by swatiyoga | Dec 15, 2019 | Ashram, Meditation, Yoga, Yoga Philosopy
1. Physical If you are stressed, your muscles shorten. To relax them, they need to be stretched in asana for at least a minute: the length it takes for the muscle to relax. The sympathetic nervous system causes tension; the parasympathetic system relaxes. Any...
by swatiyoga | Dec 15, 2019 | Ashram, Ayurveda, Yoga Philosopy
How we think affects our body. Thoughts are vibrations, and the mind is housed in subtle or energy body. Energy from the subtle body can affect the physical body, pervading and damaging the cells, if negative. So, we must be aware that the emotions we feel, for...
by swatiyoga | Dec 15, 2019 | Ashram, Yoga, Yoga Philosopy
Our minds are unstable because they are affected by emotion. In daily life we vacillate between like and dislike, moving from one extreme to another. Sound has a strong power to control the mind. As a vibration, it goes directly to our nervous system. Sound also...
by swatiyoga | Mar 29, 2015 | Ashram, Meditation, Yoga, Yoga Philosopy
Reading spiritual texts is an important part of yoga spiritual practice. Svadhyaya, study of both the self and the scriptures, is one of the niyamas or virtuous habits. The Niyamas are the second of the eight limbs of yoga as described by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras....
by swatiyoga | Mar 16, 2014 | Sivananda, Yoga Philosopy
Just before Christmas, I went to the Sivananda Chateau near Orleans to do a course in Yoga and Psychology with Dr Uma Krishnamurthi. Uma was brought up in a household steeped in Hindu philosophy and spent her free time travelling to listen to gurus such as Jiddhu...
by swatiyoga | May 30, 2013 | Divination, Yoga Philosopy
I expect you were like me and played Snakes & Ladders as a child. It seems rather boring now, just watching each dice throw to see whether you would scale up canary-yellow ladders, or slide down evil-eyed snakes. But the game has a fascinating history,...
