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Padmasana (Lotus Pose) Steps and Benefits

Padma = Lotus, asana = posture or pose or position Pronounced: Pa-dah-maa-sun-aa Padmasana or Lotus position is a cross-legged yoga posture which helps deepen meditation by calming the mind and alleviating various physical ailments. A regular practice of ...

Experiencing Thoughtlessness

Patanjali Yoga Sutra Knowledge Sheet 44 Contd. from knowledge sheet 43 (I Sutra 47) “Nirvachara vaisharadye adhyatma prasadaha” N irvichara = thoughtless, a state of being hollow and empty; vaisharadye = undisturbed pure flow; adhyatma = spiritual; prasad ...

You have to take a step!

Patanjali Yoga Sutra Knowledge Sheet 74 Contd. from knowledge sheet 73 I will tell you another Mullah story. Mullah Nasruddin used to grumble all the time. He was a farmer and so he would grumble that there were no rains for many years. He would say, “Oh, ...

Being unconditionally happy is a practice

Patanjali Yoga Sutra Knowledge Sheet 73 Contd. from knowledge sheet 72 Santosha: contentment, happiness is the second niyama. Happiness again is an attitude. If you are used to being unhappy, even in the best of situation you will still grumble and be unh ...

How to become mindful naturally

In today’s busy world multitasking is the order of the day. We drive down to work, attending calls and planning our day. We come back home and eat dinner watching TV, supervising our kids’ homework. In this rush to accomplish various tasks somewhere we ar ...

Without Love, Spiritual Path Becomes Dry

Patanjali Yoga Sutra Knowledge Sheet 54 Contd. from knowledge sheet 53 Without love, self-study becomes ‘another day’ stuff. Without surrender, self-study is not charming. Do you see what I am saying? Without devotion, without love, the spiritual path bec ...

Yoga Keeps Your Heart healthy

For more than a decade now, every 29th of September has been celebrated as ‘World Heart Day’ to raise awareness against heart related diseases. However, the latest survey conducted by a private company with a sample size of more than 1,12,000 over urban c ...

Yoga for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Everyone has pleasant or unpleasant experiences in life that impact our mind and body. In what passes for a relatively normal existence today, more and more people are experiencing stress related disorders. The more disturbing the events are, the stronger ...

What is Aparigraha?

Patanjali Yoga Sutra Knowledge Sheet 71 Contd. from knowledge sheet 70 "Agarigraha sthairye janmakathamta sambodhaha'' (II Sutra 39) Aparigraha = non-accumulation; Sthairye = established; Janmakathamta = of how births happen; Sambhodhaha = ...

8 yoga poses to boost your golf experience

Enhance your game! Enhance your game! Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) Marjariasana (Cat pose) Marjariasana (Cat pose) Adho Mukho Svanasana (Downward facing dog pose) Adho Mukho Svanasana (Downward facing dog pose) Poorvotta ...