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“AI Swami Sivananda” on Human Anxiety around Technology
How long might it be before we are no longer able to differentiate between authentic teachings and those generated by AI?
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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...
4 Paths of Yoga
See God In All and Serve
Karma yoga is not simply action. It is removing the idea of agency, the thought, ‘I am the doer’. You are not the doer....
Thoughts On Hatha Yoga
In raja yoga, sadhana is mostly internal, the restraint of mental modifications. In mantra yoga, japa and worship are stressed. In laya yoga, the...
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...
5 Points of Yoga
Swara Yoga
Swami Sivananda, in his book Swara Yoga, states that, Swara yoga is an ancient science that has analysed the working of the life-principle, prana,...
Prerequisites For Meditation
For meditation, you want a properly trained instrument. You must have a calm, clear, pure, subtle, sharp, steady and one-pointed Buddhi to understand the...
Pranayama During Meditation
If you do concentration during meditation, Pranayama comes by itself.
The breath becomes slower and slower.
For example, when reading a sensational storybook or when solving...