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Ardha= Half; Chakra= Wheel; asana= Pose
Pronounced: ardhah-chak-rah-asanah
How to do Standing Backward Bend (Ardha Chakrasana)?
Stand straight with feet together...
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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...
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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...
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"Ksheenavruttihi" - When all these five activities, which we have dealt with before, are subdued. Subduing these activities.
(I Sūtra 41)
"Kshenavrutterbhijatasyevamanergrahetrugrahanagrahyeshutatsthatadanjanatasamapattihi''
Kshena...
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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...
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“Kshenavrutterbhijatasyeva manergrahetrugrahana grahyeshu tatsthatadanjanata samapattihi’’ (I Sutra 41)
kshena = powerless; vruttihi = modulations of the mind; abhijatasya...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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