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Practise what you teach
“If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.”Though this quote is by the famous pianist Jan Paderewski, it is...
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Women @40
No matter what your age, stress can affect you. Whether it’s a student worried about an exam, an employee worried about meeting a deadline, or a woman affected by the sudden changes in her...
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“Kundalini yoga brought new meaning into my life”—Bijay Anand
Yoga is known for its powers to transform lives and here is one such splendid example. While living in the fast lane, Bijay Anand’s life seemed to be headed in the wrong direction. He was caught in the...
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Yoga for busy bees
Here are a few quick and easy yoga-inspired exercises for your eyes, neck and shoulders. They are perfect if you spend long hours in front of the computer, or carry out any concentrated activity like...
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Power chanting
When I first did an intensive course in Vedic Chanting five years ago, I was curious to experience the nuances of this dying art, which was presented to people as a discipline much after its inception....
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What has yoga got to do with your work life? Plenty!
To put it bluntly: if you aspire to be a bank director, you cannot also be a bank robber. Similarly, if you aspire towards mastery in Yoga, you cannot also be a moral good-for-nothing. It is important...
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Are you suffering from sciatica? Try Yoga
Sciatica is a condition where shooting pain starts at the lower back and moves down to the leg. One of the main culprits leading to this is Postural Misalignment—a gift of our advanced lifestyle....
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Puzzled by health advice?
Confusion is the hallmark of our over-communicated society. Amid explosion of news media and the resulting excess of mental stimuli, we often find ourselves at an intersection of truths—or supposed...
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Is insomnia sucking the joy out of your life?
“How do people go to sleep? I’m afraid I’ve lost the knack.” —Dorothy Parker When you’ve lain in bed for hours, tossed and turned until your body aches, glanced at the clock more times than you can...
View ArticleWant to look great and feel on the top of the world? Try facial yoga
Your face is the index of your physical and mental health. And just as you work out your body to make yourself look and feel good, you can also work out your face to make it look good. The...
View ArticleThe four magnets that can attract happiness into your life
Whenever a yoga client asks me for tips on how to lose weight, have more energy, look younger and so on, my first question to them is why? Why do you think you want what you are asking for? More often...
View ArticleHow to do candle meditation or trataka
Trataka or tratak is a yogic kriya (exercise) where you fix your gaze on a set point and continue to focus on it for a short period of time. Hatha yoga considers Trataka to be a part of the Shat-Kriyas...
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3 essential yoga mudras: Ganesha mudra, Jnana mudra, Nasika mudra
Mudras are an integral part of the yogic tradition and typically refer to energetic positions created using the body. Mudra literally means a lock or a seal. Creating these various positions is said to...
View Article4 tips to help you during your 10-day silent Vipassana retreat
Vipassana is an ancient Indian technique of meditation that has made quite a comeback, gaining global popularity in recent years. The 10-day Vipassana retreat has been attracting tourists and spiritual...
View ArticleTejas: Is your inner fire fueling you or burning you out?
Today, we humans take in much more information than our ancestors did before us. Just to write this article, I probably read and re-read more information than my grandparents did in a week. This...
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