Health issues as reason of doing yoga: When most of us start to practice yoga for firs time, rarely we do that due to natural inclination for yoga. Though, there is high possibility, that a yogic way of life and approach for health will be developed over time, but that is rarely the target when we are just starting out. As compared to yoga, other activities like gymming, running, any sport is what people do for health or vanity(looking good in fashionable clothing) purpose. From my interaction with scores of individuals, most of them are there, because, either they had some [...]

What is meditation? Meditation, a simple word. but enter this word in google search box and we will be facing pages and pages of search results. Which more often than not, creates confusion. It seems as if there is some in depth knowledge required to practice meditation. This isn’t true. So what is meditation? As normally believed, it’s not about forcing your mind to be empty of thoughts and concentrating on your breath (or deity or anything for that matter). At least this is not how to approach meditation. Meditation means dissociation from thoughts, not emptiness of thoughts. When you [...]

Can hormonal imbalance be cured by suryanamaskar? This post is in response to a question asked on Q & A site Quora (here). I will try explain this answer to set up proper perspective about yoga (which in general understanding means doing asana and pranayama mostly). And what it can do for human body. There are two situations in which yoga has limited capacity: When we have a genetic or hereditary condition, like hair line, height etc. Even in this with proper diet, proper lifestyle and yogic mindset, you can reach upto you potential and sometimes even surpass it. When [...]

Savasana ( shavasana or corpse pose) is by definition the easiest of all asana to practice. And herein lies the irony. It is most difficult asana to practice. Maybe this post will be able to change that about your practice of savasana :) Why do we do savasana ? There are plenty of reasons, each equally strong. As per hath yoga pradipika: “Lying flat on the ground with the face upwards, in the manner of a dead body, is shavasana. It removes tiredness and enables the mind (and whole body) to relax.” Source : here. This everyone knows, but then how is it [...]

Health or fitness are sometimes thought to be same in meaning. Whereas to understand the perspective which decides our approach for our well being, they have different meaning. Being fit means, being able to do something or few things up to required standard, like being fit for running, lifting weight and all. Yes, as verb, being fit means, being in good health by regular physical exercise, but as verb for being healthy Being healthy means good physical or mental health, free from disease, overall general well being. Now why do we need to differentiate between these two, while discussing yoga? [...]