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Yogic Neuroscience: Developing the Soma of the Brain and Beyond
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Soma is part of a vast cosmic symbolism in Vedic thought. It cannot be reduced to a single plant as …
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Yoga Psychology & Yoga Sutras
June 24,2022 / 0 CommentsShort Video Course >> Welcome to our short course in Yoga Psychology and the Yoga...
The Essence of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
June 10,2022 / 0 CommentsThe Essence of Yoga Sutras of Patanjali CONTINUE COURSE In the following short video course,...
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April 30,2022 / 1 CommentsThe Vedic Secrets of Nakshatras The Nakshatras, also called lunar mansions or asterisms,...
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Shiva and Shakti Yogas
July 02,2022 / Articles on Tantra Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsYoga means unification, which is first the unity of all the dualities and contraries that constitute the energies of life. Yoga philosophy teaches us to understand and transcend duality, but this rests upon harmonizing the dualities within us in a transformative state of balance. Shiva and Shakti...
Yoga & Ayurveda in an Age of Social and Economic Uncertainty
In these times of economic and social uncertainty, Yoga and Ayurveda practitioners and schools have faced numerous unpredictable challenges, and often a significant decline in their revenues. After the global shutdown following the initial Covid outbreak, many Yoga Studios had to close, and many...
Ayurveda and the Mind: Keys to Yoga and Ayurveda Psychology
June 26,2022 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Vedic Counseling / 0 CommentsAyurveda is inherently a psychological as much as a physical system of medicine. Its scope of practice includes both physical (sharirika) and mental (manasika) diseases. Therefore, we cannot really understand Ayurveda without looking at its view of the mind and consciousness. As Ayurveda holds...
Veda and Yoga are One: Veda is knowledge and Yoga is its practice
June 21,2022 / Articles on Yoga On the Vedas & their interpretation / 0 CommentsVeda is the knowledge and Yoga is its practice. It is that simple. They are two sides of the same truth. Yoga not only leads us to Veda, but also expresses it. Veda embodies itself through Yoga as its manifestation. Veda, from the root “vid” to know, refers to Knowledge in the highest sense as...
Why the practice of Yoga should begin with Ayurveda
June 20,2022 / Articles on Ayurveda / 0 CommentsFollowing Ayurveda along with Yoga helps us gain complete harmony and balance in body and mind so that we can discover our true Self that is one with all. Most people today practice Yoga, particularly asana and pranayama, for health benefits as the primary factor, extending at times to...
The Ancient Yoga of the Sun
June 16,2022 / Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsWhat if the most powerful force for energizing all Yoga practices were as obvious and visible as the Sun? The fact is that it is. The Sun, properly understood not merely as an outer but as an inner energy source, reflects the supreme light of Yoga both in our own hearts and in the world of nature...
Ayurvedic Implications of Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
June 13,2022 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsWe will explore the extensive relationship and vast interconnections between Yoga and Ayurveda, focusing on the Yoga Sutras. This examination extends to important issues of Yoga sadhana, Yoga therapy and Ayurvedic healing. Yoga, Ayurveda and related Vedic disciplines have more...
Vedic Counseling and Karmic Counseling
June 03,2022 / Articles on Vedic Counseling Core Teachings / 0 CommentsKarmic Responsibility: Taking Control of Your Life The first thing Vedic counseling teaches us is that our lives are a product of our own actions or karma. Who we are and what we experience, both individually and collectively, is the result of forces that we have set in motion and are ultimately...
Mauna: The Yoga of Silence
May 31,2022 / Articles on Yoga Core Teachings / 0 CommentsMauna, the Secret Limb of Yoga Mauna refers to the practice of not-speaking, and one who does this regularly is called a Muni, a sign of great respect in Hindu and yogic thought. While not-speaking is an important part of Mauna, it is much more than that. The voice is the foremost of our motor...
Shakti Sadhana and Divine Grace
May 28,2022 / Articles by Yogini Shambhavi Core Teachings / 0 CommentsShakti Sadhana by Yogini Shambhavi All of our lives should be a Shakti Sadhana, a cultivation of the Yoga Shakti on all levels outwardly and inwardly. For this we are always supported by Mother Nature who is the very embodiment of Shakti for us. Shakti sadhana is not about making...
Shakti, the Yoga Sutras and Patanjali
May 25,2022 / Articles on Yoga / 0 CommentsSome scholars state that there is no mention of Shakti in the Yoga Sutras. This is incorrect. Shakti is the last word in the Yoga Sutras that sums up its entire teaching and defines its goal as the realization of the Purusha. It suggests what is referred to as Kundalini Shakti in other Yoga...
The Shiva Linga and its Meaning
Shiva and Shakti Western scholars and some in India try to reduce the Shiva linga and Shakti yoni, the two main Tantric symbols of ascending and descending cosmic forces - which are often represented by upright conical stones for the Shiva linga and circular stones for the Shakti yoni - to merely...
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The Meaning of Maya: the Illusion of the World
January 15,2018 / Articles on Vedic Counseling / 2 CommentsThe great spiritual traditions of India commonly teach us that the world is Maya, usually...
Nakshatras and Upanakshatras
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What is Samadhi and How to Achieve It?
December 26,2019 / Articles on Yoga / 1 CommentsSamadhi is one of the key words of deeper Yoga practice, if not the most important. Yet few Yoga...
Durga signifies the innermost power of consciousness
September 20,2019 / Hindu Deities / 1 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by DailyO The goddess is forever...
Shiva Ratri: Waking Up to your Immortal Self
March 04,2019 / Hindu Deities New Articles by David Frawley / 1 CommentsLook to your true Self beyond body and mind that are but your instruments of expression in the...
Shiva, the Supreme Lord of Yoga
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2020 and its Dangers for Humanity
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Addiction and the Digital Age – The Need for Higher Consciousness
November 14,2019 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Vedic Counseling / 1 CommentsOur information technology culture today is becoming progressively trapped in addictions,...
Soma, the Bliss Principle in Vedic Knowledge
October 25,2018 / Articles on Ayurveda Articles on Yoga / 1 CommentsSoma, the Counterpart of Agni Every form of Agni has a corresponding form of Soma,...
Managing Vata Dosha in the Information Technology Era
December 04,2017 / Articles on Ayurveda New Articles by David Frawley / 1 CommentsVata dosha is the most disease-causing of the three Doshas or biological humors of Vata, Pitta and...
The Goddess Kali and the Spiritual Heart
October 05,2019 / Hindu Deities On Advaita Vedanta & Ramana Maharshi / 1 CommentsBy David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri) The Role of the Spiritual Heart and Self-Inquiry Bhagavan...
Why we must honour the sun and do yoga
July 03,2017 / Articles on Yoga New Articles by David Frawley / 1 CommentsThe following article by Dr David Frawley was first published by DailyO. We certainly need more...
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Vegetarianism and Hinduism - Audio
Jun 4, 2016 • 7:36
Dr David Frawley a.k.a. Pandit Vamadeva Shastri discussion vegetarianism in the Hinduism.
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Consciousness, the Ultimate Power of Knowing and Healing
Sep 5, 2021 • 11:47
Modern physics is searching for a unitary field of consciousness to explain the coherence of the laws of nature. Such …
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What is Self-realization? - Audio
Feb 7, 2020 • 12:53
Self-realization is the realization of our true nature as Pure Consciousness beyond body and mind, not simply some enhancement of …
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The Ayurvedic View of the Human Body - Audio by Dr. David Frawley
Apr 1, 2020 • 15:02
Ayurveda views the human body in terms of consciousness, intelligence, information and energy as held in a physical field of …
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Yoga and Ayurveda View of the Mind: Audio
Mar 28, 2020 • 15:44
Yoga and Ayurveda View of the Mind Audio In modern medicine brain, mind and consciousness are equated, with the mind …
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Audio: What is Soma and its Botanical Implications in Yoga and Ayurveda?
Jul 10, 2020 • 19:30
Soma is an ancient Vedic deity opposite Agni or fire in nature. Soma refers to water and the receptive principle …
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What is Ayurvedic Healing ? - Video
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An introduction to our Ayurvedic Healing approach, as in Dr. Frawley's classic book Ayurvedic Healing: A Comprehensive Guide and our on-line Ayurvedic Healing course. Ayurveda is India's traditional natural healing system that arose out of Yoga and the Vedic sciences in ancient times and has been continually updated throughout the…
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Prana
Aug 19, 2020 • 5:38
The meaning of Prana from the breath to the Universal Life Energy and their interconnection
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Psychological Immunity and How to Measure it
Apr 14, 2022 • 10:15
We all know the importance of physical immunity. This is our ability to resist disease, ward off pathogens, endure the …
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Beyond all Addictions through Yoga and Vedantic Practices
Aug 23, 2021 • 12:16
Addictive Nature of the Mind There is a simple way to overcome all addictions, but not easy. It …