You may not realize it, but nutrition is integral to your Yoga practice. In fact, the “Yamas and Niyamas” or do’s and don’ts, of Yoga provide specific guidelines for consciously nurturing the mind and body. But if you need more convincing, Western science has proven that poor nutrition contributes to most chronic diseases, from cancer …
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Many people want to lead long and happy lives, and regular exercise is absolutely essential for this. Studies have shown that those who do just small amounts of exercise per day are at a lower risk of major illnesses like heart disease and cancer when compared to people who do almost no exercise at all. …
Practiced around by millions around the world, Iyengar Yoga is arguably the most popular form of Yoga in the world right now. Taught by late Sri B.K.S Iyengar, yoga postures and breathing techniques have benefitted people with a wide variety of issues from recurring cold to chronic illnesses, bad breath to arthritis, obesity to diabetes, …
B.K.S Iyengar promoted and propagated Yoga practice which focused on breath, awareness, and intelligence. Individual capacity was given more significance than a race to attain the perfect posture. Guruji’s teaching methods were an amalgamation of ancient and modern. He never tried to force the ancient solutions to modern issues rather found a middle path that …
All you need to know about Iyengar Yoga: Kumbhakas Read More »
This very moment while you are reading this, billions of people will be getting deep into the precision and correct alignment of a posture through a technique taught by the most popular Indian yoga teacher of modern times- Bellur Krishnamachar Sundaram Iyengar or BKS Iyengar. Guru Iyengar’s 85 years of studying, practicing, and teaching yoga …
Ajna chakra or third eye chakra is the most famous and popular chakra. The popularity comes from stories around the world where people had a mystical experience and out of body experiences due to energy activation at this center. This chakra is located at the center of the eyebrows, in the middle of the forehead. …
Out of the seven chakras in the body, Throat or Vishuddhi Chakra is the fifth chakra. Vishuddhi is Sanskrit word for pure and filtered. Having the Kundalini energy balanced, activated, and awakened by various means, the consciousness of a practitioner rises to a very high level at this chakra. At this level, all the MAYA …
Centre of occult, speech, and health: Throat or Vishuddhi Chakra Read More »
Out of the seven chakras in the body, Anahata chakra is the fourth chakra, it is in the middle. Before this, we discussed the chakras. The first chakra Mooladhaar, second Swadishthaan, and Manipur below it and Vishuddhi, Ajnya, and Sahastrar above it. Anahata is a Sanskrit word which means unstruck sound. If you go by …
‘Anahata’- The Fourth Chakra: Seat of love and Compassion Read More »
Lord Krishna in his divine ancient text SRIMAD BHAGVADGEETA teaches the disillusioned warrior –Arjuna about qualities of a true Yogi. He says one who sacrifices his PRANA in APAAN and APAAN in PRANA, makes a stable and steadfast progression in the spiritual journey. PRANA VAAYU being the life energy controlling the inhalation or intake while …
City of Jewels: The third Chakra Solar Plexus or Manipura Read More »
A balanced chakra allows a person to reach his full potential as an individual in various facets of life. For this, we should know what exactly chakras are. The second chakra is known as Swadishthan or the Sacral Chakra. This chakra is related to the beauty of inner creativity. It is the depth of knowledge …
