YOGA CITTA VRITTI NIRODAH (Yoga Sutras Chap. 1, Verse 2) A few thousand yeas ago, a great sage by the name of Patanjali thought the yoga teachings and principles were too scattered and needed to be organized, he decided to compile all that was out there in a very comprehensive way, in what became the …
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FOCUS OF THE WEEK – THE GUNAS (JAN 13-14)
Let’s face it. They say You are not your body, you are not your mind. So very true…..but what they fail to say is we are actually but a bundle of emotions and a pile of hormones; which take over the moment we are born and start dictating our very moods and behaviors. I have always …
CHANT OF THE WEEK (Sep 2 / 13)
VITARKA BADHANE PRATI PAKSHA BHAVANAM When disturbed by disturbing thoughts , think of the opposite. – Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras 2.33 [Vitarka: bad thought. Badhane: repel, suspend. Pratipaksha: opposite, contrary. Bhavanam: meditate, reflect] So how can we put this Sutra into action? Might seem easier said than done, but try something along those lines: The guy …