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Positive overpowers the negative. A positive thought drives off a negative one. Courage drives off fear. Love destroys hatred. Unity annihilates separateness. Magnanimity destroys petty-mindedness (jealousy). Generosity drives away miserliness and greed. Keep yourself always positive. You will have wonderful meditation. ~Swami Sivananda
http://www.yogasanjivani.com/acupressure.html
Acupressure is an ancient Chinese healing method that involves applying pressure to certain meridian points on the body to relieve pain. The human body has fourteen "meridians" that carry energy throughout the body. These meridians start at the fingertips, connect to the brain, and then connect to the organ associated with the specific meridian.
Acupressure deals with all the aspects of a person as a whole: body, emotions, mind, and spirit as one, not
Yoga means the union of body and mind where body is the individual soul and mind is the Universal spirit. Yoga is the restraining of mind-stuff (chitta) from taking various forms (vritti).
Yoga is an ancient system of health and fitness which originated in India. Today yoga is accepted as a comprehensive exercise to promote control of the body and mind. Yoga has become accepted as one of the best ways to achieve health, fitness and balance.
Yoga is a hard word to define, because it cove
Yam and Niyam is a base foundation of Yoga . Maharshi Patanjalis Yoga is a Way to Attain the Spiritual Goal.It starts from Yam and Niyam. these two things purifies the inner and outerself of the men and makes him ready for spiritual journey. Shrutis and old scripturs also says a lot about Yam and Niyam,
Yam --- Ahinsa, Satya , Asteya , Brahmacharya, and Aparigrha.
Niyam ---Sauch, Santosh, Tap, Swaddhyay, Ishwar Pranidhan.
*A list of disqualifications for a person intends to be a Guru:
*(As per ancient guru sutras)
Himsa (injury) |
sinning |
bad reputation |
devious mind |
cruelty (Krura) |
selling gold |
thieving |
plagued with troubles and worries |
bad character |
adulterous |
foul language |
deformed |
sensuous |
deceiver |
adharma |
talkative |
greedy |
miserly |
liar |
hyperactive |
lacks reverence |
devoid of acaras |
many blemishes |
money-minded |
Consumption (TB) |
Skin disease |
diseased nails |
diseased teeth |
deafness |
cataract |
bald |
lame |
deformed |
extra body parts |
conjunctivitis |
halitosis |
large |
"The eternal, unbroken, natural state of abiding in the Self in Jnana. To abide in the Self you must love the Self. Since God is verily the Self, love of the Self is love of God; and that is Bhakti. Jnana and Bhakti are thus one and the same." Sri Ramana Maharshi.
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You may feel that you do not relate to the concept of "God" — or that you do not really know who or what God is — or even whether God really exists. You may (understandably) be loath to commit to doing th
I am planning to spend at least one month in India to study and take a TTC, I am interested in both Yoga and Yoga Therapy, any suggestion? Anyone knows or had direct experience at the Yoga Institute in Santa Cruz, Mumbai?
Thank you in advance
The festival of Navaratri ("nine nights”) is a worship of the divine mother Durga in several forms. Each night a puja is held, and there is chanting of the Navarna Mantra, "Om aim hreem kleem chaamundaayai viche namah". Durga also helps you to protect your spiritual practice from the distractions and pitfalls that you encounter regularly in worldly life. This link http://www.dlshq.org/religions/navaratri.htm is to Swami Sivananda's explanation of Durga Puja or Navaratri.
There is a new Yoga question site being started up by Swami Atma. It is inthe excellent Q&A system from StackExchange, you can get there fromthis link http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1971/yoga. If you are interested you can go there, log in, becomea follower, and propose questions which would be appropriate and some which are not. This could be a great meeting point for yogis of all traditions around the world.
"Refuge in you, Dark One, you alone know how to save me. A girl possessed, I shamble through the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage but haven't the wit to know failure. Hear my cry, O Murari - nothing on earth looks like it's "mine". Mira gave you her trust, now it's your move. Spring her from this noose we call "world." " ~From "For the Love of the Dark One - Songs of Mirabai", trans. Schelling.
"Why life, why again, and what reason birth as a woman? Good deeds in former lives they say. But- growt
So you can think where you are?
Similarly, sitting with a close eye focussing at a provided point isnot Meditation. Med
“There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled, let him, seated on the seat, practice Yoga for the purification of the self. "
"Let him firmly hold his body, head and neck erect and still, gazing at the tip of his nose, without looking around.
"Serene-minded, fearless, firm in the vow of a Brahmacha
