Ahimsa is interpreted in many ways-which is to be expected since Sanskrit is a language that abounds in many possible meanings for a single word. But fundamentally ahimsa is not causing any harm whatsoever to any being whatsoever, including subhuman species.
How to Improve Your Body, Mind and Spirit By Practicing Hatha Yoga
Hatha yoga is a 5000 year old system that is used to improve the health of your body, mind and spirit. Hatha yoga combines the stretching exercises of the asanas. Breathing techniques and mental concentration are included in hatha yoga.
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Pranayama The Silence Of Breathing
Pranayama, also known as yogic breathing is the method of silencing the breath. Prana has been defined as the air which flows through the body. Pranayama is made up of three parts: controlled inhalations, controlled exhalations and holding of the breath. When you do all three parts, it is called sahita, while doing only the holding breath without the other two is called kevala. You should start with sahita till kevala comes into being. This is a technique that controls all th…
The Best Benefit Of Yoga- Efficiency In Work Is Yoga!
Sometimes, what a voluminous book cannot explain can be explained in a single sentence! It is true about yoga. Yoga is not a mere word; it is a vast subject with many dimensions.
The wise saying goes, Yoga karmasu kaushalam!-which means, Efficiency in work is yoga!
What you do is not important. How you do what you do, is important!
Yoga also means union. What union? Whether union between the body and the mind? Or the mind with the spirit? The traditionally accept…
Understanding the different types of Yoga
Confused about the different types of Yoga? Read this quick guide to find out what’s right for you.
Yoga Clothing – Dressing Down To Dress Up
Yoga is helping people the natural way to ease stress/pain. Beneficial results from practising yoga is peace of mind.
Yoga For The Beginner
One of the amazing things about yoga is that despite the great benefits that it produces, it requires no costs. There is not specific yoga training equipment that one has to use in order to obtain the desired results and there is no such thing as the perfect environment required for practicing yoga.
All this is a direct consequence of the fact that yoga is, more than a practice, a state of mind and a life style. That is why your will, as well as your believes and attitude…
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali An Historical Text
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is a text still used today by many yoga teachers, traditions, and schools. Find out more about its history, and what is contained within it.
Building stronger arms through Yoga
At first glance, most Yoga poses seem more of a feat of flexibility versus being an exercise for increasing strength. Since the strength of the arms is arguably considered the most when assessing brute power, most beginners indeed do wonder if Yoga can strengthen the arms. Yes it can.
Foundations of Yoga, Part 3: Satya (Truthfulness, Honesty)
In the eightfold path of Yoga as laid out by the sage Patanjali, the foundations are “Yama and Niyama”, the “do’s and don’t’s” of spiritual life, without which the structure of Yogic success will not stand. And one of the most important of these is satya, truthfulness, honesty. Read on to see how important this really is.
How To Meditate With A Mantra
These days whenever a politician repeats a promise over and over again commentators say that this promise has become a mantra for that politician. For the journalists, the word mantra means a meaningless phrase that is repeated endlessly. For yogis however, a mantra is a word or collection of words, which has the power of liberating a human being from all limitations.
How can the repetition of a word or a few words have the capacity to bring about such miraculous resul…