Category: Yoga
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Hidden Power of Sound in Tantra Yoga
“The merging of mind is achieved by listening to inner sound.” – Hatha Yoga Pradipika We dwell not only in an ocean of light (color), but of sound as well. Vast tides of this vibrational energy, which Tantriks call nadam, flow around and through all things – living and non-living, visible and invisible. The Shastra…
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Meaning Of Color in Tantra Yoga
“Forms, colors, densities, odors – what is it in me that corresponds with them?” WHITMAN: “Leaves Of Grass” Color, which has transformed man’s environment and has played a powerful but secret role in his inner life, remains one of the least understood forces of today’s world. For colors are but the various wave lengths of light.…
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Beginning in Tantra Yoga
The serious student may well ask at this point: Is there a prescribed order or program in Tantrik practice? If so, what is the first step? The answer to such a query is that there is a definite procedure to be followed. But before considering in detail the preliminary exercises in the disciplina arcani, let…
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Wheels Of Ecstasy in Tantra Yoga
“Man’s consciousness has no fixed boundary.” Avalon: Shakti & Shakta In this our age of fear, anxiety and materialism, the doctrine of Tantra yoga reminds us of a long-forgotten truth: We are in continual, direct touch with an order of existence far higher than that of earth. In the profound depths of our being, we receive guidance…
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Breath Control in Tantra Yoga
“What is here is elsewhere. What is not here is nowhere.” – Vishvasara Tantra. Anyone even slightly familiar with the practice of yoga in any of its numerous forms, knows that the spinal column has a vital place in the yogic scheme of things. Almost without exception, books on the subject show the reader in…
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The Union of Opposites in Tantra Yoga
“In the beginning, this world was only the Self, in the shape of a person. He looked around; he saw nothing there but himself. First of all, he cried out, “I am!” And then he became frightened; thus one is frightened when alone.” Brihad-aranyka Upanishad In attempting to present to the Western reader a clear…
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Iyengar Yoga for Women
From adolescence through to motherhood, menopause, and old age, women undergo many life changes. Throughout, yoga helps women to strengthen both body and mind and create a state of balance and harmony. At each stage of a woman’s life, her body undergoes physical and psychological changes. The practice of yoga can be modified and adapted to…
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Iyengar’s Family
Yogacharya Iyengar is considered one of the most gifted and charismatic yoga teachers of our time. His gift has been to spread the teachings of yoga across the world, making it available to all who seek to unite mind, body, and soul. Iengar’s genius undoubtedly lies in his ability to use his own body to deepen…
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Good Works of Iyengar
Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar’s childhood experiences of ill-health and deprivation have imbued his brand of yoga with a strong philanthropic element, reflected in his philosophy, ”Take an action, no matter how small.” As well as being an inspirational teacher of yoga, Iyengar is also driven by an overriding desire to improve the lives of others. This desire…
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A Day in the Life of the Guru Iyengar
Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar has been treading the yogic path for over 70 years and is widely recognized as yoga’s foremost exponent. His enduring physical fitness, mental agility, and youthfulness bear witness to the benefits of yoga. Despite his worldwide fame and increasing age, Iyengar remains undeterred from following the philosophical precepts of yoga and continues…