A 29-year-old software engineer and a 60-year-old homemaker share how yoga helped them resume 'normal life' despite being affected by arthritis.
If you thought that...
The literal meaning of this asana (posture) is to stretch towards the east. However, this has nothing to do with stretching in the east direction. Poorvottanasana specifically...
"Ksheenavruttihi" - When all these five activities, which we have dealt with before, are subdued. Subduing these activities.
(I Sūtra 41)
"Kshenavrutterbhijatasyevamanergrahetrugrahanagrahyeshutatsthatadanjanatasamapattihi''
Kshena...
Patanjali Yoga Sutra Knowledge Sheet 34
Continued from the previous Patanjali Yoga Sutra post
Jyothishmati pragnya. See your whole mind as a light, as a flame. Your...
Patanjali Yoga Sutra Knowledge Sheet 33
“Vishok¢ v¢ jyotishmati”
vishok¢ = getting rid of unhappiness; v¢ = or; jyotishmati = the bright effulgent state of the mind
“Get...
Samadhi is that state where you feel you can stay like that for a few million years. Samadhi is a state where the mind freezes. It is like you put the vegetables and...
Patanjali Yoga Sutras - Knowledge Sheet 12
As you all know, there are three gunas or qualities. They are sattva, rajas and tamas. Three gunas come into our life in cycles....
Patanjali Yoga Sutras - Knowledge Sheet 4
So what is yoga? It is our second sutra.
Chitta vrutti nirodaha
Yoga is the act of restraining or freeing the mind from the...
“In the East they say suffering is avoidable and not necessary. Life is bliss! You know why? This is because wisdom, yoga and meditation are ways to avoid suffering which...
