This article is a synthesis of the Yoga Anatman session of October 29, 2026, a short and gentle morning, suspended between the silence of the body and the vibration of the mantras.
There are mornings when yoga is like a door left ajar. 🌅 You give it the slightest push, and on the other side, something within you is already waiting. That Thursday, the practitioners knew it: only twenty minutes, just a little yoga, and yet so dense that it held everything.
Bernard, Cécile, Francis, Marie-Noël, Prema, Raphaël, Sandrine, Valérie, and all those present on YouTube — each with their blindfold, their strap, their shawl, their mosquito repellent for chaos. 🦋 Trivial details? No. Anchoring rituals. Little doors opening onto the immense.
And then this phrase, breathed out in the very first seconds: “I surrender to the inner yogi, I surrender.” ✨ A phrase which, repeated, stops being a phrase and becomes a state.
When the Body Becomes Prayer
Have you ever wondered what happens when you stop wanting to do the posture, and let it do itself through you? 🌿 That is precisely where the teaching begins. In that narrow gap where the practitioner disappears and something vaster takes over.
Alexandre Anatman does not teach gymnastics. He transmits a passage. A threshold. And that morning, the threshold was called surrender. 🕊️ Surrender to the inner masseur. Surrender to being. Surrender to love.
Get ready: what follows is not just an account. It is an invitation to embody, at home, right now, what the session revealed. 💞
The Morning’s Teaching
No long speeches this Thursday. A short yoga, preparing the psychomagic structures to come. But within that brevity lies a dense, crystalline, almost secret transmission. 🌟
The heart of the teaching: association. Alexandre said it explicitly — associate an altered state of consciousness with a signal (the sound of the bell, a mantra, a breath). Why? Because the human mind works through anchors. 💫
Once the association has been created, a simple sound can, at any point in the day, instantly bring you back to the sacred state of the morning. No need to go through the whole session again. One signal, and you are there.
“Not coming back, for we never left. Consciousness cannot leave, for it is everywhere in the non-localized.”
A dizzying phrase. In a dozen words, it dismantles the whole illusion of separation. 🦋 You have never strayed from consciousness. You do not find it again, you recognize it. An infinite nuance.
The second central teaching: the inner yogi. That entity, that presence, that something within you that knows exactly how to massage you, stretch you, free you. 🕊️ You don’t have to know. You have to yield. To give the order: I surrender. And the rest happens all by itself.
It is a form of radical trust in the intelligence of the body. In the intelligence of the invisible. In the intelligence of the Non-Self acting through you once the ego stops wanting to be in charge. 💖
The third pillar: love by name. Saying “I love you” to each person by their first name. Saying “I love you” to your own body. Saying “forgive me, I forgive you, I forgive myself.” 💞 Abstract love heals nothing. Love that is named, embodied, personal, mends everything.
Finally, a subtle but powerful teaching: adaptation. Each person adapts the postures to how they feel that day. Push-ups or meditation? Frog or a free pose? You choose. 🌱 For Yoga Anatman is not a rigid discipline. It is a living dialogue between you and that within you which knows.
Just a little yoga, Alexandre said. But a little yoga contains the immense when you know how to listen. ✨
Realizations During Yoga Anatman
🎁 This 10-minute excerpt of the session’s realizations (in French) is offered to you by ANATMAN TV.
With the first in-breath, a sound. With the sound, an altered state of consciousness. ✨ Here lies the first realization of the morning: practice does not begin when you move, it begins when you associate. When you link an inner gesture to an outer signal — here, the bell, the breath, the staccato sound through the nose.
And the founding mantra resounds: “I surrender to the inner yogi, I surrender.” 🙏 This is not about performing. It is about yielding. About letting something deeper, something older than the ego, take the reins of the body.
The feet take root. The hands rise. The lower back stretches. 🌱 And already Alexandre asks the question — not rhetorical, not instructional, but intimate: “Do you feel the stretch in your lower back?” It is an invitation to inhabit the body, not to operate it.
“At the same time, there is something that surrenders — inner yogi. If it isn’t stable, well, I contract the muscles, I become even stiffer, and then it becomes easy.”
A luminous paradox: the more you contract the base, the more you can let go at the top. 💫 The firmness of the thighs, calves and glutes creates the verticality that allows everything else to hang free. Like a tree: solid roots, unfettered foliage.
Then comes the right-angle posture — a pivotal moment. The back folds, the hands touch the floor, the knees bend, then straighten on the out-breath. A dialogue between pushing and surrender. Between wanting and allowing. 🌿
The blindfold comes down over the eyes. And here, another realization: voluntary blindness opens another kind of sight. 🦋 When the eyes close, consciousness moves. It sinks into the lumbar spine, climbs back up the vertebral column, journeys into the nape of the neck.
The side bends arrive. Right hand in the air, leaning to the left, elbow rising, massage of the neck and trapezius muscles. And here, Alexandre passes on a major key:
“It is an order you give to the universe, and it creates the inner masseur who will massage you. It is automatic. It is no longer you massaging yourself, it massages itself all on its own.”
Do you hear the distinction? 💖 Between massaging yourself and being massaged by the invisible. Between action and grace. Intention becomes a command, and the body responds from beyond the mind. All the tension drains away. The back of the skull, the cheeks, the jaws — everything melts.
Then the circles with the chin. The heel lifting, the head tipping back to the left, the whole body following the movement. 🌟 Alexandre insists: “Look at everything he has you doing.” The he is the inner yogi. The one who choreographs when you stop choreographing.
Then comes the moment of the individual sounds. Hands in the air, elbow bent, and a cry rising. “I welcome all emotions, I welcome.” ✨ Out loud. Together. For to welcome what rises is already to release it. Let it weep if it weeps. Let it laugh if it laughs. Refuse nothing.
Then the posture of surrender: arms outstretched in a cross and moving backward, head tipped slightly back, thighs contracted. “To life, I love you. I surrender to you. To being, to love, I surrender to you.” 🕊️ A sacred phrase, a key phrase, a phrase that turns the posture into an offering.
The hands come to rest on the lower back. Energy care. You send love — literally, consciously — into the lumbar area. Then the 5 Tibetans posture, lower body taut, upper body stretching backward in complete safety. 💞
The deep territorial OM rings out. 🙏 A sound that plants itself. That roots identity and territory. Not a decorative sound, but a vibratory act that says: I am here, I inhabit this body, I claim this space.
The pelvic circles follow. Then the frog, a posture of deep pelvic opening, accompanied by the breath of fire — continuous inhaling and exhaling through the nose, for three minutes. A fire that cleanses, activates, awakens the energy centers. 🌱
Each person then chooses: push-ups, meditation, staying in the frog, or a free posture to rest. Adaptation reigns. Yoga Anatman imposes nothing, it offers everything.
Lying on your back, hands drawn backward, a sacred dialogue opens up with the physical body:
“To my physical body, I love you. I am sorry. Forgive me. I forgive you everything, and I forgive myself everything.”
Ho’oponopono embodied in the flesh. 💖 How many of us spend our lives holding a grudge against our body? Judging it, forcing it, ignoring it? That morning, each person had the chance to mend this most intimate relationship of all.
Next the legs rise, one at a time, perpendicular, held by the strap. The neck stays relaxed. If it trembles, it trembles. If it pulls, it pulls. You don’t resist the trembling, you welcome it as a sign of release. 🌟
And the heart beats. Strongly. Alexandre invites: “Feel the heart that saves. Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude. I love myself, I love myself.” ✨ A reversal: we usually say I love you to someone else. Here, we begin with ourselves. For the love we give the world is the echo of the love we grant ourselves.
The session closes with the bell — a sacred anchor point. 🕊️ A sound that can, throughout the day, instantly bring you back to the altered state of consciousness. “Not coming back, for we never left. Consciousness cannot leave, for it is everywhere in the non-localized.”
A dizzying phrase. You are already where you think you must go. 💫
Then the ritual of the “I love you” by name. Each first name spoken, each presence honored. Christian, Florence, Lily, Alexandre, Frédérique, Monique, Marie-Elvire, Kevin, Anaïs, Alexis, Guillaume, Vincent, Cécile, Corinne, Francis, Gwendahl, Karine, Marie-Noël, Prema, Raphaël, Valérie, Sandrine, Nadine, and all the anonymous ones on YouTube. 💞 Each one exists. Each one is seen.
The Postures of the Session
🧘 The Suspended Mountain — Tadasana
The posture: standing, feet rooted, calves, thighs and glutes contracted. The hands and arms rise toward the sky, the forearms stretch, the back and head stay very straight. You feel suspended by your hands while your feet push into the ground.
Benefits for the body: strengthens the muscles of the legs and glutes, stretches the spine, improves posture and overall verticality.
🧘 The Backward Neck Bend — Tadasana Variation
The posture: from the vertical, the head gently tips back, gaze toward the sky (blindfold over the eyes). Inhale through the nose without exhaling through the mouth, keeping the hooked thumbs pulled backward.
Benefits for the body: stretches the throat and the front of the neck, opens the rib cage, releases tension in the trapezius muscles and shoulders.
🧘 The Standing Forward Fold — Uttanasana
The posture: the head drops down, the hands come to touch the mat, the knees may bend. On the out-breath, push to straighten the legs as far as you can.
Benefits for the body: deeply stretches the hamstrings and lower back, decompresses the spine, promotes blood flow to the brain.
🧘 The Right-Angle Posture — Ardha Uttanasana
The posture: torso horizontal, back flat, hands resting on the knees. Inhale and exhale deeply while maintaining the alignment.
Benefits for the body: strengthens the back, stretches the hamstrings, loosens the hips and stabilizes the lumbar girdle.
🧘 The Side Bend with Massage — Parsva Tadasana
The posture: one arm rises, the body leans to the opposite side, the heel of the opposite foot lifts. The elbow of the raised arm bends and the hand comes to massage the neck, skull and trapezius muscles.
Benefits for the body: stretches the sides and intercostal muscles, releases cervical tension, makes the spine more supple laterally.
🧘 The Neck Circles — Anatman Movement
The posture: the body leans back to the left, heel lifted, with wide circles of the chin that draw the whole body along. Then change direction.
Benefits for the body: frees the cervical spine, loosens the shoulders and upper back, improves blood circulation to the head.
🧘 The Posture of Surrender — Anatman Movement
The posture: arms outstretched in a cross and gently moving backward, head tipped slightly back, thighs, calves and glutes contracted to secure the lower back.
Benefits for the body: opens the rib cage and shoulders, stretches the psoas, strengthens the posterior chain.
🧘 The 5 Tibetans Posture — Back-Extension Variation
The posture: thighs contracted, lower body taut, stretch backward in complete safety. Hands on the lower back for support.
Benefits for the body: strengthens the lumbar muscles, stimulates the thyroid, opens the chest, energizes the energy centers.
🧘 The Pelvic Circles — Anatman Movement
The posture: knees slightly bent, the pelvis turns in wide circles — front, right, back, left. Then change direction.
Benefits for the body: loosens the hips and pelvis, frees the lumbar spine, eases digestive and pelvic tension.
🧘 The Frog — Mandukasana
The posture: sitting on the heels, knees apart, back and head very straight. Accompanied by the breath of fire: continuous, rapid inhaling and exhaling through the nose for three minutes.
Benefits for the body: deeply opens the hips, stimulates the digestive fire, floods the blood with oxygen, activates the solar plexus.
🧘 Legs Vertical with a Strap — Supta Padangusthasana Variation
The posture: lying on your back, lower back pressed to the floor, one leg rises perpendicular, held by a strap looped under the foot, the forearms pulling. The neck stays completely relaxed.
Benefits for the body: deeply stretches the hamstrings, decompresses the lumbar spine, promotes venous return, calms the nervous system.
🧘 Final Seated Meditative Posture — Sukhasana
The posture: sitting cross-legged, back and head straight, eyes closed beneath the blindfold. Natural breathing, associated with the sound of the bell.
Benefits for the body: loosens the hips, aligns the spine, calms the mind, supports energetic integration.
Not coming back, for we never left. Consciousness cannot leave, for it is everywhere in the non-localized.
It is an order you give to the universe, and it creates the inner masseur who will massage you. It is automatic.
To my physical body, I love you. I am sorry. Forgive me. I forgive you everything, and I forgive myself everything.
Voices from the We
Morning Greetings
The first messages in the chat already carry the vibration of the gathering. Simple hellos, presences making themselves known, a circle taking shape. 🌱
- “hello” — Francis
- “Hello everyone” — Valérie
The Love Flowing at the End
As the session ends, the chat turns into a field of love. Each person leaves their I love you, their gratitude, their flower emojis. 💞 It is the psychomagic act extended: clicking, writing, sending love.
“I love you all” — Cécile
“✨️🕯 Love to you all 🪷💝🌺💞🌸🩷” — MaryAm Christi
“I love you all, have a good day, thank you so much ♥️🙏” — Valérie
Every message is a little bell ringing out. 🕊️ A reminder that the We exists beyond the screen, in this invisible thread woven morning after morning.
Themes: surrender · inner yogi · inner masseur · love · forgiving the body · verticality · non-localized · psychomagic
This article was originally written in French: Yoga Anatman : L’art sacré de s’abandonner au yogi interne
