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Tapas

Tapas is one of the Niyamas, or observances of Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga/Raja Yoga. Generally translated into English, Tapas is austerity. Tapas has various implied meanings: internal...

Kriya Yoga Sadhana

Practical investigation led the Sages to conclude that Prana and Mind are interdependent in their functional abilities. As long as one remains uncontrolled, 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...

A Jnani is the Greatest Bhakta

Bhagavan Sri Sankaracharya defines Bhakti as devotion unto Atman. You cannot entirely separate Bhakti from Jnana. When Bhakti matures, it becomes transmuted into Jnana....

Niyama and Santosha

Supreme happiness is obtained through contentment. The observances of yoga are the practice of internal and external purity, contentment, mortification, study of scriptures, and worship...

Understanding the Sivananda Yoga Asana Sequence

Have you wondered why the 12 basic asanas in the Sivananda sequence are practiced in the order they are? There is a lot of deep...

Introduction to The Science of Relaxation

Introduction Life has become very complex in these days. The struggle for existence is very acute and keen. There is very keen competition in every...

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...

The Six Tastes of Ayurveda

“As is the food, so is the mind”, so goes a Hindi proverb. Our lives are shaped by our diet. In many of the...