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Conserving and Storing Prana for rainy days
In our last article, we spoke about ways to increase our Prana (vital life force). Today, we will talk about conversing our prana. Prana is present in every mental and physical event. It flows from spirit, or pure consciousness, to bring intelligence and awareness...
Increasing Prana Through the 5 Elements
Many of us are leading chaotic stressful lives that do not support our mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. We do not eat well, exercise correctly, maintain a positive state of mind, or take the time to get the rest and relaxation we need. It is...
17 Questions and Answers on Yoga with Swami Sita
1) What is the source of all mental problems? All mental problems are spiritual problems coming from the lack of connection to the source and the absence of the sense of meaning to peoples life; believing themselves to be separate and competing with each other,...
The Power of Here and Now
Through yoga and meditation we learn the power of here and now and discover this is the only way to solve life’s mysteries.
Why We Chant
Why we Chant by Swami Sitaramananda There is another way to connect to the inner truth within you. That is through chanting. If I go to a restaurant in China, I want to order food and communicate with people, then I have to speak Chinese. If I go to Spain, then I have...
The Dynamic of Concentration and Self-Surrender
Swami Sivananda’s last instruction, summarizing Yoga, is, “Remember, Forget.” Remember the Divine and forget or let go, of everything else.
3 Bodies and 5 Layers
Understanding your vehicle: the 3 bodies and 5 layers. This is a concept in yoga that you need to master because without that you cannot understand the teachings. The teaching is that you are not just the physical body, but also the subtle bodies. You have...
How do emotions work?
The first thing to know is how long has that negative emotion like anger for example has been there. How long have you been depressed? Some people would say that they have been depressed all their life. Others would say, I have been depressed for one month...
Veggie-key for Your Thanksgiving Feast
A delightful alternative to turkey that works well with all the traditional trimmings. VEGGIE-KEY - serves 8 to 10 Group I - Bean and Grain Mixture 3 cups cooked lentils (retain excess cooking water) (1 cup dry) 3 cups cooked brown rice (slightly mushy) 1 cup...
Practice of Yoga aims to achieve inner balance
Balancing the energies The practice of Yoga aims to achieve inner balance. Hatha (Ha Tha) Yoga is balance between the sun and the moon energy. It is the balance between the hot and cold, active and passive, male and female, yin and yang. We need to learn to regulate...
Yogic Tools for Transforming Negative Emotions
To work with the emotions, we need to understand their forms and manifestations and learn how to properly handle them. All emotions are forms of Love, but distorted. Because love is at the root of every emotion, we can learn to bring the emotions back from negative...
20 Lessons On Karma
● Karma is action and consequence of action. Action comes from past wrong thoughts or emotions. ● Thoughts repeat themselves, either right or wrong thoughts. ● Karmas repeat themselves; we call them karmic patterns. ● These wrong thoughts or selfish thoughts are...
5 Practices to Keep the Mind Elevated
Yoga Psychology is different then normal psychology. It is the understanding of the mind in order to see through the mind and realize the Self. Yoga Psychology and philosophy is based on the idea that the restless mind is an obstacle to happiness, and we need to...
Karma Yoga: Why and How to be Selfless
Life is a school. Just as in a school, if you do not pass the exam, you will have to repeat the class; so also, if you do not learn your karmic lessons, you have to repeat the experience again and again until you understand, class after class, until you graduate. The...
Q&A – Why Practice Positive Thinking?
We become more positive if we hold positive thoughts. We become more negative if we think negative thoughts. The most important thing is that positive thoughts give you more energy. Positive thoughts contain more prana-energy. Negative thoughts exhaust energy. You...
Sadhana in Daily Life
What is Sadhana? Sadhana is systematic, conscious, spiritual practice that is done in order to change consciousness. It doesn't mean something that you do when you feel like it, and when you don't feel like it, you do not do it - that is not sadhana. Sadhana means you...
Spark up your Life with Spiritual Practices
The majority of us suffer from too many distractions. There are too many choices, too many products, too many nice things to do, too many possibilities. We are suffering from too much freedom and too many choices. We become scattered and lose strength, faith and...
What is Permaculture?
Permaculture is a creative and artful way of designing our lives, where wastes become resources, productivity and yields increase, work is minimized, people and nature are preserved – all by thoughtful planning and a respectful approach to life.
Concentration and Commitment Leads to Freedom
Yoga Psychology analyzes the different mental states in order to find ways to overcome the mind by the mind itself to find Peace, Bliss and True Freedom.
Am I healthy in body, mind, and spirit?
In Yoga we say that we are comprised of body, mind and spirit, so therefore, if you want to be healthy, you have to be healthy in body, mind and spirit. Health is not only physical. Actually, if you are healthy in spirit you will be healthy in mind and body, not the...
Healthy Spirit Part 3 – Become a Spiritual Seeker
The scriptures say that all physical disease comes from negative mental patterns, which starts with wrong thinking. The body is the instrument for you to go back to school, that’s why the state of spiritual health, or liberation is freedom from rebirth. It is said...
Healthy Spirit Part 2 – Changing Consciousness
The beauty that you see outside is within yourself To be spiritually healthy you have to find your bliss independent from objects, and that is a difficult task. Your habits make you constantly go down same pathways either emotional, or mental, or physical, and that...
Healthy Spirit Part 1 – Living in Unity
When you talk about health, talk about physical, mental, and spiritual health. Spiritual health is most important, because it governs the body and mind. But how do you have a healthy spirit? The idea is to know that there is only one reality, one spirit, one universal...
Sivananda Yoga is Holistic Yoga
So the topic we mentioned this morning, we start to explore this topic this weekend about Holistic Yoga and what that means, ok? So we mentioned about that the equivalent of Holistic Medicine This word I hear from a Dr. the MD of Doctors who is using Yoga for Yoga...
Positive Thinking and Meditation Article
We talked already about the 5 points. Proper exercises or asanas, breathing or pranayama. We talked about relaxation and then we talked about diet. The body is like a vehicle and the proper exercise is like the oiling system of the body all the parts...
Why Do Service and Live in an Ashram?
Enjoy these inspiring, heartfelt responses from applicants to the Yoga Farm Seva Study program: What is Karma Yoga? - I see karma yoga as a way to express gratitude to all people. - The practitioner forgets their finite self through their service for others and the...
27 Yogic Ways to Deal With Stress
Modern Life is full of stress and strains and demands on our system. Stress comes from the inability or difficulty to adapt due to habits, ego, attachments and fears. Stress can also be the result of not having enough Prana (energy) to cope with the demands or...
Karma, Dharma and Sadhana
Karma is your desires that you try to fulfill now in this life. Dharma is the result of your karma that is playing out now. You have to do it until it exhausts itself. Sadhana is one step further – it is creating space. You have to squeeze it in; it is what allows you...
Inner cosmos, outer cosmos: Vedic astrology and our relationship with Nature through the planets
Vedic Astrology teaches us that what we see outside is also within us. By studying the 9 planets we understand our relationship with Nature.
Yoga is a Way of Life
Yoga is a way of life that brings about balance and centeredness. That means you have to apply it in daily life. That is why it is so wonderful that you come to a yoga ashram to learn yoga. Because here you don't just learn yoga only as a system of...
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