Brahmacharya: Celibacy
A lifestyle that maximises your learning capacity, Brahmacharya names the span of your?rst 15-25 years of life, a…
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Ana’s Fierce Medicine
“If you want to use yoga to heal emotional pain, you must find out where it resides in…
Guarding Alertness
ituIn early September, I travelled to India with two of my yogini friends, Mary and Candy, for some…
The Concept of Agni in Ayurveda
Agni is the invariable agent in the process of Paka (digestion, transformation). Ingested food is to be digested,…
The key to this world, and beyond
Manifested creation, of which humans are a part, has the inherent tendency of movement. The movement is either…
The deeper meaning of asana Part 2
Asana, as we understood in the previous article, is a means of synchronising with source. The mind is…
How Yoga Can Help Cure Insomnia
According to the Harvard Review, individuals over the age of 60 who maintain a regular yoga practice are…
Sun Salutation Surya Namaskaram Variation 19
Step 1 Ardha Vrkshasana (Tree Pose – Half Variation) Step: Stand tall on the left leg and bring…
The Myths of Backbend (4) Switch On Your Soft Power
In the past issues, we have gone through various skills – power up the baby toes, fuel the…
Movement and Stillness: A dance Therapist’s Kriya
When I first tried a meditation practice, I could not breathe. Discovering the book, The Serpent and the…
The Deeper Significance of Saucha or Purity
The first of the niyamas or the observances mentioned by Patanjali is what in Sanskrit is called saucha…
SUN SALUTATION SURYA NAMASKARAM Variation 29
Surya (Sun) Namaskaram (Salutation) is the most commonly practised yoga sequence by many Yoga traditions today. Although the…