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Mountain Pose (Parvatasana) is a simple seated asana, which is considered to be one of the most important seated postures in ashtanga yoga series.

It is a part of the Sun Salutation series of asanas. It appears as the fourth pose and the ninth pose in the Sun Salutation or Surya Namaskara series.…

Patanjalias Yoga Sutras Chapter 1 Verse 33 “By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and disregard toward the wicked, the mind-stuff retains its undisturbed calmness.”

The above Sutra is putting us in the right perspective, and is one of the greatest reminders of the purpose of yogic…

In Yoga city Rishikesh, India, in the midst of the turmoil, the eccentricity, the vibrancy and the dust I found myself feeling maybe the most calm I have felt in my life, without a cause or obvious reason. I came here with sparse knowledge of nadi’s, the energy channels of the body, but upon looking deeper I wonder if it could be them responsible for my peace of mind. I…

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6 Verse: “But those who are temperate in eating and recreation, balanced in work, and regulated in sleep, can mitigate all sorrows by practicing yog.”

Yukta – The literal meaning in English means moderate. Not to be on one extreme or the other, not too much and not too less. So how do you decide what is moderate? In terms of food, no one can tell…