Mastering Mantras “A mantra is not just something to chant. It is not chanting. A mantra is something to let sink deep in your being, just as roots go deep into the earth. The deeper […]
“Samadhi does not come upon anyone by accident. It takes dedication and effort.” -Kaisa Kapanen Patanjali’s ashtanga yoga includes eight components of practice (“ashtanga” means “eight-limbed” in Sanskrit), and dharana, or concentration is the sixth […]
Eat Pray Love Living in a Yoga Ashram in India What is a Yoga Ashram? How can I join an Indian Yoga Ashram? Does an Ashram mean free food and accommodation? Are there free yoga […]
Something wrong with the World today 😉 In Yoga Tradition there are four levels of existence. The lowest is the level of the Manas the mind and the physical body is categorized under the mind. […]
“Samadhi Siddhi Ishvarapranidhana” Patanjali Yoga Sutra 2:45 Deepest meditative state of Samadhi is attained by devotion to the Supreme Being – Ishwara. Steady in the path of yoga and the yogic practices and being in […]
The Grace Ahh I remember. I have known you from the beginning… You were smiling in the first morning lights of childhood. You were humming melodies under the afternoon shade of teenage.. you were the […]
Viveka (Discrimination) Viveka is the one of the two wealth you acquire or inherit from the Guru, the other being the Vairagya (Detachment). Viveka literally means the absolute discrimination between right and wrong, light and […]
The Four Levels of Existence You have heard people say to you “learn from your experience”. Should we rely on our past for the betterment of our future? Should we look back every time […]