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Yoga for Runners

Before practicing yoga regularly, what I do to stay active is running. Over time, I do experience some lower back pain and sore feet. These are common complaints for those who tend to jog or run often. A typical runner experiences too much pounding, tightening and shortening of the muscles

Yoga for Golfers

Recently, a friend of mine who is an avid golfer told me that his friend has improved on his golf game after going for yoga classes for some time. He asked me if it’s true that yoga can help in this area. I have learnt that by incorporating elements of

Vi-Nyaah-Sa

Vinyasa, (pronounced: vi-nyaah-sa)  is a Sanskrit term used in certain styles of yoga. In Sanskrit, Nyasa means “to place” and Vi means “in a special way”.  So we define Vinyasa as, “a specific sequence of breath synchronized movements used to transition between certain postures.” The Vinyasa flow is a variant of Surya

Anticipation, Apprehension – My first class

  Leaving the Tirisula TTC, I was not at all confident about my ability to teach yoga to beginners.  It had nothing to do with the course; the course was great. It was me.  I’ve heard many people say you don’t have to be a good practitioner to be a

Acro-Yoga

Few weeks back, I walked into a garden café to ponder what I would blog about and there was a group of 6 people doing something that sort of looked like yoga.  Except they were on top of each other, in two sets of three. “Its called Acro-yoga” is what

Aum Salutations to God Vasudeva

1. Aum the Universe, the cause of the universe, Brahman, Omkara, The All-pervading, the Recipient of offerings in sacrifice, the Lord of the Past, Future and Present, the Creator of beings, the Sustainer of Beings, the Absolute Existence, the Self of Beings and the Originator (or generator of beings). 2.

Aum Salutations to Narayana

The Sri Vishnu Sahasranam The Thousand Names of Vishnu Translations Sloka 1 OM   Nama 1: vishvam / a) Universe or Cause of Universe b) One who is full in all respects. Om visvaya namah. 2. Vishnu: – a) One who permeates everything, is inside every sentient and non-sentient being. b)

2 Impossible Things Man is Unable to Perform

Our minds have always been attempting to perform 2 impossible things.  Firstly to rewrite the past, which we know cannot be done.  Past is past and cannot be relived, revived and rewrote.  You are unable to go to the past and but retain memories of it, which hardly has the

GARUDA MUDRA

Garuda, the king of birds and of the air, is the enemy of the snakes.  It’s the powerful and mighty bird that Vishnu rides. Birds generally have sharp eyes, a distinct sense of orientation, and strong survival instincts. Large birds have such an enormous wing span and so much strength

TAPAS (HEAT) – TRANSFORMING SPIRIT FROM MATTER

Tapas, defined as the “concentration of the spiritual willforce”, means to burn.  It refers to the heat created from intense discipline, and is one of the Niyamas from the second limb of Patanjali’s eight-limbed tree of yoga. Physical Tapas – Likened to heating up base metal to refine gold from

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