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Yogic Neuroscience: Developing the Soma of the BrainThe brain is capable of secreting powerful chemicals that can bring about extraordinary changes in body and mind. While drugs can be used to stimulate or substitute for these, there is much in the brain’s own chemical functioning that can be improved. The brain’s secretions can be influenced by special foods, herbs, impressions, breathing exercises, mantras, meditation, and the whole range of Yoga and Ayurveda practices, working through nature rather than outside of it. Cultivating the ecology of the brain is central to health and well-being for the twenty-first century and its continuing high tech developments.READ THE FULL ARTICLE BY DR DAVID FRAWLEY -
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The Flow of Soma
May 21,2018 / Articles on Yoga On the Vedas & their interpretation / 0 CommentsBy David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) In the following article we will discuss the Vedic principle of Soma and its related principle of Agni in order to help us understand the internal alchemy behind the process of Yoga. This may provide a...
Agni and the Fire of Self-Inquiry
May 05,2018 / On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi On the Vedas & their interpretation / 0 CommentsBy David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) Self-inquiry (Atma-vichara), such as taught by Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, is regarded as the simplest and most direct path to Self-realization. However, Self-inquiry is also very subtle and can be hard to...
Secrets of the Five Pranas
April 29,2018 / Articles on Ayurveda Core Teachings / 0 CommentsThe following article by Dr. David Frawley adopted from his book Yoga and Ayurveda: Self-Healing and Self-realization All that exists in the three heavens rests in the control of Prana. As a mother her children, oh Prana, protect us and give us...
Ayurveda and the Mind: An Overview
April 15,2018 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Vedic Counseling / 0 CommentsBy Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) Ayurveda is inherently a psychological as much as it is a physical system of medicine. Its scope of practice includes both physical (sharirika) and mental (manasika) diseases. Therefore, we...
Mantra Yoga & Shakti Mantras
Shakti Bija Mantras Adapted from book Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound Copyright David Frawley 2010 Besides the mantric power of letters of the Sanskrit alphabet, there is another series of powerful bija or single-syllable mantras, which...
India’s Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy: The Role of Yoga and Dharmic Traditions
April 09,2018 / Articles on India New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsThis article is a summary of the address delivered by Dr. David Frawley, Founder & Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies on 29th January, 2018 at the Workshop on India’s Foreign Policy organised by India Foundation in...
Discovering the Secret Power of Hanuman
March 29,2018 / Hindu Deities New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsHanuman endows us with the Atma-Shakti or self-power to realise our higher potential and accomplish what is magical. Hanuman is the great hero of the Ramayana, the wonderful story's most fascinating character. Though having the form of a...
How to Cope with the Digital Age with Yoga and Ayurveda for the Mind
March 29,2018 / Articles on Ayurveda New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsMost of us spend several hours on the day relative to a computer, tablet or smart phone. This creates tension but also depletes the mind and can even dull the senses. On top of this we may be wired up to music for hours. The...
Rama and Sita through a Yogic Vision
March 24,2018 / Hindu Deities New Articles by David Frawley / 0 Comments"The real question behind the Ramayana is not whether monkeys could speak or if Rama and Sita are politically correct by today’s opinions, but how we can live a higher truth." writes Dr David Frawley Lord Rama is much more than an...
Yogic Neuroscience: Developing the Soma of the Brain
This is a Vedanet.com exclusive article by Dr. David Frawley The brain is capable of secreting powerful chemicals that can bring about extraordinary changes in body and mind. While drugs can be used to stimulate or substitute for these, there is...
Harmonizing the Windmills of Our Minds
March 04,2018 / Articles by Yogini Shambhavi / 0 CommentsShaktis in Nature There are Shaktis or hidden powers throughout Nature that can help us take our spiritual experiences to a higher level. There are ancient powerful vortexes on Mother Earth where we can connect to its spiraling Shakti...
What is Prakriti? Unfolding the Mystery of Life!
March 02,2018 / New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsPrakriti is a common term in Vedic thought, particularly in Samkhya, Yoga and Ayurveda, but few people truly understand it. Let us explore what Prakriti is and its deeper implications. What does the Sanskrit term Prakriti actually...
Suffering and Awakening
February 28,2018 / Articles on Vedic Counseling New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsIt is not necessarily sad that we suffer, that we experience pain, disease or even death. The real sadness is that we have lost consciousness of our true nature in which there is peace even in the midst of pain, misfortune and...
Presence and the Present Moment
February 22,2018 / New Articles by David Frawley On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 0 CommentsThe Eternal Present Yogic teachings emphasize awareness in the here and now, what is often regarded as being in the present moment, not concerned being about the past or the future. This has often been misunderstood. For most of us, being...
Shiva Ratri: Waking Up to your Immortal Self
February 12,2018 / Hindu Deities New Articles by David Frawley / 0 CommentsLook to your true Self beyond body and mind that are but your instruments of expression in the manifest worlds. Whatever you see is but a reflection of the power of Shiva! Lord Shiva is the supreme deity of ever-wakeful...
