21 Ways to Remain Positive During a Lockdown

Book Review

5 Life Lessons I Learned from Yoga

I’m a writer by profession, who first came to yoga studies about a decade ago when I was in my late thirties

If A Task Is Worth Doing, It Is Worth Doing Well

I am a somewhat lazy person when it comes to a lot of things, documentation being one of them.

Atma Nirbharta -The Yogic Way!

Atmanirbhar is the word in vogue during our quarantine times. Mr.Prime Minister, in his recent speech, enlightened us with this pure Sanskrit word Aatmanirbhar Self-Reliance. I was intrigued by the word “Atma Nirbhar” and it made me ponder.

Nurturing Your Young Ones

Have we ever paused to think about the plight of our young children during and after lockdown?

Paramhamsa Madhavdasji - A Sadhu Always Ahead of His Time

(This article is an excerpt, translated by Smt. Minati Shah, from the Gujarati book “Manglyadham Malsar”given by Mahant Jagannathdasji, the present caretaker of Paramhamsa Madhavdasji’s ashram in Malsar).

A Comprehensive Study of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Srimad Bhagavad Gita Om

Aphorism (Sutra) twenty-seventh of Samadhi Pada, the first chapter of Yoga Sutra says as under: Tasya Vachakah Pranavah - Of that the signifier is Om.

Deliberations with Devdutt

Who is a Guru?

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – A Perspective

Svarasavahi-Vidusah-Api-Tatha-Arudhah-Abhinivesah

Single Minded Devotion

In the yoga system, the importance of God Ishvara is indirectly suggested.

Yogic Ahara

Minati Shah To make yoga available to householders, Shri Yogendraji began efforts a hundred years ago.

The Silver Lining In The Cloud

A lot has been written about the impact and destruction of the Coronavirus and the lessons it has taught the world. Human beings have been shown their reflection in the mirror of reality and have realised their path of exploitation and self-destruction.

Laughter

People wonder why all hilarious things happen to Mulla Nasruddin so often.

No Work is Big or Small

When we see newspapers the world overpraising the CEOs, presidents, and other dignitaries, some of us can rightfully think that it is not just the CEO who works so hard, the janitor or the watchmen at the company works equally hard. Then why is all the praise reserved only for the big guns? Many times in life we see that all the praises and accolades are generally won by people who are at the forefront, doing what we feel are the more complicated jobs, and the people doing simple jobs or working behind the scene are not praised or given their dues.

From the Archives of Yoga and Total Health Uddiyana

Published in ‘Yoga and Total Health’ September 1999

Deliberations with Devdutt

Il l treatment of Sewage Cleaners - How we become Participants in a Cultural Adharma

What Is Health?

We all want to be healthy. But our understanding of health is very limited. When we learn yoga we can extend its meaning. Understanding life and living in harmony with life can provide us with very good health.

Realizations In The Times Of Corona Virus

In this Rat-race, called life, with fast food and restaurants along with gyms and fancy malls pouring over with snaking queues, the man had it, or at least he thought he had it all. The human race had almost started feeling invincible, drunken with power. Till this pesky tiny virus, suddenly appeared and shook up the entire world and had it trembling with panic and halted it in its tracks. It virtually brought everything to a standstill, with the economy on the point of collapse.

The Thinker

A small poem attributed to Shankracharya talks about an old person - how in his old age there is a loss of hair, bending of the body, shrinking of the cheeks, eyes become weak, and so on.

Titbits from Karma Yoga ‘Do What You Have To Do'

Ikigai, it’s the new buzzword word I suppose these days (Maybe not quite, it would be the coronavirus by the time we go to print). Once I was told, “Kisi Bhi Shabd Ke Aage ‘Aa’ Laga Do, Fir Hum Indians Usey accept Kar Lete Hai”. (Anything ending with ‘aa’ becomes famous in India). Yog becomes Yoga, Ayurved becomes Ayurveda.

The Spiritual Lighthouse of The Yoga Institute

Thoughts of Shri Yogendraji

Recipes for Happiness - Yogic Lifestyle Diet

Book Review - Juhi Arora

From the Archives of Yoga and Total Health Can You Learn From Him

Published in ‘Yoga and Total Health’ September 2001

Influences of the Past

Trying to see myself in a neutral way as far as possible, I have to admit that human relationships have been a very difficult part of my life. Through most of my years, I got quickly disappointed when people did not behave or even think the way I thought was good behaviour or right thought. I then withdrew and did not want to have anything to do with them. Thus I was lonely most of the time. Long after starting with Yoga I began to realize that I could not expect that everyone valued the things that I valued nor resent anyone for behaving in the way he liked and thought right or – even if not right – inevitable. I think this eventual change in me was due to my efforts at ego-reduction. Seen in terms of the Five Kleshas, I realized that Dvesha was strong in me since I rejected so many things that other people had no problems with at all. By “ego”, great subjectivity, i.e. lack of neutrality is meant here. So at a snail’s pace, I began to understand what Dr Jayadeva meant when he said that the world is neutral – although it seems so colourful and full of contrasts. So, again at a snail’s pace, I have become more accepting of other people’s ways. But I am still far from what Doctor said about learning to enjoy the varieties in human personalities. I prefer those who value what I value and abstain from what I abstain. Does that mean that I value them less for their own sake than for getting myself mirrored or affirmed by them?

Deliberations with Devdutt

Beyond Justice and Forgiveness

Are Desires the Root Cause of All Evils?

The wise, the sages, the realized and the spiritually evolved souls, all live their lives. When asked about desires or ambitions, they don't have any. Having desires or planning things, is something that they never indulge themselves in because they know that the universe is being run by some other force and that they don't have control over it. Thus situations are never in our hands but how we live with those situations, is something that we can take efforts for. This is where Purushartha comes in.

Life Problems

We will spend a little time on a question which does not appear very meaningful: ‘Who am I?’ The answers are: immediately giving your name, pointing out to your own body and a little bit about the family. We have not gone very deep.

You Say It Best When You Say Nothing At All

Many of us would have heard of Mrs. Sudha Murthy, who chairs heads the Infosys Foundation. She is a prolific reader and writer. She has written many books.

Yogic Ahara

PRANAHARA (BANGLADESHI SANDESH)

Yoga and Women

People who ignore their bodies are committing a crime against themselves.