Category: Articles on Ayurveda
How to Cope with the Digital Age with Yoga and Ayurveda for the Mind
Most of us spend several hours on the day on a computer, tablet or smart phone. Though often necessary for our work, it creates tension, depletes the mind and can dull the senses if we don’t know how to compensate for its influence. On top of this, we may be wired up to music for
August 2, 2022
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Ojas: The Power of Immunity in Yoga and Ayurveda
Ojas is the ultimate resort of strength, patience and endurance for body and mind. Ojas is cultivated in Ayurveda for disease prevention, deep healing, rejuvenation and longevity. Ojas is cultivated in Yoga for inner strength, determination and vitality, steadiness and focus of mind and a more powerful prana for higher meditation practices. Developing Ojas is
July 30, 2022
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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 were not able to reopen again when the lockdowns were relaxed.
June 29, 2022
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Ayurveda and the Mind: Keys to Yoga and Ayurveda Psychology
Ayurveda 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 that diseases arise more from our own wrong judgements, attitudes, and
June 26, 2022
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Why the practice of Yoga should begin with Ayurveda
Following 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 mantra, mindfulness and meditation to improve
June 20, 2022
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Ayurvedic Implications of Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
We 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 connections than usually acknowledged, particularly in the West. We cannot understand one of these systems
June 13, 2022
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Shiva and Prana Yoga
Shiva and Prana Yoga Prana Yoga is one of the most important Yoga traditions and an integral part of the worship of Shiva Mahadev,
May 31, 2023
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Turning Life’s Poisons into the Nectar of Soma
Shiva as the Drinker of Poison Shiva is the great ecstatic deity of Yoga, the supreme Lord of the highest inner energy and transformation. He
May 22, 2023
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Shakti, the Yoga Sutras and Patanjali
Some scholars state that there is no mention of Shakti in the Yoga Sutras. This is incorrect. Shakti is the last word in the Yoga
May 15, 2023
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Esoteric Hinduism and Western Esoteric Traditions
Global Esoteric Traditions Esoteric, mystical, and occult traditions have been widely connected worldwide as far back as we can trace their history. These secret teachings
May 12, 2023
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Svastha: Wellbeing in Ayurveda
Ayurveda, the Vedic science of life for all living beings, defines health and wellbeing in terms of Svastha. Svastha means abiding (stha) in one’s own
May 8, 2023
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The Upanishadic Connection to Neuroscience
Upanishadic sages thousands of years ago understood the secrets of neuroscience, but going beyond the physical body and mind to higher levels of consciousness. Vedic
May 4, 2023
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