loving way of guiding the practitioners. She has the ability to energetically hold and lead even large groups, and she offered me a wonderful introduction to Tantra Yoga, its powerful asanas, and their deeper background. Her meditation guidance led me into great depth. In this, Stella is particularly gifted, as she herself embodies a deep spirituality and inner depth. Over the past weeks, I also had the chance to experience her mantra recitations accompanied by the harmonium — from sound into silence, truly beautiful. I can feel that everything she shares is authentic and genuinely lived by her." - Gabriele, yoga teacher

  • "Stella is truly one of a kind. Not only does her yoga practice feel deeply authentic, it is also guided with grace and sensitivity. The class I had with Stella was so beautiful, heart-opening, and held with so much care. The space she created allowed us to truly soften, breathe, and reconnect with ourselves. I will never forget it." - Caroline, yoga teacher

  • "The Tantra Yoga class with Stella was deeply relaxing and very healing. In a mindful and safe atmosphere, I was able to slow down and reconnect with myself. Stella teaches with great presence, a beautiful flow, and a lot of sensitivity. Highly recommended." - Hedi, yoga teacher

WHY?

faith needs a makeover. to be taken out of churches with old white man preaching, to be taken out of spiritual new age circles of healers and to be brought home, to the kitchen table, to every day life, to you. living in faith means reconnecting with the light within you, it means learning to bathe your mind in love instead of fear, it means to come into upmost trust of the divine orchestration of life. the entry point is your heart.