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New Year - 2024: Reflecting on the old before embracing the new
The New Year is waiting in the wings, just about to be ushered in with a lot of fanfare and celebrations. It is another milestone in our lives, with the completion of one year and the beginning of another. Let us take a few moments to review the year gone by.
2 min |
January 2024
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Svadhyaya - Using the Antarayas for our very own SWOT analysis
It is this time of the year again when we charged with the energy of the New Year jump into all kinds of resolutions regarding what we want to improve in our life. These are usually short-lived because we are either too ambitious and reaching for the stars in our goals or because we do not go about integrating them in a systematic manner.
5 min |
January 2024
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Simple Rules for a Healthy Life
Start the New Year with these - When I joined the training at The Yoga Institute, way back in 1966, I was eating without knowledge and discrimination. Anything and everything would do until I heard a talk by Shri Yogendraji, the Founder of The Yoga Institute, \"All matter including nutrients, are in three stages of evolution. The calcium in the farm ground can be likened to inertia/Tamas; the calcium in the bones of an ox, likened to Rajas, and the same in the bones of a sage likened to Sattva.\"
1 min |
January 2024
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When to Do Our Duty: How not to slip into Adharma
There are many stories in the Vedas, in the Upanishads and in the Puranas from which we learn that human beings have to do their duty. This concept of duty is a very strong one. We are told that while carrying out our duty, we should not have emotions like anger, hatred, worry or unhappiness within us.
2 min |
January 2024
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Aishwarya - Striving for perfection
We will discuss a word that we possibly should know: Aishwarya i.e. perfection. This is one of the four aspects of our personality. We possess what is considered righteous conduct (Dharma), we possess knowledge (Jnana) and we can also give up things (Vairagya). And the fourth thing that we possess is the capacity for perfection.
3 min |
January 2024
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The Power Of Digital Fasting: Disconnect To Reconnect
When less is more
3 min |
December 2023
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How To Feel Inspired At 7am Every Day
Kick-starting your motivation
4 min |
December 2023
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Banaras - "Kashi Ki Kahaani"
Where you never forget that life is ephemeral
2 min |
December 2023
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Rising like a Phoenix
A metaphor for rebirth/rejuvenation
1 min |
December 2023
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Shaping the Mud that Is Our Life
Pottery is a beautiful art form. It is an art of shaping earth with hands, on a rotating wheel.
2 min |
December 2023
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Is Our Universe an Illusion or a Reality?
Looking through life's deceptions
5 min |
December 2023
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Ego is the Forbidden Fruit
From ego to divinity
3 min |
December 2023
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Nange Paanv - Barefoot
Heal yourself just by grounding
3 min |
December 2023
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Becoming a Life-long Learner
Finding lessons and teachers in any situation
2 min |
December 2023
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Looking for Yogis
What makes a true Yogi? From a Parisamvada by Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra
3 min |
December 2023
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Nine Forms Of Durga
How the nine nights of Navratri celebrate the Goddess in her entirety
2 min |
October 2023
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Creating Happiness In Life
Distinguishing the real and the make-believe
4 min |
October 2023
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Hing
In case you have been wondering what gives Indian food its attractive aroma, one of the key ingredients responsible is Hing (or 'Hingu') aka asafoetida. It is known to affect the nose quickly!
1 min |
October 2023
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My Experience with Pranayama
As the breath, so is the mind
2 min |
October 2023
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Compassion
Engaging in loving dialogue with yourself
1 min |
October 2023
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Aparigraha
Letting go of hoarded things - with a little help from nature
3 min |
October 2023
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My Tryst with Yoga
A fateful encounter with the first family of yoga
2 min |
October 2023
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Yoga and Gandhiji
Remembering a great Yogi on his 154th birth anniversary
1 min |
October 2023
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The Gaps
Find calmness of mind in between breaths
1 min |
October 2023
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Seeds as Seers
Waiting patiently for our chance to bloom
4 min |
October 2023
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Hansa Maa
Celebrating Dr. Hansaji Yogendra on her 76th birthday
2 min |
October 2023
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Customs and Traditions
Analyse and understand before following anything blindly
3 min |
October 2023
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The Power of Prayer
A prayer a day keeps fear away From a Parisamvada
2 min |
October 2023
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Transformation Through Yoga
How my journey at The Yoga Institute changed summer vacation
3 min |
August 2023
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Preventive Measures Keep Us Going Strong
Today's awareness about one's own body is tomorrow's good health From a Parisamvada
3 min |