by swatiyoga | Apr 17, 2013 | NLP, Sivananda, Yoga Philosopy
Dr Rubin Naiman is man with a mission: he wants to elevate the status of sleep. He believes that for too long it has stood in the shadow of the waking state, only valued for its ability to make waking life better. “We have lost our deep regard for sleep,”...
by swatiyoga | Mar 22, 2013 | NLP, Sivananda, Yoga Philosopy
“Turn to the person next to you and tell them, you’re a genius.” This is how Dr Joe Dispenza, chiropractor, neuroscientist and author of Evolve your Brain: the Science of Changing your Mind, begins his talk. His small stature, curly dark blond hair and black jeans and...
by swatiyoga | Oct 3, 2011 | Meditation, Yoga Philosopy
“He who seeth inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he is a yogi and performer of all actions,”(4.18) According to the swami who taught me on my Sivananda yoga teacher training, this is one of the most important verses in the...
by swatiyoga | Sep 30, 2011 | Yoga Philosopy
I’m reading my third translation of the Bhagavad Gita. I started some years ago with the Juan Mascaro version in Penguin. The language was beautiful, but probably not very accurate. Then I read Jack Hawley’s version, which is easy to understand, but...
