YOGA ASANAS – POSTURES There are hundreds of yoga asanas present today, some is traditional and in their original form, others are modified by great yogis but all in all these asanas provide and serve humans better health and calm mind. You can’t beat yoga by any other form of exercise because it’s simply not […]
Shatkarmas Traditional Hatha yoga has the shatkarmas (six processes) to cleanse the mind and body from all the diseases and negative issues. This whole concept of cleansing is also called shuddhi kriya (cleansing process) and that’s what we are going to discuss today. These six processes are able to completely purify our body and mind […]
Yoga Niyamas Niyamas (plural) is derived from Sanskrit meaning ‘positive duties’ or ‘observance’ (according to Wikipedia) Yoga niyamas are the recommended habits that should be adopted by everyone for healthy life and living. Niyamas are present in the second limb of Ashtanga yoga (eight limbed yoga) and they provide what to do and adopt for […]
Samadhi Samadhi is the 8th and final limb of ashtaga yoga and means last stage of meditation and after taking Samadhi, the yogi leaves his/her body and depart to the world and can’t be seen through human eyes. That soul lifts up and become the part of the god by whom this world is working […]
Ashtanga Yoga Maharishi Patanjali is the person who is responsible for contributing and popularizing yoga in ancient India but we also can’t forget Shri K. Pattabhai Jois, B. K. S. Iyengar, Swami Kuvalayananda and many more yogis who have contributed to traditional yoga and derived a new form to meet the new needs of this […]
Meaning of Therapeutic yoga Therapy means ‘treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder’- definition by Google and we don’t have to tell you the meaning of yoga because everybody knows about it but the question is what really is this therapeutic yoga? Many yoga teacher training in India offers therapeutic yoga and before illustrating exactly […]
What exactly is Pranayama ? The word pranayama is derived from the Sanskrit words prana + ayama, prana means life force inside every living being which vanishes when a living being dies and ayama means to expand or enlarge, ultimately the full word Pranayama means to extend the life force inside us. Now after knowing […]
Vinayasa Yoga courses in India The term „vinyasa” comes from the ancient language of Sanskrit, the language many linguists believe to have been the mother of all other languages. Vinyasa translates into „to place in a special way”, which reflects exactly what this type of yoga focuses on: putting the body in special positions, linking […]
Sivananda Yoga Sivanada Yoga is a type of yoga that focuses primarily on getting the body to relax and getting rid of diseases. In short, Sivanada Yoga focuses on making the body healthier. It focuses on five main principles, which are: breathing properly, performing correct exercises, relaxing in a correct way, a proper diet that […]
Yoga Nidra Yoga Nidra is a very important type of yoga, because through it, students will learn how to reach that particular state of meditation where your body is completely relaxed, much like it is when you are sleeping, but your mind is fully alert and aware of everything that is happening around it. Despite […]
Kundalini Yoga What is Kundalini ? Most of you haven’t even heard or read this word let alone knows the meaning of it, but this word is of grave importance to yogis as they know the importance of Kundalini. Kundalini is the indistinct energy that exists in us and we are not talking about physical […]
Chakra Yoga With Mahi What is Chakra Yoga ? We all know what it yoga, but part of the question remained unanswered and that is what is chakra? Before explaining what Chakra is, first we have to explain where chakras exist. Every human being has a subtle body- it is a body that can’t be […]
