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Yoga and Ayurveda Practices to Protect our Nervous Systems in the High Tech Era
Today we are spending large amounts of time daily in front of computer screens, cell phones, other electrical items or an electrified urban environment. In the process we are exposing ourselves to powerful artificial electrical energies on many levels. This may be a necessary hazard in the information technology era, heightened
March 28, 2022
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Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda: The Meaning of Chikitsa
YOGA THERAPY OR YOGA CHIKITSA The Sanskrit term for therapy throughout its medical literature is Chikitsa, which literally refers to the application of consciousness (chit) or caring. Yoga Therapy is called Yoga Chikitsa. Yet chikitsa as a specific term occurs rarely in traditional yogic texts. Yoga texts do mention disease as one of the
March 8, 2022
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Sanskrit and the Science of Consciousness
Sanskrit is to experiential spirituality what mathematics is to science. Sanskrit can unlock the mysteries of universal Consciousness just as mathematics is decoding the structure of the universe. This means that for a genuine science of Consciousness to be credible we should learn the mantric language of Sanskrit and its cosmic implications, not simply
March 3, 2022
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Our Journey through the Lokas: the Many Layers and Dimensions of the Conscious Universe
Vedic knowledge addresses the cosmos as a whole along with the depths of our own psyche, which it regards as one – the unity of macrocosm and microcosm. The individual human being is a model of or manifestation of the entire universe. The entire universe dwells within you and you are the universe, sharing a
February 18, 2022
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Yoga Nidra according to Adi Shankara
Yoga Nidra is a popular topic today but seldom taken to the depth that it is presented with in the Vedantic teachings. Here we will examine it according to the views of the great teacher, Shankara. Adi Shankara or Shankaracharya is the most lauded exponent of Advaita or non-dualistic Vedanta. Most Advaita taught looks
February 14, 2022
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Prana Beyond the Breath and Life Beyond Death
Prana is not the breath, though it is closely related to it at a physical level. Many people define prana as the breath or call it the breath. This can help us approach the vast subject of prana but can be misleading if we take it literally. In this article we will examine what prana
January 15, 2022
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Embodied Mind and Transcendent Consciousness
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We human beings are embodied creatures defined by our birth in a particular physical body as indicating our real identity and the focus of our
January 11, 2023
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Kali as the Yuga Shakti: the Power to Create a New World Age
By Yogini Shambhavi As the great power of time, Kali’s Shakti creates the different Yugas or world ages that humanity passes through during the
January 5, 2023
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Comparison and the Incomparable Self
Your inner Self (Atman) and true nature cannot be compared to anything. It has no name, form or action, no shape, size or color. It
January 2, 2023
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Shiva Ayurveda – The Yogic Power of Healing and Transformation
Most Ayurvedic practitioners look upon Lord Dhanvantari, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, as the deity of Ayurveda and ideal doctor. Certainly that is an important
December 29, 2022
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Winter Solstice, Galactic Center and New Time of Troubles
I have been writing for some years about 2020 as indicating the beginning of a “New Time of Troubles” for humanity, dangerous from 2020-2028, but
December 21, 2022
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The Ancient Yoga of the Sun
For the Winter Solstice December 21, which marks the rebirth of the Sun and Agni What if the most powerful force for energizing all Yoga
December 19, 2022
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