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21-day Yoga Challenge, March 4-24, 2013

I am pleased to announce the next 21-day Yoga Challenge program. The past programs have been very well received by all the participants. For most of them, it has been truly a life-transforming experience. I invite you to join me on this exciting and deeply rewarding 21-day yoga journey. Here are the particulars:

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Kundalini, Chakras, Bandhas

The concepts of Kundalini and Chakras are derived from the ancient wisdom of the Tantras. We normally associated all yoga-related knowledge with Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. In the yoga sutras, Patanjali did not mention about the kundalini or the chakras because his main focus was to control the fluctuations of the mind through meditative […]

Four functions of the Mind

What is Yoga? Patanjali, in the yoga sutras, defines yoga as "yogash-chitta vritti nirodhah" which can be translated as "yoga is the ability to control the constant fluctuations that are going on in the mind". To learn how to control the mind, we need to first understand how the mind functions. What are […]

Pranayama/Meditation intensive, Feb 6-17, 2013

I am pleased to announce the next pranayama/meditation intensive.

Come and join me for this life-transforming experience where you will learn two of the most important aspects of a complete, integrated yoga practice – pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation. In this program I will introduce you to many of the breathing techniques that […]

Yoga Mudra (Yoga Seal)

In the Integral Yoga tradition, the style of yoga that I practice and teach, Yoga Mudra is practiced as the last asana in the asana segment of the full yoga routine. Through this asana one tries to reflect back on the experience and impact of the entire asana session just completed. The word […]

Our recent trip to Jamaica

To celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary on December 12, my wife Manju and I decided to make a trip to sunny and warm Jamaica. One of my friends, who is also a yoga teacher, and has lived in Jamaica for over 20 years, was a great help in guiding us where we should […]

Why do you practice yoga?

In the recent "yoga in America" study report published in Yoga Journal, the top five reasons why people take to yoga are:

Flexibility (78.3 percent), general conditioning (62.2 percent), stress relief (59.6 percent), improve overall health (58.5 percent) and physical fitness (55.1 percent).

This is quite in line with what I hear from most […]

Open your hips with Rajakapotasana (King Pigeon pose)

Today we are going to focus on one of the poses that is highly recommended as a hip and chest opener – the Rajakapotasana – राजकपोतासन -(King Pigeon Pose). There are a few different variations of the pose, some more challenging than the others. We are going to focus on the beginner level […]

Improve Digestion with Agnisara Kriya

In today’s post, I am going to talk about a pranayama technique which involves both breath retention (kumbhaka) and application of the locks (bandhas). The technique, called Agnisara, is excellent for stoking the digestive fire (jatharagni) in the system which brings many benefits at various levels (see all the benefits below).

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Elementary School punishment or Super Brain Yoga

Super-brain Yoga! Yes, that’s the name of this yoga routine that we were asked to do as punishment in our early school days back in India. I wrote about it in my May newsletter.

Recently I received an email from a friend on the same topic. In this email was enclosed an […]