Sharp Words

“The attitude of gratitude is the highest yoga”
Yogi Bhajan

 

Sharp Words

“The attitude of gratitude is the highest yoga”
Yogi Bhajan

 

Yoga Sutras for Modern Life. Seventh Limb: Dhyana

Yoga Sutras for Modern Life. Seventh Limb: Dhyana

Our mini-series on the Eight Limbs of Yoga according to the ancient Sanskrit text Yoga Sutras of Patanjali has gotten to its seventh episode. Today we talk about Dhyana or “contemplation and meditation”. Dhyana builds on the previous limb, Dharana (one-pointed...

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Yoga Sutras for modern life. Sixth limb: Dharana

Yoga Sutras for modern life. Sixth limb: Dharana

Have you ever been so fully focused on what you were doing that the rest of the world seemed to fall away? These ephemeral moments of intense absorption are glimpses of dharana, the sixth step on Patanjali’s eight-limbed path of yoga. In this sixth episode of the...

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Yoga Sutras for modern life. Fifth limb: Pratyahara

Yoga Sutras for modern life. Fifth limb: Pratyahara

Pratyahara may initially seem confusing to many students of yoga philosophy. The fifth limb of Patanjali’s eight-limbed path of yoga from the Yoga Sutras translates as “withdrawal of the senses”. We are used to yoga teachers encourage us to notice bodily sensations as...

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3 steps to start moving intuitively in yoga

3 steps to start moving intuitively in yoga

There are a gazillion benefits of practicing yoga, ranging from the physical to the spiritual and many things in between. There are lots of activities you can do to help you stretch and strengthen your muscles, so what’s so magical about yoga? For me, it’s the...

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How to take care of your creative inner child

How to take care of your creative inner child

Children are creative. When they draw, they don’t care about staying within the lines. They bring their own unique magic into this world. As we grow up, we may lose some of this fantastic, free and vulnerable part of ourselves. That’s why it’s so important that we...

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Yoga Sutras for modern life. Fourth limb: Pranayama

Yoga Sutras for modern life. Fourth limb: Pranayama

Praṇayama is the fourth limb of Yoga and brings us to the fourth part of my mini-series dedicated to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Pranayama is yogic breathing technique which is practiced to clear the physical and emotional obstacles in order to direct and expand the...

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