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you can become one big YES to life.
Yes to life
Life is now a wonderful and exhilarating journey of self-discovery.
No boundary, no burden.
The science of yoga is, quite simply, the science of being in perfect alignment, in absolute harmony, in complete sync with existence.
yoga means “union.” When you are in yoga, it means that in your experience, everything has become one.
When you are no more an issue, you can fearlessly explore the beyond.
are able to express yourself at your fullest potential without any stress or strain.
karma yoga, or the yoga of action.
gnana yoga, the yoga of intelligence.
bhakti yoga, the yoga of...
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kriya yoga, the yoga of transform...
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Your mind is thinking one way; your emotions pull you another way; your physical body another way; your energy another way.
The simple process of paying a little bit of attention to your inner nature will transform the quality of your life in remarkable ways.
hatha yoga. Ha denotes the sun and tha denotes the moon.
Learning to listen is the essence of intelligent living.
You can simply be.
If your humanity overflows, divinity will follow and serve you.
The body is like a doorway. If you are always facing closed doors, then for you a door means a deterrent.
If doors are always opening up for you, then for you a door means a possibility.
The air that you breathe, the food that you eat, the water that you drink, the land that you walk upon, and the very space that holds you—every one of them offers you a divine possibility.
The way you eat not only decides your physical health, but the very way you think, feel, and experience life.
soak the nuts that you intend to consume in water for six to eight hours, especially if they are dry nuts.
Ayurveda is the science of extending the human life span.
You understand that every creature on this planet has the same right to live as you have.
Stress is a certain level of internal friction. One can easily lubricate the inner mechanism with some amount of inner work and awareness.
it is your inability to handle your own system that is stressing you out.
How then do you keep your system free of stress so that you remain in the same level of enthusiasm, relaxation, and happiness, whether it is morning or evening?
An average person’s pulse rate on an empty stomach would be in the seventies or even eighties.
Restfulness essentially defines the replenishing and rejuvenating capability of the body.
Maybe physically you get exhausted, but it need not stress you in any way.
If you are capable of being vibrantly active and still relaxed, then it is worthwhile.
What the body needs is not sleep but restfulness.
If you keep the body very relaxed through the day, your sleep quota will go down naturally.
If your work and taking a walk or exercising are also relaxation for you, your sleep quo...
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Don’t battle with life. You are not anti-life; you are life.
Do some activity that you enjoy: play a game, swim, walk, run.
How much sleep does your body need? It depends on the level of physical activity you are engaged in.
To program the calories you must consume and the number of hours you must sleep is a foolish way to handle life. Let the body decide how much it should eat today, not you. Today your activity levels are low, so you eat less.
Similarly with sleep: when you feel sufficiently relaxed you come awake. The moment the body is rested it will wake up—whether it ...
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Keep the body in such a way that it is not longing to avoid or escape life. Maintain it in such a way that it is longing to come awake.
If you sleep without a pillow, it is best to lie on your back in a supine position, rather than on your side. Lying in this position is referred to in yoga as shavasana: it enhances the purification and rejuvenation of the body, promotes the free flow of movement in the energy system, bringing relaxation and vitality.
unity is the basic fabric of creation, duality brings texture, design, and color to life.
When you are middle-aged and your intelligence is hijacked by your emotions, love is the way.
when you transcend all this and seek the same union on a much higher level of awareness, then yoga is the way.
unless you understand that you can never become one, you will not learn to enjoy the opposite.
These two energies, which in the human race we call “masculine” and “feminine,” are always trying to come together. At the same time, except for this longing to be together, they are opposites.
breathing process is called ana pana sati yoga, the yoga of incoming and outgoing breath. Ana pana literally means “in” and “out.” Sati means “female consort.” So,
When you put your hands together, the two energy dimensions within you (right-left, masculine-feminine, solar-lunar, yin-yang, etc.) are linked in a certain way, and you begin to experience a sense of unity within yourself. This is the logic of the traditional Indian namaskar. It is a means of harmonizing the system.
Your body is just a loan from this planet. What you call “death” is just Mother Earth reclaiming the loan that she offered to you. All life on this planet is just a recycle of the Earth.
Fear is a result of the incompleteness of your existence.
