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Defeat Your Worst Enemy

“ I find my worst enemy is the same enemy we all have…ourselves. What I fight against really does not exist, It is only distorted reflection of true self.” When we’re distracted, we cannot concentration Without concentration, there is no meditation And without meditation… there is no yoga! Embrace discomfort

Mahamudra

THE GREAT SEAL The visible body has head (inside is the brain), neck which connects the head with the trunk (thorax, abdomen and pelvis) and the two upper limbs, the two lower limbs. This gross body houses the brain and spinal cord (the most important structures for God realization), Of

Ten Simple Rules To Life

The Purpose of Life is to … 1.  Share Your Love.  Truly pursue this purpose in life with passion, and all the others will follow naturally! Love everyone, and start with those closest to you. 2.  Give to Others. You can make a difference in the world! Choose to serve

Reiki

The higher-self within started focusing on a higher power reception which eventually had me searching. Then it appeared REIKI!!!! My search eventually ended at TIRISULA YOGA. No matter how hard I tried to search for other alternative, a voice kept directing me there. Succumbing to the voice within, I arrived

Teaching Yoga

Focus on the students’ needs, not how you perform The first few times I tried teaching a class (I relief teach for my yoga teacher whenever she goes overseas), I was pretty self-conscious. So many thoughts were going through my head: Am I speaking perfect English? What if I say

My Best Friend, My First Student

Yesterday, was my very first lesson as a teacher. Even though it was my friend, i was feeling rather tensed up to conduct! However the feeling gradually subsided as the lesson went by. And i realised, coaching an all beginner’s class is extremely different from a beginner who at least knows

YOGASANA – the elixir* of life

Yogasana is the ultimate workout A wonderful elixir without a doubt With deep breathing and own body weight To increase circulation and oxygen intake With the breath, pranic energy** is introduced Penetrating the cells and fatigue is reduced This vital energy is the source For awakening the dormant spiritual force

Practice and the Cultivation of Friendliness – Yoga Sutras

Practice and the Cultivation of Friendliness I.33 Maitri karuna mudita upeksanam sukha duhkha punya apunya visayanam bhavanatah cittaprasadanam Through cultivation of friendliness, compassion, joy, and indifference to pleasure and pain, virtue and vice respectively, the consciousness becomes favorably disposed, serene and benevolent. In the past I have experienced some very challenging

Memory – Yoga Sutras

I.11 anubhuta visaya asampramosah smrtih Memory is the unmodified recollection of words and experiences. The movements of consciousness are fivefold (I.5).  They are caused by correct knowledge, illusion, delusion, sleep and memory (I.6).  In sutra I.11 Patanjali describes memory as the unmodified recollection of words and experiences.  The key word

Pleasure, Pain, Desire and Temptation – Yoga Sutras

Pleasure, Pain, Desire and Temptation II.14 te hlada paritapa phatah punya apunya hetutvat According to our good, bad or mixed actions, the quality of our life, its span, and the nature of birth are experienced as being pleasant or painful. I believe this sutra is about perception.  If you perceive the events

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