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How I Overcame Anger-Frustration-Depression
I am sharing two personal experiences of how yoga has helped me control my mind.
The Power Of Vulnerability
I feel fear.
The Yogis- Shri Yogendraji
What was this due to - this great culture of the Yogis? It was their self-concentrated stage, a stage higher than our physical and the mental planes where they could see reality face to face. They controlled their inner activities and misleading perceptions, to realize that Ultimate Truth - that stage of higher super-consciousness. Plotinus glimpsed the truth and found that it is only by an act of intuition in which the mind rises above thoughts and merges in the object, that one can realize the Ultimate Reality.
Experience
When we talk about experience, joy is an experience. The experience comes only when a person goes a little deeper and does not function at the superficial level.
A Morning Cup Of Mindulness
Tighten your palms into fists. Tighter! Tighter!
Who Has Robbed The Swami's Honey?
An episode in the life of Swami Chidananda - Yogi extraordinaire.
It's Only Words
“It’s only words and words are all I have”, so goes the famous song of the 70’s. I too just have words to express gratitude.
Mantra Yoga- Shri Yogendraji
It was through that course of yoga known by the name Mantra Yoga that Alfred Lord Tennyson, the poet laureate of England, by the successive concentration and repetition of his name, attained the state of self-consciousness.
Guru- Chela
Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra in Parisamvada
The Learning State
Talk by Smt. Hansaji J. Yogendra
From The Archives OF Yoga And Total Health
Mantra Yoga
Simplifying Aparigraha And Karuna
Aparigraha is one of the Yamas (Yama is the first step in ‘Ashtanga Yoga’ or the eight limbs of yoga.
Does the Pope Use A Mantra before Sunday Sermon?
Pope Francisco is a simple man. When he ascended the seat of the Pope in Rome, his papal suite was prepared for by the Vatican.
A Bouquet Of Scriptural Tales
See God Everywhere (Ramayana)
7 Stages Of Conciousness
There is not only one state of consciousness that we experience everyday in our life, the wakeful state or our physical consciousness, but there are many more stages besides this of which we are totally unaware.
Freedom
Freedom is a good idea. We all love freedom.
Freedom Within A Framework
The human being is tied down to his body and he has to live according to its character and capacities.
Smile An Everlasting Smile
I met her for the first time as a part of corporate training at my erstwhile company.
From The Archives Of Yoga And Total Health
Modern physicians are rarely interested in explaining the disease, they just want to facilitate a quick cure and have you on your way.
Practising Breathing Awareness To Inculcate Mindfulness
Just like breath sustains life of the body, Prana sustains Chitta-Vritti.
The Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali- A Perspective
Tatah Pratyak Chetana Adhigamah Api Antaraya Abhavah Cha
Ushtrasana (Camel Pose)
Faith and sense of duty are necessary to maintain enthusiasm; Effort and achievement then grow in an easy way.
Restraints
Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra in Parisamvada
Fear Of The Unknown
There is always a fear of the unknown. About the known we know what is and what is not.
Are We Wise Or Foolish?
They say that a fool learns from his own experience, a wise man learns from the fool’s experience. So the question is whether we fall in the category of fools or the wise people.
Yoga And Psychology
In my journey in personal growth , two schools of thought have contributed immensely. They are yoga and psychology. Both deal with examining the mind. While yoga talks about transcending the mind, psychology focuses on understanding the mind. I see them as father and mother. Let me explain.
A Bouquet Of Scriptural Tales
The Materialistic Man (Bhagvad Purana)
Gems Of The Yoga Institute
In times of instant Idlis, instant coffee and instant noodle, Relationships are crumbling in a few moments on Google.
The Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali - A Perspective
Chapter 1.25 Tatra Niratisayam Sarvajnabijam
Story Of A Cancer Patient
This is a unique story of a cancer patient, who underwent two major cancer operations and whose case is kept as a case study in the S.L Raheja Hospital, Mahim, by none less than Dr. S. H. Advani, one of the most reputed oncology doctors in Asia, who is also Padmabhushan and Padmashri awardee.