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  1. Advanced Meditation Course

    Holiday with Meditation Rest and happiness make a real holiday. Often people go on a holiday and they come back tired and tanned, and needing a few more days to recuperate! A real holiday is that which energizes and does not wear you out. Remember, nothin ...
  2. Secrets of Being a Good Manager

    The definition of an ideal manager may differ for different people. A manager may be someone who is like a tree – with his skills,like branches,spreading out to his people; and his values and ethics,like roots, deeply embedded in the soils of his heart. C ...
  3. Sun Meditation

    Life exists on planet earth because of the sun. Worshipping the sun has been a daily practice in many cultures. Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutations), Sandhya Vandanam (worshipping the sun at sunrise and sunset) is very auspicious and good for the body and the ...
  4. Meditation & Concentration

    Concentration is a byproduct of meditation. Meditation is de-concentration. Do you have the notion that meditation is concentration? It is not so. In fact it is the opposite of concentration. We need concentration to do work but for meditation you do not ...
  5. Meditation & Awareness

    Meditation makes you totally relaxed and at the same time sharpens your awareness. Transform pain- with awareness When we raise our consciousness, we become more aware of the sensations that are happening in the body and we see that the sensations change. ...
  6. Meditation & Decision-Making

    When you are confused, whatever you do tends to feel wrong. Whatever choice you make, you feel that the other would have been better. When you feel confused, take a pillow and go to bed.- A Chinese proverb Follow the principle of the Chinese proverb. When ...
  7. Meditation & Logic

    If all your experience can be explained logically, then you have missed something very important in life.- Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar In the state of Sampragnata Samadhi (conscious awareness), special logic is together with the experience of meditation ...
  8. Meditation & Thoughts

    During meditation you may often find the mind goes very deep into itself, but then something brings it out. Thoughts come, and the depth is lost. However, with practice and consistency over time, you find that this changes.  Thoughts arise in so many ways ...
  9. Meditation & The Body

    Meditation and The Body- For Better Health "Our body is a precious gift to us. So honor your body" We have to keep our body sacred, as it is a mobile temple. The English word "nerve" is derived from the Sanskrit word 'nar'. I ...
  10. Meditation & the Senses

    We have five sensory organs- eyes, nose, ears, tongue and skin. Meditation can happen when there is harmony in the five senses. When you sit for meditation, observe all your sensory organs. Observe your breath and eye movement. Is your breath steady? Is t ...
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