Real or Unreal?

Rising from lower reality to a Higher Reality with Kriya Yoga

Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapurana

The Truth-The God

Here, You Will Experience Yoga

‘Mother’- Smt. Sitadevi Yogendra was a pioneer of yoga education for women

Pranayama - Tasmin Sati Svasa Prasvasayoh Gati Vicchedah Pranayamah

After mastering posture, one must practise control of Prana (Pranayama) by stopping the motions of inhalation and exhalation. (Yoga Sutra 2/49)

Madamast

Being thrown off-balance is an un-Yogic sign

Food for Thought

Does life seek its true purpose?

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine

Nature always gives us warnings, but we brush them aside because we are too busy!! From a Parisamvada

What To Learn From Nature!

Nature doesn’t give up, but we give up too easily. By observing nature, we can learn a lot.

How To Be A Better Conversationalist

A few tips on how to talk and how to listen

The Qualities Of A Seeker

On the path of self-improvement, one needs patience, enthusiasm, cheerfulness, and spiritual passion

Breathe Out Depression

Two Pranayamas to lift your spirits

How To Strengthen Your Will

Modern-day comforts have made us soft and lazy. Some amount of Tapa can help us toughen up From a Parisamvada by Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra

Truth

There is great power in truth, but it should never be used to hurt someone

Putting Focus in Perspective

Both focus and perspective are important, but focus should follow perspective

Parallels between Buddhism and Yoga

The goal is the same, the paths slightly different

Can Yogis Hibernate?

The writer, in search of the miraculous, finds a Yogi hibernating in the high Himalayas.

Back to the Basics

Yamas and Niyamas are more important than ever in the present day and age

The Spiritual Lighthouse of The Yoga Institute

Because of such stage of Chitta, verbal cognitions and inference in which the options of words, meaning and ideas all get mixed up, this state of consciousness is termed indistinct concord (Savitarka).

Three Days of Revival and Regeneration At The Yoga Institute, Chorao Island, Goa

How to become a newer you in Goa

The Enemy Within

In yoga, we learn about Aparigraha -- reducing our wants.

Godhum Dosa

A recipe that mitigates Vata and Pitta, and does not create Kapha

A Peep into the Master's Mind

An interview with Dr Jayadeva, conducted in the year 2000

Every Activity Is Yoga

If we focus on the work instead of the results, it becomes yoga From a Parisamvada by Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra

Simple is Difficult

The very final point cannot be anything but simple, one without a second

Yoga Relief for Nasal Polyps

Two remedies for nasal polyps which can be a major irritant

The Spiritual Lighthouse of The Yoga Institutex

Beginning with Isvarpranidhana, Patanjali leaves it all to the individual to select any preliminary conditioning process (Ek Tattva Abhyasa) that he may himself desire, according to his own choice. What is essential, however, is that it should so completely engage his Chitta that he becomes steady, and remains so.

Popped and Stir Fried Sorghum or Dhaani

A recipe that takes advantage of the benefits of jowar

Get involved

There is a story of a great Indian saint, Narayan Guru. One day, as he was chopping wood, a man came up to him and said, “Sir, I want to learn about spirituality.”

Kriya Yoga

A look at the obstacles to self-realization

Encounters With The Soul: Ramana Maharshi Graces Our Home

Strange, that the first time I heard about Ramana Maharshi was from a policeman of Santander, Spain, my student, Antonio Portoles.