Ishwara Pranidhana
Ishwara is understood as being beyond one form yet expressed through all forms. Pranidhana means surrendering, dedicating or devotion. Thus, Ishwara Pranidhana can be translated as surrendering to a higher […]
Saucha – Purity
Saucha has been translated as purity; purity of the body and mind. Yogis are encouraged to keep the body pure and clean, watch what they eat and how it effects
Desiderata
Go placidly amidst the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak
Svadyaya – Study of the Self (Mind)
Adyaya means study and sva means self. Svadyaya can be considered as both the understanding of the Self by asking the question “who am I” and also cultivating the skill
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Svadyaya – Study of the Self
Self study in yoga is not about finding reasons for the way we are. It is not about digging into the past and finding out all the whys. This would
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Asteya – Non Stealing
Asteya by definition means not stealing, not taking what is not rightfully ours. As in Yoga, these practices are for us to purify ourselves or rather, to realise our purity,
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Pranayam In Brief
Pranayam/a Prana means breath, respiration, life, vitality, energy or strength. When used in the plural, it denotes certain vital breaths or currents of energy (prana-vayus). Ayama means ‘stretch’, extension, expansion,
What Is The Ego?
Get rid of your ego, drop the ego, detach from the ego, you seem to hear these words repeatedly, by many spiritual masters. But what is it? How can you get rid
Brahmacharya – Moving Towards The Absolute
Brahmacharya is made of Brahma and charya. Brahma means the absolute, the eternal, the never born, charya “to live” or “to move towards”. Thus Brahmacharya could be translated as “to
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Aparigraha – Non Possessivenss, Poverty
When you are born, you are naked, possessing nothing and, when you die, again you are empty of all possession. But somehow, ironically, during our life we believe in ownership.
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