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THE PRACTICE OF YOGA ASANAS  

The practice of Yoga Asans helps to prevent disease and maintain a high standard of health, vigour and vitality.

It is cures many disease.

It is conducive to higher intellectual and spiritual attainment and provide a co-ordinated system of health for all people.

There are as many as Asanas as there are living creatures.

Siddha, Padma, Swastika, Sukha – are the four chief meditation postures.

Sirshasana, Sarvangasan, Halasan, Paschimottanasan confer wonderful health and cu

First of all, I want to thank the Yoga Vidya team for all their work and efforts to share world wide the precious knowledge of Yoga.

As the title says I'm just a beginner, so there's not much I can tell about the practice, but I really want to share what I learned so far, starting with the fact that I'm really happy to have Yoga in my life.

It all began like 5 years ago, when I enter the Art University at Xalapa Veracruz, it was a clean start, meeting new people, new places, new situations.
As I

Had a bit of a rough start this Monday, but pressing forward! My goal for this week is still the same for now. Keeping positive and progressing forward. In a couple more weeks I'm gonna start keeping tabs on weight gain or loss but for now just trying to get my body and mind back into the condition it should be in. It feels really good to notice even the smallest of changes from week to end and/or week to week. It truly is the little things sometimes. I look forward to this week and this day! Ho

with Swami Bodhichitananda at Yoga Vidya Frankfurt

English with German translation.

Thursday 17th Sept. 2015 from 6 to 10 pm Uhr and Friday 18th from 6 to 9 pm

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Ever wished you could go to bed tonight and wake up tomorrow with absolutely no baggage?
Nothing weighing you down, nothing holding you back, and no negative thoughts entering your mind?
It'd be a relief.

Though its been kind of a long week and Ive had some struggles its been a great week. I am very proud of myself for sticking with my routine this week. My body and mind feel a bit better, less aches, more relaxing and just a little stronger. I really am enjoying the videos that have been suggested for beginning. The first 2 is where I am at, they are very detailed and relaxing, although I do have to watch them on youtube if I want to expand them to my whole screen. Still its a great way to start

The start of my second week, I added another video to my daily routine. I see a little improvement since last week and for that I am thankful. This site and the videos are really helping with my journey. This journey will be long but I look forward to getting my body and mind back where they need to be.

I don't know if anyway relates to where I am or where I have been, but there has to be changes. I am currently at my highest weight ever, been having problems with depression, anxiety, anger(the p

Although India is quite famous for the best yoga training but Rishikesh is popularly known as the world’s yoga capital. You can find eminent yoga teachers here in Rishikesh. Rishikesh has lots of good yoga schools and have certified yoga teachers that will teach you yoga and various asana. You can find various good teachers that will help you with meditation, spiritual connection with the God through Yoga, healing of various diseases, teach you “laughter yoga” techniques, and give you lectures o

THE NEED FOR A GURU

Only the man who has already been to Badrinath will be able to tell you the road leading to it.
In the case of the spiritual path, it is still more difficult to find your way.
The mind will mislead you very often.
The Guru will be able to remove pitfalls and obstacles, and lead you along the right path.
He will tell you: “This road leads you to Moksha; this one leads to bondage.”
Without this guidance, you might want to go to Badrinath, but find yourself in Delhi!

THE SATGURU

Your mind will readily be convinced that such a great soul is fit to be worshipped and revered.

Guru is the Moksha-Dvara(gateway to Liberation).

He is the gateway to the transcendental Truth-Consciousness.

But, it is the aspirant that has to enter through it.

The Guru is a help, but the actual task of pract

THE SATGURU

He gives you the rope of knowledge and saves you when you are drowning in this ocean of Samsara.
Do not consider him to be only a man.
If you take him as a man, you are a beast.
Worship your Guru and bow to him with reverence.
Guru is God.
A word from him is a word from God.
He need not teach anything.
Even his presence or company is elevating, inspiring and stirring.
The very company itself is self-illumination.
Living in his company is spiritual education.
Read ‘Sri Granth Sahib’.
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On the subject of "Sadhana" - Swami Sivananda
 
"Act now. Live now. Know now. Realize now. Be happy now.

Every death is a reminder. Every bell that rings says, "The end is near". Every day robs off from you one part of your precious life. Therefore, you should be very earnest in plunging yourself in constant Sadhana.

Never fall a victim to fruitless regret. Today is the best day. Today is the day of your new birth. Start  Sadhana now. With folded palms, bid good-bye to past mistakes and faul

Savasana is one of the important Yoga practices which have the ability to offer rejuvenation and relaxation benefits to its practitioners. It is said to be the easiest form of Yoga postures which can be done by anyone to taste the nectar of peace and bliss but when you take it for granted, you’ll find it one of the most difficult activities in Yoga teachings. Though, it is simple but needs much intention and focused mindfulness while doing it and if you can follow the instructions correctly and

right and wrong

'right' and 'wrong' are relative terms.
they vary according to time, special circumstances, varna - caste, and asrama - stage of life.
morality is a changing and relative term.
the passionate man who molests his wife frequently, to gratify his own passion, is more immoral than man who visits the house of a woman of ill-fame once in six months.
the man who dwells constantly on immoral thoughts, is the most immoral man of all.

do you clearly note the subtle difference?
to kill an enemy

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LIFE : A PHENOMENON OF EDUCATION

Life is education and education is life.
Life on earth is a school for wisdom.
Life is a ceaseless striving for perfection, freedom and independence.
Life is an aspiration.
Life means adaptability.
Adapt, adjust, and accommodate.
Life is a great sacrifice.
Pain enriches life.
Life is but an endless series of experiments and awakenings.
Life is based essentially on experience.
Life is a worship of the immanent Spirit.
Life is an eternal search for the All.
Start t

LIFE : A MYSTERY AND AN ADVENTURE

Life is a great mystery.
Life is a voyage in the infinite ocean of Time where every object is perpetually changing.
Life is a blend of contradictions.
Life is a terrible warfare with the mind and the senses.
Life and society cannot exist without struggling or fighting.
Life is a tremendous battle with Ignorance.
Life is an upward struggle, a medium through which we evolve.

Before I go into my system I want to look at some other peoples formations to see what they think. Here are four different alignments I've come across:


1: Mars
2: Mercury
3: Jupiter
4: Venus 
5: Saturn
6: Sun
7: Moon

1: Saturn/Moon
2: Pluto
3: Sun/Mars
4: Venus
5: Jupiter/Mercury
6: Neptune
7: Uranus

1: Saturn
2: Jupiter
3: Mars/Sun
4: Venus
5: Mercury
6: Moon
7: No planet

1: Saturn
2: Jupiter
3: Mars 
4: Venus
5: Mercury
6: Sun
7: Moon

I did come across some who did not correspond the planets with the chakras directly b

MANTRAS FOR SURRENDER

“Sri Krishna Saranam Mama, Sri Krishna Saranam Mama,”

“Hari Saranam,”

“I am Thine, All is Thine, Thy will be done. My Lord”

, are the formulas for effecting self-surrender.

Surrender comes out of intense love and unshakable faith in God.

Intense Bhakti can only be attained by the Grace of God.

This is Prapatti Yoga or the Yoga of Self-surrender.

For the last year and a half,I did a series of exercises to awaken myself.With help of Suba,for whom I am eternally thankful,it seems that I awakened Kundalini.

I am aware of internal transformations, and external happenings.
Every tiny changes,events,allows me to notice it!!
Like bird chirping,wind playing with slightly opened window,neighbor taking to girlfriend,my mom slightly appealed by too much smoking,feelings about beautiful girl in supermarket,with shy smile , etc...

In the past,I seldom w