Yoga for Joy and Peace

(This image of the Goraknath statue is from this link  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorakhnath#/media/File:Gorakshanath.jpg I recall ...

Trataka is part of the fifth limb of yoga, dealing with focus. Though most of the exercises are eye-oriented, the effort is towards focusin...

I have already written extensively of the colour green, and its healing impact. Though I don't have green fingers -- my sister is  a...

Sitting still, to repair the body and mind * The anti-aging effect of being still * And a story to explain how this works ...

Just  a month back, I started hula hooping and was excited to learn it over a few days. I picked up the waist-hooping in thre...

The ultimate yogi is the one who is described as child-like, with nothing to prove, full of joy, caring and emanating trust and love. This ...

I was trawling through this book on Tao and Dharma. It is one of those things, you have so many books, but suddenly you find yourself rea...

I first read of the Kubera mudra in the Mudras: Yoga in your hands, by Gertrud Hirschi.  I was super excited and immediately started connec...

I had a serendipitous moment. I was reading a book on the Japanese route to happiness (Ikigai)  hat the Oregon Research  Institute  study -...

Somebody asked me about this, so I am putting my thoughts here: Why not beer yoga? Here is why. Technically, Hatha Yoga Pradipika says ...

It is the typical tale of ignoring what is in your own backyard. So, since I can remember I know of chyawanprash. I also know other types ...

On turmeric ..the healing Herb that is referred as the yoga herb ..in my you tube channel https://youtu.be/zYmEhjn3cy4

It now belongs to the stuff of yoga legends ..that the stellar yoga guru Iyengar won instant acclaim for having propped an octogenarian Eur...

Dear readers So good to be back 😂 Remember  the time ..if u belong to my generation..when u didn't have electronic entertainment and ...

I have restarted my blog after a long gap. My apologies. But here is an immediate yoga tip. No side effects. Works. If nothing else, offe...

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Belly fat is the very devil. It makes u feel bad. Its as if it implies u are not being disciplined about your food or your health or your...

I have these Buddha eyes all around my spaces ..whether it is my home or my work space. Something about the brilliance of trataka/ eye ex...

When u are a woman over forties u learn that when  the guys are hitting on u their strategy has changed: they will start talking to u abo...

Yoga ia very ritualistic about personal care. Its sister science Ayurveda has elaborate advice on the type of massage oils / powders eac...

This rivetting book Gut by Giulia Endes notes that in cultures where u need to squat while defecating has less incidence of haemorrhoids ...

Biologists are still trying to find the elixir of youth. For some,  like Dr Elizabeth Blackburn, its a mission. If u read her books yo...

When I started yoga I was completely overwhelmed  by the science behind yogic practices. And the branch of mudra yoga was one of those th...