The Power Of Vulnerability

I feel fear.

The Yogis- Shri Yogendraji

What was this due to - this great culture of the Yogis? It was their self-concentrated stage, a stage higher than our physical and the mental planes where they could see reality face to face. They controlled their inner activities and misleading perceptions, to realize that Ultimate Truth - that stage of higher super-consciousness. Plotinus glimpsed the truth and found that it is only by an act of intuition in which the mind rises above thoughts and merges in the object, that one can realize the Ultimate Reality.

Experience

When we talk about experience, joy is an experience. The experience comes only when a person goes a little deeper and does not function at the superficial level.

A Morning Cup Of Mindulness

Tighten your palms into fists. Tighter! Tighter!

Who Has Robbed The Swami's Honey?

An episode in the life of Swami Chidananda - Yogi extraordinaire.

It's Only Words

“It’s only words and words are all I have”, so goes the famous song of the 70’s. I too just have words to express gratitude.

Mantra Yoga- Shri Yogendraji

It was through that course of yoga known by the name Mantra Yoga that Alfred Lord Tennyson, the poet laureate of England, by the successive concentration and repetition of his name, attained the state of self-consciousness.

Guru- Chela

Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra in Parisamvada

The Learning State

Talk by Smt. Hansaji J. Yogendra

From The Archives OF Yoga And Total Health

Mantra Yoga

Simplifying Aparigraha And Karuna

Aparigraha is one of the Yamas (Yama is the first step in ‘Ashtanga Yoga’ or the eight limbs of yoga.

Does the Pope Use A Mantra before Sunday Sermon?

Pope Francisco is a simple man. When he ascended the seat of the Pope in Rome, his papal suite was prepared for by the Vatican.

A Bouquet Of Scriptural Tales

See God Everywhere (Ramayana)

7 Stages Of Conciousness

There is not only one state of consciousness that we experience everyday in our life, the wakeful state or our physical consciousness, but there are many more stages besides this of which we are totally unaware.

Freedom

Freedom is a good idea. We all love freedom.

Freedom Within A Framework

The human being is tied down to his body and he has to live according to its character and capacities.

Smile An Everlasting Smile

I met her for the first time as a part of corporate training at my erstwhile company.

From The Archives Of Yoga And Total Health

Modern physicians are rarely interested in explaining the disease, they just want to facilitate a quick cure and have you on your way.

Practising Breathing Awareness To Inculcate Mindfulness

Just like breath sustains life of the body, Prana sustains Chitta-Vritti.

The Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali- A Perspective

Tatah Pratyak Chetana Adhigamah Api Antaraya Abhavah Cha

Ushtrasana (Camel Pose)

Faith and sense of duty are necessary to maintain enthusiasm; Effort and achievement then grow in an easy way.

Restraints

Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra in Parisamvada

Fear Of The Unknown

There is always a fear of the unknown. About the known we know what is and what is not.

Are We Wise Or Foolish?

They say that a fool learns from his own experience, a wise man learns from the fool’s experience. So the question is whether we fall in the category of fools or the wise people.

Yoga And Psychology

In my journey in personal growth , two schools of thought have contributed immensely. They are yoga and psychology. Both deal with examining the mind. While yoga talks about transcending the mind, psychology focuses on understanding the mind. I see them as father and mother. Let me explain.

A Bouquet Of Scriptural Tales

The Materialistic Man (Bhagvad Purana)

Gems Of The Yoga Institute

In times of instant Idlis, instant coffee and instant noodle, Relationships are crumbling in a few moments on Google.

The Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali - A Perspective

Chapter 1.25 Tatra Niratisayam Sarvajnabijam

Story Of A Cancer Patient

This is a unique story of a cancer patient, who underwent two major cancer operations and whose case is kept as a case study in the S.L Raheja Hospital, Mahim, by none less than Dr. S. H. Advani, one of the most reputed oncology doctors in Asia, who is also Padmabhushan and Padmashri awardee.

Choose to be Strong

Few weeks back, the Satsang topic at The Yoga Institute was “Depression the Killer”.