Category: Yoga Benefits

Home / Yoga / Yoga Benefits
7 Chakras For Beginners
Post

CHAKRA MEDITATION: Meditation Practices on Psycho-Spiritual Energy Centers

CHAKRA MEDITATION: Meditation Practices on Psycho-Spiritual Energy Centers Chakras are the psycho-spiritual energy centers considered as the vehicle to experience the subtle bodies of human consciousness. These are the major energy centers or energy pools  of the Pranamaya Kosha (the energy body) carrying higher qualities of human life. They hold distinct spiritual qualities and values...

yoga pose
Post

Ujjayi Pranayama: The Victorious Breathing Practice

Ujjayi Pranayama: The Victorious Breathing Practice Ujjayi Pranayama is one of the easiest and has the fewest restrictions, out of 8 main popular pranayama practices. It is a great preparatory practice to apply at the beginning of any asana or other advanced pranayama practices. The practice of Ujjayi pranayama is so simple that it can...

ANAPANASATI MEDITATION Buddha Image
Post

ANAPANASATI MEDITATION

ANAPANASATI MEDITATION A Powerful Breath Awareness Practice for Concentration & Meditation Anapana Sati is a simple yet incredibly beneficial mindfulness meditation practice based on breath awareness. This method has been developed by Gautam Buddha as an important tool for concentration and meditation. In the ancient Indian language, Pali, the word “ānāpāna” refers to the incoming and outgoing...

Pranayama practice
Post

The Importance of Pranayama in Yogic Practices

The Importance of Pranayama in Yogic Practices “Tatah Kshiyate Prakasha Avaranam”- Patanjali “Breathing practices bring true understanding and knowledge into life by destroying all the impurities of mind.” – Patanjali Breathing is the very first and very last act of life. The act of breathing is so simple, so obvious that we normally take it for...

Yogic Diet
Post

The Yogic Diet: How to Eat like a Yogi

The Yogic Diet: How to Eat like a Yogi The practice of yoga seeks to harmonize the body, mind, and emotions so we can establish ourselves in a transcendental state of consciousness. Because our physical body is at the gross, anatomical level, the process of transcendence begins with the body. If the body is not...

zen meditation
Post

What is the Pure Essence of Yoga?

What is Yoga? “Yoga should be known through yoga, as yoga itself is a teacher.” ~ Sage Vyasa Before we understand what Yoga is, let’s clarify what Yoga is not. Yoga is not a philosophy; it is not something one can think about. Yoga is not a religion; it is not Hindu, it is not...

benefits of pranayama
Post

BENEFITS OF PRANAYAMA

BENEFITS OF PRANAYAMA Breathing is the first and last act of our life. With Breath in we become alive and with Breath out we become dead.  It is so simple and so obvious that normally we take it for granted. This is the Breathing that holds the very fabric of life and key to our...

types of yoga
Post

TYPES OF YOGA

TYPES OF YOGA Since ancient time to the modern age, yoga has been as pure science which observes deeply into consciousness to find out the truth of inner. The modern scientist finds out the truth of the matter by dividing and analyzing it whereas the yogi finds the truth of consciousness through union and synthesis....

100 Hour Holistic Yoga Teacher Training
Post

What is Yoga? – a Philosophy or a Discipline

Yoga is essentially a spiritual discipline which focuses on bringing harmony between body, breath, mind, heart and spirit for a holistic life. It is a science of healthy, peaceful and harmonious living with self and others. The practice of yoga leads to the union of individual consciousness with that of the Universal Consciousness. This indicates...