Yoga

Kriya yoga in India

Kriya Yoga is a popular form of Indian yogic practice. It is a type of meditation that helps to generate the spiritual feeling within a performer. A book by Paramhansa Yogananda, popular as autobiography of a Yogi reveals the purpose of kriya yoga as being the union with the supreme Lord. To put it simply, kriya yoga is a form of pranayama or meditation. Therefore, you may also consider kriya yoga being a path towards self-control. Kriya yoga is a comparatively new type of yoga as it has been...

Education Enlightened Through Sahaja Yoga

by Saakshi Makhija It is your endeavour that your child gets good education which leads him to be a perfect man. To attain this you are sending him to the best school, providing tuition at home and looking after his each and every need. In spite of all your sincere efforts when the child is not growing in correct direction/not doing well in studies, frustration, results at both the level of child & guardians. The reason being the student is unable to integrate his inner/innate qualities required...

Best Places to Learn Yoga in India - The Santhi School,...

Teacherji initiated a survey and reached out to several Yoga institutes in the country with an intent to find best places to learn Yoga Schools in India. We are featuring all the Yoga institutes that responded to our Survey questionnaire. In second of this series, We're featuring School of Santhi, Yoga School, Trivandrum. YOGA Institute: School of Santhi, Yoga School, Trivandrum, Kerala 1. Who founded your Yoga institute and when? Swami Santhiprasad in 1998 2. How big is your facility for...

Bhakti yoga in India

Bhakti Yoga Yoga of all kinds is deeply rooted in Indian culture and heritage. You may be acquainted with the theme of Bhakti yoga if you are aware of the wide range of yoga endorsed by the yog gurus. Unlike many other yogic postures, Bhakti yoga has a spiritual connotation. This yoga is usually preached by the Hindu philosophers in India. For them, practicing Bhakti yoga enhances proximity to the God. This type of yoga is meant to develop the devotion or Bhakti to worship God through yogic postures. The...

Baba ji's Kriya yoga

Kriya yoga is the form of yoga or yogic posture that is enunciated by the Yoga guru Mahavatar Baba ji. He is a living inspiration for many yogis around the world. There is hardly any yoga expert who is not familiar with the name of this yoga icon in India. The word kriya implies action. It also denotes self-realization and the power of performing well. Babaji Nagraj is also a popular devotee of this school of yoga. Discussing Kriya yoga without a short introduction to its principal proponent,...

Yoga poses to beat the summer heat

Our body and mind undergoes certain changes with the onset of different seasons. It is important to maintain a balanced body, mind and soul, in every season. During summer our body tends to heat up, aggravating the pitta dosha. According to Ayurveda, human body has three doshas (humours) -- vata, pitta and kapha. Pitta is basically driven by solar energy, so we need to cool down our internal heat energy in summer to maintain equilibrium. Here are few yoga postures that can help you stay cool...