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Go ahead and Relax-Yogas way

Go ahead and Relax-Yogas way

May 17, 2013 0 Comments

If you go to the zoo or tune your TV to the Discovery channel, an observance of nature will show us that animals love relaxation and sleep. They often relax and get as much sleep as they want. Rest and sleep are essential to recharge our nervous energy as our physical, emotional and mental balance [...] Read more
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Getting Healthy With Yoga

Getting Healthy With Yoga

May 17, 2013 0 Comments

People have always believed that yoga can do more for your body than just keeping it fit and flexible. Research now shows it can help weight control, lower back pain, insomnia and even heart disease. Studies indicate yoga helps with weight loss and maintenance. In a study of 15,000 adults, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research [...] Read more
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Foundations of Yoga, Part 3: Satya (Truthfulness, Honesty)

Foundations of Yoga, Part 3: Satya (Truthfulness, Honesty)

May 17, 2013 0 Comments

Satya: truthfulness, honesty (A continuation of an explanation of the aspects of Patanjali’s Yama and Niyama) “Satya is said to be speech and thought in conformity with what has been seen or inferred or heard on authority. The speech spoken to convey one’s own experience to others should be not deceitful, nor inaccurate, nor Read more
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Foundations of Yoga, Part 2: Ahimsa (Harmlessness)

Foundations of Yoga, Part 2: Ahimsa (Harmlessness)

May 17, 2013 0 Comments

Ahimsa: non-violence, non-injury, harmlessness In his commentary on the Yoga Sutras, Vyasa [Vyasa was one of the greatest sages of India, author of the Mahabharata (which includes the Bhagavad Gita), the Brahma Sutras, and the codifier of the Vedas.] begins his exposition of ahimsa: “Ahimsa means in no way and at no time to do [...] Read more
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Foundations of Yoga, Part 1: Yama and Niyama

Foundations of Yoga, Part 1: Yama and Niyama

May 17, 2013 0 Comments

Prerequisites for yoga “Knowledge (Jnana) does not come about from practice of yoga methods alone. Perfection in knowledge is in fact only for those who begin by practice of virtue (dharma). Yet, without yoga as a means, knowledge does not come about. The practice of yogic methods is not the means by itself, yet it [...] Read more
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