Faith, Compassion, and Healing
The Five Steps of Healing 1. Choose to heal your relationship, in your daily life. 2. Kindness has no limitations or boundaries, so be...
Hermitage Guidelines as per Swami Swatmarama
This is the description of the yoga hermitage as prescribed by the siddhas for the hatha yoga practitioners. The room of sadhana should...
Srivatsa Ramaswami on the Fundamental Intentions of Yoga
In August of 2018, I had the rare opportunity to talk with Srivatsa Ramaswami, long-time student of T. Krishnamacharya and now a...
And now, real yoga begins
It was at 2 am in the morning, I texted my friend to check if she is awake by any chance. I was woken up by severe pain running down the...
Has yoga lost its soul in the West?
Source from http://grimmly2007.blogspot.ae/ 'Has yoga lost its soul in the West?' Just came across this bringing together of a lot of...
Living ‘Yoga’ beyond the mat
Here is the interview published by Yoga house, The greens this month. The email conversation took place few months ago with Melanie...
Vinyasa has never been so misunderstood
The most popular form of yoga these days is Vinyasa yoga. But it is a sad truth that it has been totally misunderstood. I have been...
Who is Valmiki?
We all have heard about the epic 'Ramayana' but little we know about Valmiki Maharshi who wrote it in 24000 verses. Valmiki’s real name...
Teachings of Sri. Ramana Maharishi
The upadesa of Sri Bhagavan, that is to say the guidance or instruction given by Him was secret in a sense. Although he was accessible to...
Pranava Mantra (AUM)ॐ
The mantra that is held very sacred by all Hindus is the mantra Om also called praNava mantra. This mantra is part of every worship. This...
Significance of a spiritual Guru and how to identify one
Q: One thing that many people find hard to understand is the role of a Guru. Nowadays, when you say Guru, people say that my teacher is...
Ayurveda, Spirituality and Meditation
Ayurveda, the traditional healing system of India, is often looked at as a way of optimizing the functioning of the body. Ayurveda is...
Ashtanga Oil Bath
Oil bath is a traditional, weekly Ayurvedic home remedy still practiced widely in South India. Sri K. Pattabhi Jois routinely recommends...
All about real yoga
In respect of understanding what is yoga, people make two common mistakes. Most people think that yoga means only asanas or physical...
Not another yoga teacher
OK time to get more traction for THIS conversation but first an apology to my Yoga studio owning friends who may not like what I am about...
