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Why you should meditate. Right now! (5 reasons)
“Quiet the mind,
and the soul will speak.”
~Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
1. You can do it anywhere, anytime:
Meditation is awareness. About now. About yourself. Nothing else.
Most of times, the reason you are not able to even start or think about meditation is that you have certain idea about how meditation is done.
Something like this:
Which is not true. (though it does look serene :)
As such meditation doesn’t require specific setting, sitting etc. Meditation requires you!
You can easily meditate on the chair (yes, the chair you are […]
Four paths of Yoga
Table of contents:
- Intro to four paths of Yoga
- Jnana(Gyana) Yoga
- Bhakti Yoga
- Karma Yoga
- Raja Yoga
- Relation between different paths of Yoga
The Paths of Yoga
The understanding of Yoga has acceptance that as there are different human bodies, so is different human nature. A single approach is not suitable for everyone.
As there are different temperament or approaches to life, so are there different paths of Yoga. These paths of […]
Yoga Mat: How to chose right one for awesome practice
And curated list of best yoga mats
Yoga Mat
When you practice yoga, there is one constant companion for each class, without fail : your Yoga Mat.
In earlier times, when Yoga was practiced only in ashrams, folded blankets were used as base for deeper practice. Or even Kusha grass before that. Which is not the case anymore. Now you have yoga mats in yoga studios, throughout the world.
One of the main reason is the scarcity and cost of […]
Recommended book – Reversing heart disease (read excerpts)
Reversing heart disease
I have recently finished reading this book for around 5th time. Reversing heart disease is one such book.
Internet is filled with nearly all the information you need. This works well, if you are dealing with a specific question or query.
But, when it involves something related to your belief or understanding about ‘anything’, you need an in depth conversation.
Why?
Belief is more or less backed by your reasoning and experiences. That is the only way a thought upgrades to belief. Which means to change a belief, the […]
How to stay healthy when you don’t have time?
“It takes me 2 hours to reach office. There is no time left to do anything other than a little walk after dinner.”
This is the reality that most of the people who are living in a metropolitan city and working at a distance of more than 10-15 km. Not many of us are lucky to have an office within 10-15 min drive.
This is frustrating. Here you are working hard to have a life where you can […]
One day Fast: Types, Benefits & How to do it
What is a Fast?
Keeping a fast means to abstain from food for certain amount of predefined of time. But, as per yogic understanding a fast is different from simply abstaining from food.
Fasting in yoga means you plan the duration, activity, timing & diet that you will follow for that period. Also, how to break the fast is also given importance in Yogic fast.
Fasting in a cleansing technique. Though it is not a part of shatkarma, […]