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  1. How to remove this thorn?

    Self effort. First we should notice the cause of sadness. Why are you upset? You are upset because things are not perfect, or people are not perfect, or you are not perfect. Only these three things can make you upset. You should keep some space for impe ...
  2. Which are the qualities that yoga can help you develop in order to become a more responsible person towards yourself and others?

    I just explained it. Yoga can definitely make you more responsible, because it creates more energy and enthusiasm in you.When do you not like to take responsibility? When you are tired and stressed. If you have taken care of these two issues and y ...
  3. When a child is between 3-months and 3-years, he is not conditioned by any societal systems because he is natural. How do we get rid of conditioning?

    When you go to the root cause of conflicts, you will find that it is stress, mistrust, and fear of the other. Yoga helps you get over all the three. Fear of the other vanishes, because you have broadened awareness, broadened consciousness. You feel ever ...
  4. My yoga teacher told me that, things that happen to you always reflect your inner state. My question is, can you transmit the same philosophy to the level of a group? Things that are happening to certain countries would reflect what’s inside of them?

    Yes, we reflect the society and society reflects what we are. In a broader sense, yes. But when the tension is building up, the group fear begins there. Mob psychology is very much comparable to an individual reflection of what people are feeling. I am ...
  5. The whole commercialization of yoga is making it lose its original purpose, which is spirituality.

    Commercialization has to do with people and not with yoga. Wherever there are people and there are arrangements to be done, commerce becomes a part of it. But if yoga is denied to people because they do not have money, I would say that is wrong. ...
  6. I have never done yoga in my life? What is yoga? Is it a meditation? Is it different postures of the body? If that is so, what are the scientific linkages between those things and what happens inside which leads to such dynamic effects in the form of resolution of conflict and giving us peace of mind?

    First, I would like to refute your first statement that you have never done yoga in your whole life. You have done it as a baby, but you don’t know it. Not a single child on this planet has grown up without doing yoga.Babies, when they sleep ...
  7. Empowered By Yoga

    (Below is a continuation of the post The 'Yoga' Way) I have never done yoga in my life? What is yoga? Is it a meditation? Is it different postures of the body? If that is so, what are the scientific linkages between those things and what happens inside wh ...
  8. The 'Yoga' Way

    (As a curtain raiser event to celebrate the International Day of Yoga on June 21, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was invited to speak on yoga and conduct a meditation session. The event titled "The Yoga Way" was organised by the Indian embassy in Brussels in ...