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What Do the Shastras Say About Diet?
Ancient shastras including the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Upanishads emphasize this fact: ‘You are what you eat’. However, the...
Asanas For Proper Digestion And Elimination
One of the most prevalent problems that besets society today is one of poor digestion and elimination. With our washed-out, highly-refined laboratory foods, there...
Proper Breathing
The practice of pranayama, (yama in this context in Sanskrit means control) involves both the extension and suspension of breath, the regulation of the...
4 Paths of Yoga
Attachment
What is the cause of all problems, individual as well as universal? The root from which everything spreads out? It is attachment.
Attachment is the...
Practical Lessons in Yoga
The book by Swami Sivananda entitled “Practical Lessons in Yoga” consists of twelve easy lessons for the yoga aspirant.
1 - The First Lesson deals...
Understanding Karma
UNDERSTANDING NATURE
Every person should have a comprehensive understanding of nature's laws, and their operations. Then they can live in this world smoothly and happily....
5 Points of Yoga
Questions On The Practice Of Asanas and Pranayama
QUESTIONS ON THE PRACTICE OF ASANAS AND PRANAYAMA
Q: Is it advisable to practise asanas and pranayama without a proper guide?
A: Beginners can practise a...
What is Hatha Yoga?
HATHA YOGA:
Hatha Yoga relates to the combination of pranayama (breath work), asanas (postures), bandhas (lock of vital energy) and mudras (sacred, symbolic gestures).
The word...
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Samadhi or blissful divine experience arises when the Ego and the Mind are dissolved.
Samadhi is a state to be attained by one’s own effort....