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Bharat Yoga Vidya Kendra announces KausalaM Yoga - Intermediate level of Yoga M course for July 2021. “Yogah Karmasu Kausalam” (Yoga is skill in action) - One of the definitions of Yoga in Bhagavad...
Sometimes spiritual inclination happens when you ultimately see the futility of all this. You feel it’s so false. People don’t mean what they say, and you have happiness but there is sorrow also lu...
Can you conceive of a mind without thoughts, you cannot. So mind means thought and therefore if I say I am now tranquil and thoughtless, the thought is still there. All you can do is, as Patanjali ...
Half an hour or one hour of sitting down quietly and being mindful of your mind, thoughts, and breath is a very important preparation to attain that mindfulness which we seek, which is to be totall...
There is a constant movement towards trying to find peace by acquiring things but that never happens. That’s why the Upanishads say ‘Tena Tyaktena Bhunjita’; Let go and rejoice.
The grace is always there. But our windows are closed and you can’t dictate when the grace should flow. The entire process of spiritual practice is to leave your windows and doors open, so when it ...
The true essence of Consciousness is beyond the brain but functions through the brain. If you have to touch That consciousness which is not part of the brain - with its activities, memories, emoti...
We spend all our lives trying to push sorrow away and keep only happiness. This is not possible. The very moment you try to push sorrow away you create more sorrow. If you understand this, then eve...
If you can be mindful of your thoughts, actions, meditation, and breath, that is called mindfulness. Complete mindfulness is not just a small practice but a total mindfulness as you go along with l...
Every little cell has an intelligence and therefore it is conscious. In every cell and in every living being there is intelligence, therefore, there is consciousness.
Yoga is a practice by which any human being who is earnestly interested can transform his or her life in a positive way, to start with. Yoga has a much vaster implication that just postures. It sta...
The movement towards fulfillment and happiness is the whole center of civilization. All civilization has come because we want to expand, improve, become more refined and experience more happiness.